Blogpost 2/25/06

1. What are Ishmael’s two general rules on how to identify people from our culture? Do you agree with Ishmael when he says that people from all over the world are part of the same culture? Why or why not?

The two General rules on identifying people is by their flaws and by their culture. Each culture has different flaws based on their way of living. For example, there are tribes still living the Amazon. They don’t have common day clothing and they hunt for food. Then you see people like the United States and the United Kingdom. We are different. We also have different flaws by the way we live. For example, government. North Koreas flaw is living under a dictatorship. Another flaw is China exporting poisoned goods to other countries and having heavily polluted air. I do agree with Ishmael that we are all part of the same culture. even though we all have different cultures now, we did start out as one culture, but we eventually branched apart.

2. Ishmael disagrees with Mother Culture’s voice that says that humans are inherently flawed. After reading through page 66 of My Ishmael do agree or disagree with him? Why?
I do agree that we are inherently flawed because if we weren’t, we would be perfect and too powerful. If we didn’t purposely have flaws, we would be above everything else. For example, if we didn’t have flaws, but monkey’s did, what would be the point of the monkeys existence? It would be unfair for humans to be perfect and for anything else not to be.

3. Ishmael uses a parable of Tunes and Dancers to explain his idea of Takers and Leavers. Who are these Takers and Leavers and how do they relate to American culture?

Agriculture is represented by the Takers and Leavers, and life before agriculture, such as hunting and gathering and being nomadic are the Tunes and Dancers. That would show that American Culture are takers and leavers. We don’t have as much freedom to food or other supplies as we would if we were Dancers. As Dancers we can roam free and pretty much do what we want.