Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on April 22, 2003 10:35 PM
What an unfortunately naive statement.
I don't disagree that one's options are much greater if you open them up to the larger world, but you can't wantonly devalue culture and tradition. These contribute to quality of life, just as a broader awareness of options and a better fiscal reality can.
In America, this is harder to be aware of, in part because pretty much everybody's family left somewhere to come here, and because Americans (arguably) don't have a well developed local culture.
In Ghana, there has been a way of life so different that many of your basic assumptions on how to live, and what is valuable cannot be taken for granted.
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Re:Boo Hoo
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on April 22, 2003 10:35 PMI don't disagree that one's options are much greater if you open them up to the larger world, but you can't wantonly devalue culture and tradition. These contribute to quality of life, just as a broader awareness of options and a better fiscal reality can.
In America, this is harder to be aware of, in part because pretty much everybody's family left somewhere to come here, and because Americans (arguably) don't have a well developed local culture.
In Ghana, there has been a way of life so different that many of your basic assumptions on how to live, and what is valuable cannot be taken for granted.
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