What does it take to change the attitude of a culture?
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You are absolutely right.  Why are we pushing our failed model of democracy onto others?  How is our president comfortable with himself for pedaling that out to other countries?, just knowing that he was not elected by democratic means.\n\nto change a culture's attitude, something big has to happen, apparently bigger than 9-11 or Katrina.... ooooo! scary times!!\n\nIf you find out how to change a culture's attitude, then lets go to Africa to do away with some of the corruption and lack of women's rights, etc.; those things that keep AIDS spinning out of control.
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It all depends on each individual, probably we should consider some cultural influence as you suggested.\n\nFor example I think baseball is boring, but that's just my opinion; being born and raised in a South American country has somehow influenced in my preferences.
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How can YOU improve OUR quality of life....\nLead by example  :-)  Use your manners, be socially acceptable, dress appropriately, act appropriately.  Choose your words carefully, apologize where apologies are due.  Turn the other cheek.  Be forgiving.  Learn from your mistakes.  Don't blow things out of proportion (ex.  Me, when something bad happens:  Well, that sucked.  What's next?).  Refuse to engage in conflict, especially petty conflict.  Express your opinion, but do it nicely.  Make your morals and values known, but only if they're not highly controversial.  Don't waste your time trying to change other people, because it's not your problem.  Don't waste your days away trying to fix their problems, because they're not yours to fix.\nEverything in moderation; this is not simply superficial  ;-)
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language and culture barriers
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yah, you cant change a person.  Just find a nice polite way to tell her what she is doing and see if she realizes it or not.  She wont change if she doesnt think it is a bad thing. But.. if she sees the issue as a problem she will be willing to work on it. Good luck
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It sounds like you've answered your own question.  There is still a problem in figuring our what the  culture wants and what some individuals in that culture might want.  Individual freedom should be balanced against the desires of the majority.
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Hair color, give me a break.  Culture, YES.  The culture you are raised in probably accounts for 99% of the way you think. Only 1 in 1000 will reject their cultural conditioning and only 1 in 10,000 will ever be capable of independent thought. Our gurus and shamans tell us what to think and most people, like sheep, need to be led. When in Rome, you do as the romans do. Cultural mythologies (i.e. religions) are poweful forces and hard to break free of.
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If you are too cool, people will take advantage on you.    If you make good choices. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we embrace for that day. We cannot change our past… we cannot change the fact that people act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one thing we have, and that is our attitude… \n\nI am convinced that life is 10% of what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. \n\nAnd so it is with you… we are in charge of our ATTITUDES.
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Fear.  We fear what we don't understand, and often we don't understand or misunderstand  those of different cultures. What's the answer?  I don't know that there is one.  Sure , education and learning to understand and tolerate others who are different than ourselves would help, but there will always be those in every culture who will be less open minded and try to spread their fear.  as yoda said, "fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate"  this can apply to many events in the world today.
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Only change what YOU want to change, not what others want.  Take stock of yourself, and set realistic goals.  What do you want to change the most?  How assertive you are?  Your shyness?  Your wardrobe?  Try to do things little by little.  Trying to do it all at once won't work.
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belief in yourself\nthick skin\nyour ability to adapt
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In-tolerance and ignorance. A simple rule to avoid culture conflict would be: Live your life and do whatever you want to do and believe whatever you want to believe, except if that causes harm to another human being or creature.Why stick your nose in someone elses business?
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what do you mean, "role of culture"?
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No, that's not possible....not quite.  However, by changing your perceptions, you can change your level of happiness.  If you can rid yourself of expectations, and begin to see things clearly, you will be happier.\n\nFor example, if you expect things to always be good, you will be disappointed.  But if you stop thinking that way, and simply accept what happens, you'll spend less time being unhappy.\n\nZen in a nutshell.
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Beyonce....a very good question in context to present scenario where globalisation and scientific revolution seems to have overtaken human emotions.Homo sapiens seems to have forgotten their roots and it's important that man should realise that world is beyond SCIENCE.For all this to happen in reality one must start from the grass root level,i.e from the famil.The moral values and the elements of culture in the form of\n1.Learning to read and write the original script\n2.Books and novels exploring the history and the beaut of the culture\n3.spiritual inclination etc.\nIf these small things are incorporated then the world may become a better place to live in
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Your question really has no answer, if it did, everyone would be implementing those ideas all around the world.  You can't change others or countries, only yourself.  Study hard, work hard, take risks and keep an open mind to new views and ways of doing things...that's all anyone can do.
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Sure it is. How else will an individual or a Country change ? Or how else do you convince some one to do something different ? Rules.... Ethics.... laws.... change along with social changes. Hence how can there be permanent friend or foes ?