I find both scenarios disingenuous. As pointed out above, the new testament supercedes the old.If theists quote ancient texts as reason to support their argument or persecute homosexuals for example, then using the same logic atheists are reasonable in "cherry picking" less flattering verses.
New Testament revises the old testament.
Aren't you forgetting about the recently discovered Gospel according to Noirua which, God willing, may serve as the Newer Testament.Wait, it's not the 2nd part of a trilogy.
Wait, it's not the 2nd part of a trilogy.
Chinese dress at US prom wins support in China after internet backlash
After criticism of student Keziah Daum’s Twitter post showing her wearing the traditional qipao, Chinese commenters call it cultural appreciation, not appropriation
PUBLISHED : Tuesday, 01 May, 2018, 6:32pm
UPDATED : Wednesday, 02 May, 2018, 1:20pm
Louise Moon
2 May 2018
An American teenager has received support from internet users in China after being criticised for wearing a traditional Chinese dress to her school prom.
Keziah Daum, an 18-year-old from Utah in the United States, who has no Chinese roots, was accused of “cultural appropriation” after posting photographs on Twitter that featured her in a traditional Chinese qipao, or cheongsam.
The dress symbolised a silent protest to promote gender equality after the fall of the dynasties and the beginning of the republican period in the early 1900s, and was worn during the 1919 reformist May Fourth Movement.
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Daum has stood by her decision to wear the dress, which was red and embroidered with gold and black, and told the South China Morning Post it projected a “wonderful message”. She has not deleted her original April 22 post.
PROM pic.twitter.com/gsJ0LtsCmP
— Keziah (@daumkeziah) April 22, 2018
She was not aware of the dress’ history before buying it at a vintage shop in Salt Lake City, she said in an email, but “simply found a beautiful, modest gown and chose to wear it”.
“One person commented it represented female empowerment,” she wrote. “If that is the case, then it is a wonderful message for any young woman my age to learn, regardless of culture and background.
“I posted photos for my friends to see. I never imagined it would go so far.
“I am sorry if anyone was offended. That was never my intention. I am grateful I was able to wear such a beautiful dress.”
My culture is NOT your goddamn prom dress. https://t.co/vhkNOPevKD
— Jeremy Lam (@jere_bare) April 27, 2018
One Twitter user, Jeremy Lam, had written: “My culture is not your ... prom dress.” The tweet generated more than 40,000 retweets, nearly 180,000 likes and thousands of comments on the social media platform.
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“This isn’t OK. I wouldn’t wear traditional Korean, Japanese or any other traditional dress and I’m Asian,” another user wrote. “There’s a lot of history behind these clothes. Sad.”
This isn’t ok. I wouldn’t wear traditional Korean, Japanese or any other traditional dress and I’m Asian. I wouldn’t wear traditional Irish or Swedish or Greek dress either. There’s a lot of history behind these clothes. Sad.
— Jeannie (@JeannieBeanie99) April 28, 2018
But those commenting in mainland China were less opposed to Daum’s dress.
“Very elegant and beautiful! Really don’t understand the people who are against her, they are wrong!” one person commented on an article by Wenxue City News. “I suggest the Chinese government, state television or fashion company invite her to China to display her cheongsam!”
“It is not cultural theft,” another wrote. “It is cultural appreciation and cultural respect.”
Weibo users added that Daum looked beautiful and criticised those who have accused her.
“Culture has no borders,” one wrote. “There is no problem, as long as there is no malice or deliberate maligning. Chinese cultural treasures are worth spreading all over the world.”
The qipao is believed to have been adapted from the style of Manchu women in the Qing dynasty of 1644 to 1912. The tightly fitting modern version was created in Shanghai in the 1920s and made fashionable by socialites and the upper class.
It fell out of fashion between the 1950s and 1970s, as those who wore it were judged as being bourgeois in a time of anti-tradition movements, but has since regained popularity.
Wouldn't that depend upon what it is that is actually being appropriated, and whether or not it can readily assimilate with, (rather than assault) extant cultural values?...
And I would add, the more appropriation the richer the culture.
Wouldn't that depend upon what it is that is actually being appropriated, and whether or not it can readily assimilate with, (rather than assault) extant cultural values?
I couldn't figure out what her point was.... Apart from invoking free speech for herself but making an ipso facto
I couldn't figure out what her point was.... Apart from invoking free speech for herself but making an ipso factocase for silencing others.
The misandrous are stirring, cashed up and ready for a fight.Girls go through that argumentative phase, some earlier, some, later ... it must be a rotten feeling later on in life when it surfaces in the memory banks.
God help America.Full video
Amid a downturn in global toy sales, Australia's Toys 'R' Us stores going into voluntary administration and closure of the firm's American and UK arms, a quiet revolution is underway in the toy world.
The gendered distinctions of the infamous pink and blue toy aisles are starting to break down.
Toymakers such as Mattel and Hasbro are no longer explicitly marketing some of their lines (including dolls) to girls or boys. And retailers such as Target, Toys 'R' Us and Kmart are responding by replacing pink and blue toy aisles with gender-neutral "kids toy" aisles.
This blurring of gender lines around toys is emblematic of a broader societal shift driven by ideas of inclusiveness, metrosexuality, genderless athletic wear, and the rise of celebrities like Caitlyn Jenner who challenge fixed gender identities......
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Amazing story. I remember hearing it years ago.The story of Three Identical Strangers is going to be one of the big documentaries on this year. I understand it will have quite compelling observations on the nature vs nurture debate. Well worth a look when it comes out. (See it cold.. don't look for the story before the film..)
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