Multiculturalism

Jon Jost describes it in his blogquite well.

Would you say that the culture is a product of collective subjective experiences?

It depends on what their concept of law and honor are and how deep it carries over into their personal convictions.Many if not most of we otherwise law abiding citizens will run a red light on a deserted road at 3 am if, after scanning the horizon we see no cars approaching nor any danger at amending that law...if but for a moment. I believe in law but I also believe in common sense and that there are exceptions to every rule. My sense of honor is not as absolute as yours is. You live by the adage that you try to do your best at all times. I live by the adage that I don't really want to follow any law when it seems useless to me and to others. Thou shall not steal. If my family and I were starving and walking down a deserted highway and we came upon a gas station that was closed and we saw food through a window we would knock first and perhaps break the window next. We would, of course, leave a note for the owner and promise to pay for the window later. If you were that owner, would you press charges?

And yet there are laws against certain behaviors. Is morality relative to individual cultures and...if so...what type of morality do we want here in the melting pot culture?Perhaps I need to reread this topic so as to ask better questions....do you have any?

And what standards will we use with which to weigh them?

We the people or we the atheists? If you mean we the people, a consensus will have to be arrived at through majority vote.Personally, I am not as disturbed by this development as you are.Can (or should) a minority be represented by law? In other words, if one guy in town has a wheelchair should every business in town be required to build a ramp at their own expense?