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 Hi All! I do feel excited to write in here after our integrated classes; I feel as if I have a little more familiarity with all of you.

In PG's class today we discussed how our little cultural clash between each section can be seen writ large in modern day clashes between "the East and West," or "Christianity/Judaism and Islam." Whereas ours proved to be an uncomfortable clash with minor tension at most, it is easy to see how ideals of normative values can expand to cause death and destruction. I'm not attempting to simplify these wars, understanding that meshed in with the ideals are competitions for resources and land. Yet the ideals certainly count.

I'm very interested in this concept of knowledge as divided between expressible and inexpressible depending on the form of logic being employed. It seems to allow us to level the playing field of truths. I am scared, however, of the extent to what that can be taken. There are some things that seem to be intrinsically wrong, or right. For example, I cannot imagine a situation when rape would be okay.

I mentioned in class today that I'd be interested in seeing babies from other cultures and seeing if they displayed the same traits as the American babies in the articles we read. Are there universal "human" rights and wrongs that all babies learn early on? Like not hurting others?