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"if it isn’t disrespecting graves or mourners?" Kids shouting are not compatible with typical mourning, sorry. Would you let your kids play in the middle of a

by Iv 7y ago

"if it isn’t disrespecting graves or mourners?" Kids shouting are not compatible with typical mourning, sorry. Would you let your kids play in the middle of a reading room or a meditation session? Sure, some people do that in all cultures. And across all cultures, we use different expression to convey the sentiment "they are being assholes".

coldtea 7y ago
>Kids shouting are not compatible with typical mourning, sorry That's like your opinion. To quote a famous playwright: "Pardon him. Theodotus: he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.”
- Iv 7y ago
  Well, we are in front of two different cultural habits then: one that requires quietness and one that does not. The second one is incompatible with the first one. You can't claim to be respectful of other's cultural habits if you insist on using yours knowing they are incompatible. And I'd like to point out that the author of the article presents (what I believe to be) the French typically accepted attitude of quietness in cemetery as the result of being a "less advanced capitalist society" where secularism is less developed. Which is a laughable claim done by someone who obviously does not know the history of secularism is France after the 19th century or the demographics of religions there. And gosh, I do have a young kid and I know how noisy he can get without him meaning any harm. And I do see other parents oblivious to the noise of their own kids. Seriously, that's not about cultural differences. That's about understanding that not everyone developed the tolerance to your kids behavior that you develop during the first years. Imposing your kids to other people, especially when they want to focus on something else, is an asshole thing to do. That's the case in France, and that's the case in any culture that does not elevate kids-breeding to a cult that needs to be protected at any cost.

by Iv 7y ago

coldtea 7y ago

>Kids shouting are not compatible with typical mourning, sorry That's like your opinion. To quote a famous playwright: "Pardon him. Theodotus: he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.”

Iv 7y ago
Well, we are in front of two different cultural habits then: one that requires quietness and one that does not. The second one is incompatible with the first one. You can't claim to be respectful of other's cultural habits if you insist on using yours knowing they are incompatible. And I'd like to point out that the author of the article presents (what I believe to be) the French typically accepted attitude of quietness in cemetery as the result of being a "less advanced capitalist society" where secularism is less developed. Which is a laughable claim done by someone who obviously does not know the history of secularism is France after the 19th century or the demographics of religions there. And gosh, I do have a young kid and I know how noisy he can get without him meaning any harm. And I do see other parents oblivious to the noise of their own kids. Seriously, that's not about cultural differences. That's about understanding that not everyone developed the tolerance to your kids behavior that you develop during the first years. Imposing your kids to other people, especially when they want to focus on something else, is an asshole thing to do. That's the case in France, and that's the case in any culture that does not elevate kids-breeding to a cult that needs to be protected at any cost.