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Another way to say this is that there's nothing whatever wrong with using an idea that originates somewhere else, but it does help to preserve the history from which the idea came. We can have both if we are careful!

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Apr 24Liked by Tim Shaw

Sorry eating fish 🤮🤢

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Well put. I agree that the term "cultural appropriation" carries a lot of extraneous baggage and, as a result, can overshadow the benefits of cross-fertilization and how such interaction can lead to something unique that is an amalgamation of elements from two or more cultures.

To continue your analogy with food, consider the kind of nouvelle cuisine that fuses fine French cuisine with kaiseki ryori (see https://savorjapan.com/contents/more-to-savor/the-elegant-food-of-french-japanese-fusion-cuisine/). The result tastes and looks great. As Aristotle said, "The whole is greater than the sum of its parts."

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Ha, it's all down to personal taste.

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