From:	Arcady0 arcady0@*********.com
Subject:	OT Spirit of the land and it's people
Date:	Wed, 21 Jul 1999 10:13:21 -0700

> My main reason for quoting Huntington was to make the point that while
> Western and Orthodow, or Japanese and Sinic share a lot of
> characteristics they are distinct civilizations. The distinction is in
> the way they think.

It is only outsiders who see the Sinic and Japanese as different
civilizations. They themselves do not do this. They see themselves as
different cultures in the same civilization while a few racists in the
different cultures claims the others our outside the civilization to
justify their racism. But it is not the normal view.
The outside world (read: The West) has merely picked up on this cultural
competition and exagerated their perceptions of it.

It would be letting the French and English claim they are completely
different civilizations. Everyone knows it's just racist banter between
the two and that they are linked. Even they know this.