05-28-2015, 07:19 AM
Gov. Ige -
http://governor.hawaii.gov/main/governor...kea-story/
i find this statement by Governor Ige to be somewhat problematic. are science and "culture" such distinct entities to be diametrically contrasted and compared?
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on the subject of culture defined, there seems to be an overriding tendency throughout this whole flap to conjure up or unwittingly comply with divisive rhetoric which highly exaggerates this trending notion of cultural identity which has become blown WAY out of proportion and increasingly frames things into an us vs. them mentality. ..or if not directly confrontational or condescending in tone an "i'm special, i'm innately exceptional" mentality. unfortunately, i see the word "culture" becoming bastardized into a cover word representing less than enlightened thinking, to put it somewhat mildly.
"What has instead happened is that science has received most of the attention and it has gotten way ahead of culture in our work on the mountain. The proper balance between the two has been lost."
http://governor.hawaii.gov/main/governor...kea-story/
i find this statement by Governor Ige to be somewhat problematic. are science and "culture" such distinct entities to be diametrically contrasted and compared?
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on the subject of culture defined, there seems to be an overriding tendency throughout this whole flap to conjure up or unwittingly comply with divisive rhetoric which highly exaggerates this trending notion of cultural identity which has become blown WAY out of proportion and increasingly frames things into an us vs. them mentality. ..or if not directly confrontational or condescending in tone an "i'm special, i'm innately exceptional" mentality. unfortunately, i see the word "culture" becoming bastardized into a cover word representing less than enlightened thinking, to put it somewhat mildly.