Something very interesting to discuss
Well, this topic came up on the MED list, and I found it very interesting as I have been often thinking about this, but never saw any discussion about it:
It seems that westerners who borrow things from other cultures are committing "cultural imperialism" and thus must be meticulously respectful to the other culture, but if another culture borrows things from the west (or from each other) it can have all the freedom to express the material any way they want. Because 'the west doesn't need to be respected'.
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