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<blockquote data-quote="Aaron L" data-source="post: 7835899" data-attributes="member: 926"><p>I wish more people today would understand and emphasize this; it's gotten so bad lately it's like everyone is jumping up and down eagerly to define themselves by labels <em>created by others</em> and segment themselves into more and more fragmented warring tribes at each others' throats, sometimes over even the tiniest differences. (Hell, just look at how even <em>music genres</em> have fragmented in recent years, with some categories so minutely defined that only <em>just one band</em> qualifies for inclusion in certain genres. And the obsession so many people have developed in recent years concerning "mixing genres" in genre fiction, with some people downright hating stories that mix elements of fantasy and science-fiction [like <em>Expedition to the Barrier Peaks</em>] because they believe that each genre should always remain separate and "pure" in itself.) No one is "pure" anything, no culture is isolated from all others, and every culture has shared and mixed and swapped elements with its neighbors both near and far, without any need for shame or guilt or recrimination for having done so. Cultural mixing is completely natural and good and is just another way that cultures grow, and no person should ever be restricted from (respectfully) participating or sharing in a cultural tradition because they don't have the "correct" heritage. Every society on Earth has far more elements in common, both genetic and cultural, than they have differences.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aaron L, post: 7835899, member: 926"] I wish more people today would understand and emphasize this; it's gotten so bad lately it's like everyone is jumping up and down eagerly to define themselves by labels [I]created by others[/I] and segment themselves into more and more fragmented warring tribes at each others' throats, sometimes over even the tiniest differences. (Hell, just look at how even [I]music genres[/I] have fragmented in recent years, with some categories so minutely defined that only [I]just one band[/I] qualifies for inclusion in certain genres. And the obsession so many people have developed in recent years concerning "mixing genres" in genre fiction, with some people downright hating stories that mix elements of fantasy and science-fiction [like [I]Expedition to the Barrier Peaks[/I]] because they believe that each genre should always remain separate and "pure" in itself.) No one is "pure" anything, no culture is isolated from all others, and every culture has shared and mixed and swapped elements with its neighbors both near and far, without any need for shame or guilt or recrimination for having done so. Cultural mixing is completely natural and good and is just another way that cultures grow, and no person should ever be restricted from (respectfully) participating or sharing in a cultural tradition because they don't have the "correct" heritage. Every society on Earth has far more elements in common, both genetic and cultural, than they have differences. [/QUOTE]
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