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in reply to a message by Murasaki
but that doesn't change the fact that European countries were not originally founded upon those ideals, while the USA was. Nor does it change the fact that this inevitably leads to subtle cultural differences. Nor does it invalidate my argument.
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Mmm, I was under the impression that democracy was first established in ancient Greece, and that Americans inherited their founding values from Europe, since that's were they came from originally. And that most European nations have in their histories a founding momemt of emancipation from an internal or foreign tyranny that may be compared to the US becoming independent from Britain.
Anyway, I really don't want to cause pointless and OT controversy. What you don't seem to realize that what is at stake here is a difference in mentality, not of historical values at some deep level. There's a slightly different perception of individualism, and relations with state institutions, in the US and Europe. I'm sure that, if I had bee raised in the US, there's a strong chance I'd consider naming laws, amongst with various other regulations, unfair and limiting. I don't want to persuade any American here that America should have naming laws, though I am in favour of them and I'm glad my country has them. But a lot of these values are relative, and people of this forum come from a variety of different nationalities and cultures.
Anyway, I really don't want to cause pointless and OT controversy. What you don't seem to realize that what is at stake here is a difference in mentality, not of historical values at some deep level. There's a slightly different perception of individualism, and relations with state institutions, in the US and Europe. I'm sure that, if I had bee raised in the US, there's a strong chance I'd consider naming laws, amongst with various other regulations, unfair and limiting. I don't want to persuade any American here that America should have naming laws, though I am in favour of them and I'm glad my country has them. But a lot of these values are relative, and people of this forum come from a variety of different nationalities and cultures.
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