Stephen Salas
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Stephen Salas commented on Is there a clash of civilizations? on January 29, 2008, 5:00 PM
It is hard for me to accept the idea of the Clash of Civilizations as presented by Samuel Huntington, and I agree with Reza Aslan challenge to it. I don't see the advantage or purpose of drawing conclusions about people based on broad generalizations, and then using this knowledge as a stepping stone to judgment. Definately not foreign policy. The more I look beyond my own culture, the more I realize the diversity of the human condition. We can use conceptions to divide in our mind who people are, but this seems arbitrary and less conducive to understanding ourselves and others.
Stephen Salas commented on Is there a clash of civilizations? on January 29, 2008, 12:00 PM
It is hard for me to accept the idea of the Clash of Civilizations as presented by Samuel Huntington, and I agree with Reza Aslan challenge to it. I don't see the advantage or purpose of drawing conclusions about people based on broad generalizations, and then using this knowledge as a stepping stone to judgment. Definately not foreign policy. The more I look beyond my own culture, the more I realize the diversity of the human condition. We can use conceptions to divide in our mind who people are, but this seems arbitrary and less conducive to understanding ourselves and others.
Hello, My name is Stephen Salas. I'm at student at the Univeristy of North Texas in Denton. I have various interests, but I spend much of my time researching international conflicts especially in the Asia.
Stephen Salas commented on Use the Internet to Build Better Alternatives to the Nation State on January 29, 2008, 5:31 PM
This is an interesting idea, but what are the specific processes or institutions to help prevent abuses of that system. I do believe that the internet is one of the most, if not the most, democratic forums for people, but it can be just as easy to fall into old paterns. New technologies do provide seemingly limitless possibilities, but old problems concerning issues such as access, fairness, and civil rights might persist. I want to help protect the idea of "better government" from the idea that "new technologies make a better government".