how the mind thinks it would like to see

"this is how i [would like] to approach the world, at the moment, for the record:

not against religion , though dont necessarilly follow one or any.

not against members of any race, though may not like certain individuals of, or groups pertaining to, certain races.

am against ideology change in religion if imposed from outside - vis a vis secular principles - though up for discussion criticism jokes etc.

am against ideology change in "cultures", imposed from the outside.

am for secular rights - of equal measure for all people in the secular world, and all people traversing the secular domain.

for example : am for homosexual persons having full and equal rights within the secular domain.

am not for exlusive priveleges or positive discrimination within secular framework or domain.

am not for imposition of secular system on tribal regions , at worst case scenario knowing how the world operates am for accountable trusts for managing tribal intellectual property royalties - perhaps land.

am for framing of laws - enshrining rights etc wrt secular domain being made for all people as and thus bringing opressed up to a level and incresing with that level if and when it rises.

am for a secular domain in all nation states.

am against religions imposing view in secular world.

i am for heavy environmental protection, and if it has to be necessary, through proper [full env] costing of products processes.

am for a unity through diversity , and not at the expense of it.

am for the understanding and celebration of cultural gifts in a layered approach. detailed below using australia as an example - as a means for a robust cohesion, world over, relevent to existing nation states, and a way to understand relevent nations histories.
one idea resultant being, that from such a strengthened position : or "state of cultural being", states, from within themselves, can look into wrongs done to people, inequalities, externalities and seek how best to redress them according to case, without schizm.

at this point, not exactly sure how "gypsies", or other nomadic travellers or stateless ones, into such a worldview .

question : does that make me : left, right, con, lib, socialist etc -

i would appreciate readers appellation and reasoning."

- realitystructure

sir jays scheme : an example of layering approach to national culture
first published on medialens : Mon Jan 09, 2006 12:56 am

as an ignorant outsider [non australian] i would prescribe the following approach:

firstly - a de linking of xenophobia against "foreigners" from that of ignorance, potential racism etc towards first born australians [aborigines] -[not sure what the correct term for that historophobia centrophobia etc is- neither the derivation of the word xenophobia - so i may be tripping up over the language- but hopefully you will see what i mean]

secondly - a real sense of celebration of the "gift???" of having some of the incredible aboriginal culture still extant in australia[ may well have been attempted or done many times in recent history- im not sure] and having great pride in the fact of its remarkable survival into the present era - what lessons!

thirdly - a sense of celebration of the later waves of people [others, euro, brit, irish etc - if they were the second] who came and stayed. - a celebration of the good things about the cultures that they came from. [culture not being monolithic for race or nation - there is much diversity eg : class related, skills, art, poetry storytelling, rebellion, - to be looked into and learned from here - take it as far back as you want]

fourthly, - a celebration of the "gift" of the ancestry and culture of newer people and settlers etc.

using that direction [from one to four etc] and layering of national cultural identity - respect is payed to the culture of the former layer , [some very diminished- /hidden by the cultural identities forged in moulding of peoples ready for agressive empire] whilst, understanding is extended to the newer layers - simultaneously allowing for cultural expression, in the wider national cultural mosaic.

perhaps solving some of the problems separated at the start of this example as xenophobia towards "foreigners" which has been identified in criticism of australia more generally [see recent holiday/ tourism advertising aimed ath uk market - oops! no aborigine representation]- and no doubt amplified by media - in other places too.

of course, though there are historical similarities in the formation of modern australia, with other places, it does and should adopt its own solutions and not import them from media posited identifyers such as the "anglo-saxon?" or "french/continental" or "american" model of approaches to racial and cultural relations within a particular nation. [some of those identifiers eg "anglo saxon" model etc are used by media as p.r. renforcers for other politico-medio - cultural identifiers relating to economic approaches]

the youth of australia, can then hopefully, over the generations, grow up with a more "integrated?" attitude to the reality of modern australia, without the need to obligatorily supress elements of their own individual cultural matrix. - indeed when travelling have some better ammunition /protection for the ritual and perhaps ironic drubbing they get, from certain quarters, on their travels through europe, pertaining to aboriginal issues.

i hope you aussies dont think ive been too presumptuous in having a go here - feel free to anhialate the arguments posited .

-realitystructure