Ah, but take out is generally implied to be eaten at home, in your own personal private space, where, again, it doesn't impact anyone but you, the seller, and people who're in your space. While it's possible you'll take it into the face of another member of a culture, it's not very likely.
And, to the latter, frankly, a culture on itself doesn't sell anything. Individuals do, obviously. Every culture has individuals who'd sell out their cultural inheritance when desperate, or even just to make a quick buck. Every culture has members who think their heritage is bunk, and don't respect it. Likewise, there's any number of plundering colonial powers that have wholesale sold off the cultural heritage of those they've colonized, or robbed sacred sites of artifacts to ship back home at profit.
That doesn't mean the majority of the members of that culture approve - just that they lack legal means to prevent it.
Admittedly, I'm not sure this is the line to draw on appropriation, I'm just trying to puzzle it out from defending it.
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Date: 2008-09-27 06:20 pm (UTC)And, to the latter, frankly, a culture on itself doesn't sell anything. Individuals do, obviously. Every culture has individuals who'd sell out their cultural inheritance when desperate, or even just to make a quick buck. Every culture has members who think their heritage is bunk, and don't respect it. Likewise, there's any number of plundering colonial powers that have wholesale sold off the cultural heritage of those they've colonized, or robbed sacred sites of artifacts to ship back home at profit.
That doesn't mean the majority of the members of that culture approve - just that they lack legal means to prevent it.
Admittedly, I'm not sure this is the line to draw on appropriation, I'm just trying to puzzle it out from defending it.