Topic (Analysis of an Issue): "Everywhere, it seems, there are clear and positive signs that people are becoming more respectful of one another's differences."
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Author's claim of people becoming more respectful of one another's differences is very much true in the modern day world. This is particularly true in the case of respecting other's culture, tradition and religion, thanks to the age of internet, media and globalization. These entities have not only helped bring people closer, but also helped fostering a better understanding of their differences.
In pre-modern world, due to lack of communication and awareness people used to live in isolated worlds of their own. For them, their own culture, tradition, and religion mattered most and was all existing. This made them dogmatic about their own opinions and beliefs. Any intrusion of a foreign thought in their communities would make them restive. There was clear cut dichotomy between East and West. East used to hold its conservative thinking while West its liberal thinking. Although business relations were there, there was little cultural exchange between people in these parts of the world.
The emergence of communications such as telephones, mobiles and internet, the development of various modes of transport such as vehicles, trains and aeroplanes, and the globalization of corporations has created much much awareness about each other and has caused great movement of people from one place to other. Due to all this, obviously, there is a exchange of people matters to a large extent. For example, in today's world, India and china are not unaware of western way of thinking and even benefitted from the philosophies of individualist feminism, human rights, etc., and similarly, America and Europe are very much aware of way of lives in India and China, and they appreciate the benefits of living religious life as prevailing in Eastern countries.
So, it can be conclusively said that people are becoming acceptable to the differences of one another. This can be witnessed clearly in contrast with the lives in pre-modern era. Today, people have become closer to each other due to modern technology and globalization leading to ferverant exchange of cultures among people from different parts of the globe.
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Author's claim of people becoming more respectful of one another's differences is very much true in the modern day world. This is particularly true in the case of respecting other's culture, tradition and religion, thanks to the age of internet, media and globalization. These entities have not only helped bring people closer, but also helped fostering a better understanding of their differences.
In pre-modern world, due to lack of communication and awareness people used to live in isolated worlds of their own. For them, their own culture, tradition, and religion mattered most and was all existing. This made them dogmatic about their own opinions and beliefs. Any intrusion of a foreign thought in their communities would make them restive. There was clear cut dichotomy between East and West. East used to hold its conservative thinking while West its liberal thinking. Although business relations were there, there was little cultural exchange between people in these parts of the world.
The emergence of communications such as telephones, mobiles and internet, the development of various modes of transport such as vehicles, trains and aeroplanes, and the globalization of corporations has created much much awareness about each other and has caused great movement of people from one place to other. Due to all this, obviously, there is a exchange of people matters to a large extent. For example, in today's world, India and china are not unaware of western way of thinking and even benefitted from the philosophies of individualist feminism, human rights, etc., and similarly, America and Europe are very much aware of way of lives in India and China, and they appreciate the benefits of living religious life as prevailing in Eastern countries.
So, it can be conclusively said that people are becoming acceptable to the differences of one another. This can be witnessed clearly in contrast with the lives in pre-modern era. Today, people have become closer to each other due to modern technology and globalization leading to ferverant exchange of cultures among people from different parts of the globe.
