Talk:Cultural diversity

weasel words

"By analogy with biodiversity, which is thought to be essential to the long-term survival of life on earth, it can be argued that cultural diversity may be vital for the long-term survival of humanity; and that the conservation of indigenous cultures may be as important to humankind as the conservation of species and ecosystems is to life in general." Salvor Hardin 05:35, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

So, what's wrong with that? Please re-word it so that it is acceptable to you, it rather than adding back the neutrality dispute notice. Best regards,GrahamN 14:38, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

I can't think of any way of describing it without sounding POV against it or giving it more credibility then it deserves.74.38.99.188 19:31, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

Old Fashioned

"Overpopulation, immigration and imperialism (of both the cultural and old-fashioned kind) are reasons that have been suggested to explain any such decline." The term "old fashioned" is very unspecific and not very encyclopedic. I have no idea what is meant there. A more proper, decisive, less colloquial term should be used in its place. JoeyETS 03:30, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

Organiz(s)ation

Both spellings are acceptable, there was just an edit changing the z's to s's in this article. One is British English, one is American. What is the policy for English dialect in Wikipedia? JoeyETS 00:05, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

It's at Wikipedia:Manual of Style#National varieties of English: "Each article should have uniform spelling and not a haphazard mix of different spellings, which can be jarring to the reader. ... If an article is predominantly written in one type of English, aim to conform to that type rather than provoke conflict by changing to another." This article does not currently use American spellings. GrahamN 21:06, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Thanks, I'm used to using Canadian English, so I'm always flip-flopping back and forth between British and American spellings, the link should be useful. Good edit on the old-fashioned wording as well. JoeyETS 23:14, 22 May 2007 (UTC)

Strange

This article is not up to the standards of wikipedia. There are almost no sources, there are numerous POV statements, and there are poorly written sentences. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.235.249.80 (talk) 18:20, 29 October 2007 (UTC)

I agree. As it stands this article looks like someone's essay. --78.86.137.221 (talk) 23:20, 16 April 2008 (UTC)

This article sucks in its current state. It feels like a debate. The french article looks much better; perhaps it can be used as a model. I don't feel confident in my ability to translate from french, but perhaps a french speaker can do that. Bob A (talk) 06:31, 4 February 2009 (UTC)

Doesn't

the first paragraph seem superfluous? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.65.247.233 (talk) 19:48, 12 November 2007 (UTC)

Diffrencies between european and japanese culture

The main differencies between european and japanese culture:religion,language,habits and also the character of people. In Europe we can find diffrent religions from christianity,protestantism,islam,jewish religion,.... Also the languages,there are Romance languages such as:italian,french,portugal,spanish,romanian; germanic languages-mainly german,slavic languages:slovenian,czech,croatian,slovakian,etc....,then we have celtic languages,finno-ungarian such as:finnish,hungarian,and greek language. Japanese culture is very different from european,japanese people are very traditional.Japanese religion- the most known is probably Shinto and Buddihism. Shinto or Shintoism is one of the utmost largest religions in Japan.This religion originates from prehistoric times this religion has a respect for nature. Shinto means way of the gods(kami no michi) it is a cosmic religion. The essence of Shintoism is kami,which is actually a divine spirit found in all things in heaven and earth,mountains and rivers,sun and monn,plants and animals,and also human beings. Shintoism excepts the marial world as good,while Buddhism as something evil but both religions are practised in Japan. Buddhism is a pact of practise and spiritual development which is meant to improve the changing of each individual in order to develop the qualities of wisdom,awarness and kindness. Buddhism started with their god Buddha which actually means the one who awake. Tōshōdai-ji is a buddhist temple of a Ritsu sect also in Japan. There are also some new religions in Japan such as Sōka Gakkai-the Buddhist sect. Minorities of religion in Japan are: Christianity,Hinduism,Islam,Judaism Ryukyuan and Sikhism. The language in Japan is japanese and it is spoken by over 130. million people. Japanese word order is classified as Subject-Object-Verb which is very different from Indo-european languages where the word order is subject-verb-object. Also european culture is very diverse from clothing to its people or cuisine. Europeans tend to be more lively than japanese people because of the diverse nations which were immigration from one european country to another and they brought their culture,music,habits.Japanese people were through the centuries attached to their unique and traditional culture. European culture has many symbols such as: the bull-which originates from greek mythology and it means how and where did the name Europe come. Nowadays a lot of statue in European institutions have a statue of a bull for example: the statue in from of the Strasbourg seat of the European parliment. European flag is blue with a circle of twelve golden(yellow) stars in the blue backround. European anthem is Ludwig van Beethoven"s Symphony no.9. European cuisine is also much different than japanese cuisine,with its diffrent and diverse tastes. Japanese food is for european people sometimes very strange from sushi-vinegar rice, topped with other ingredients, such as fish,sashimi or sliced raw fish,soup Miso,soups Soba and Udon,dish Tempura-deep fried seafood,vegetables or battered meat,Wagashi-typical japanese desserts served in boxes,Sake-japanece traditional alchoholic beverage from rice.Kimono is a traditional japanese clothing and it means-something one wears,it was worn by Geishas. Japanese never shake hands,but if a foreigner enetrs japanese house outdoor shoes are always replaced by slippers at the doorway. It is polite to bow instead of shaking his hand. This manner maybe very stereotypical for japanese culture but for europeans not.Japenese manners can be very strict and foreigners can quickly insult their japanese hosts just bowing the wrong way. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Signorinamaya (talk • contribs) 21:34, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

What. The. Fuck.

This doesn't have anything to do with anything. What is your rationale for this giant chunk of text?