tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-399073602591743853.post1133438612765687133..comments2024-01-31T05:07:52.647+08:00Comments on I'm Curious Too: Kissing--A Universal Language?Malcolmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10746597076447600626noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-399073602591743853.post-72725957948843717242012-06-06T11:21:41.091+08:002012-06-06T11:21:41.091+08:00YIKES. "We can safely say that the act of kis...YIKES. "We can safely say that the act of kissing is a culture assimilated from the west." Well, no, no we can't. Most Greek culture was learned from the Near East (so-called because it's near Western Europe) and considering the Vedic source we can easily suggest that kissing was well-established throughout Eurasia by the time of the Romans.<br /><br />It's also possible that early observations of African cultural groups were conducted with Noble Savage or Ignoble Savage outlooks in mind.<br /><br />That is, you're reaching conclusions that are informed from the speculations of outdated natural scientists who worked from a theoretical framework of scientific racism.<br /><br />As an aside, the picture you cite as an example of a 'less-civilized African tribe' is actually a photograph of Bathurst Island Indigenous Australians and it is ENORMOUSLY insensitive to genericize their heritage because you fucking think black skin & topless = native African.<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathurst_Island_%28Northern_Territory%29Pez Dispens3rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03721070351899981998noreply@blogger.com