Are you living in a Western or Eastern Civilization? Page 2

Started by Miz en Scène August 22nd, 2009 1:29 AM
  • 2291 views
  • 30 replies
  • Poll

East or West

LethalTexture

Breeder and Battler

Age 31
Male
Colchester, United Kingdom
Seen October 4th, 2020
Posted October 3rd, 2020
2,309 posts
16.1 Years
Well I suppose, according to you, I am in an Eastern Country. But, those countries that are termed to be in "Western Civilization" are all MEDCs, whereas Eastern are coined as LEDCs. Simple geography, people.

"My soul cries out that this is where I belong."
FC: 1547-5175-5150

Miz en Scène

Everybody's connected

Male
The Wired
Seen 1 Day Ago
Posted August 30th, 2016
1,645 posts
14.7 Years
Europe. Eastern Europe. So I guess east?
Actually, Europe is West unless you have an Eastern-like culture.
» Fiction «
Havisham
SWC 2011
» Fanfiction «
The Rainbow Chasers
SWC 2016 (1st Place)
——
The Promise I Made to You
SWC 2012 (2nd Place)
——
The Best
Pokecreepypasta Entry 2010
——
Using Firefox and see a scrollbar?
Tell me so I can fix it! (Hopefully)
» TBD «

Want a fanfic review?
Just ask me!

Got a review from me?
Pay it forward!
Drop a comment or a review on someone else's fic. I'm sure they'll appreciate it!

.little monster

Age 30
Male
Ohio
Seen June 6th, 2017
Posted March 23rd, 2015
4,291 posts
14 Years
Well I suppose, according to you, I am in an Eastern Country. But, those countries that are termed to be in "Western Civilization" are all MEDCs, whereas Eastern are coined as LEDCs. Simple geography, people.
It has nothing to do with geography, this isn't asking "Do you live on the west or east part of the world?" It's asking what kind of Civilization you live in, and the two most common are Eastern and Western, of which have nothing to do with geography. If it did the following countries would not be called Western Countries:

All of the North and South American continents.
Western Europe
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Israel
Iceland

(Yes I know the first two aren't countries. :|)

And various nations spread across the world. Whether a country is classified as a Western or Eastern country has nothing to do with its geographical location. Read my earlier post if you want more detail.

Actually, Europe is West unless you have an Eastern-like culture.
Actually, parts of Eastern Europe (and Russia, which I never say is Eastern Europe because it's on the Asian continent for the most part) are not Eastern or Western. They are all Orthodox for the most part. However, it is not rare for Islamic (Eastern) and Western cultures to appear.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Clash_of_Civilizations_map.png

Some notes:

South Africa is considered both an African and Western civilization due to it being colonized by Western Europeans.
Israel is a mix of Islamic and Western civilization, those do not coincide together as peacefully as in South Africa.
Latin American civilization is basically the same as Western civilization since the thing that makes a country Western is if it is Christian-based, which Latin America is Catholic based. Catholicism is a branch of Christianity.

LethalTexture

Breeder and Battler

Age 31
Male
Colchester, United Kingdom
Seen October 4th, 2020
Posted October 3rd, 2020
2,309 posts
16.1 Years
It has nothing to do with geography, this isn't asking "Do you live on the west or east part of the world?" It's asking what kind of Civilization you live in, and the two most common are Eastern and Western, of which have nothing to do with geography.
I'm not saying that, I am referring to the division of countries using the LEDC/MEDC method, as the two types of civilization you refer to have soem bearing on the economic development of said country. Ergo, most, if not all, countries that are referred to as Western are above the line, hence MEDCs, and those below (LEDCs) are referred to as Eastern.

I'm not sayign that it is solely based on this, but as I say it does have some bearing on the society. I have studied this, but only at a near basic level. I tried to find a diagram, but the only one I can find is nowhere near big enough to demonstrate my point.

EDIT: But I can give it a shot.

"My soul cries out that this is where I belong."
FC: 1547-5175-5150