Are you a citizen of the world?

I try and keep an open mind, tolerate and learn of differing perspectives, beliefs and cultures.

I mostly fail, therefore I must fit in just fine. >_>

We all are

@thriftymaid Thank you for your exciting contribution to this thread and insight into your mind and how it works.

I have traveled extensively and loved learning and respecting new cultures even the majorly different (i.e Turkey). I don’t understand people who never leave their home state/country and only bother understanding their own culture. In each of the 24 or so countries i’ve been to i like to try and say a few words in their language, it is fun and they appreciated it.

LOL @Zen_Again

Much more than that. Just my mini-bio and you’ll see.

I haven’t traveled extensively, but I’m really into learning foreign languages and cultural traditions. It’s important to me to understand what another culture’s practices are and why they do things that way. I speak Spanish and some Chinese, and I’ve tried to teach myself a few words here and there of other languages. I’m lucky to be able to practice my Spanish often without leaving the country, because I have a lot of Spanish-speaking friends and coworkers. I really want to start learning French and Arabic as well, because I keep meeting native speakers and I’d like to be able to talk to them in their own language.

I am a South African citizen, that makes me one of Africa I guess and then ultimately one of the world and universe!

KENNETT – YES

@Zen_Again . You’re welcome.

I’m from Canada and aren’t we the essence of diplomacy?? I think I feel of the world first, but I am proud to be Canadian.

@faye Fellow Canuck here – agreed!

@faye I wasn’t born in Canada, but I’ve lived here for most of my life and I agree-Canada rules. :)

I love studying other cultures. I routinely watch shows, read blogs and news in different languages and from different areas of the world. If all I had was America then I would grow bored within a week. It’s a big world and I want to learn about it.

I should hope so.

Nah, I’m not a world citizen, though I’ve travelled to many countries. I love the differences.

I agree. Canada is it.

Well I live in this world so I guess that makes me a citizen thereof. When I travel I always vist the botanical gardens, a couple of art galleries and a museum or two. That tells me about the culture of the country in a way that is enjoyable to me. When I moved to Australia I read through all of the 19th and early 20th century novelists, gave me a great feel for the culture and history of the country without reading history books.

Does that qualify me?

A citizen of the world… i might be one, as i have three nationalities, have lived in more than 5 different countries, have friends and relatives in nearly every country and travel every summer to someplace new… i speak 3 languages fluently( english, arabic and french) and i understand and can communicate bascily in italian and spanish.
I also think i would be a great diplomat, as i can adapt to any culture and communicate without even needing to talk ( its true by the way, thats how i learnt french, came to france with no knowledge of the language)....

Yes, everyone is. For some reason people keep forgetting that we are all HUMANS, apart of the same EARTH.

I agree that everyone is a citizen of the world, in that we’re all human.

But, there are those who don’t think of themselves that way, and that can be a real problem—nationalism is a corrosive disease. Beyond that, of course there are big differences between people in how well they understand and appreciate the diversity of cultures and individuals.

I don’t think we’ll have much world peace until the bulk of the Earth’s population understands this—there is only one kind of humanity.

I’m a citizen of the galaxy. There are plenty of wonderful exoplanets out there waiting to be discovered.

Find one that has comprehensible cell phone plans and I’m on the next rocket :)

@HasntBeen – ga, it would be great to find a phone that simply makes phone calls, hehehe!

I had one. They made me upgrade because it wouldn’t fit into their tech support department when I needed repairs :)

That is sad and funny at the same time! But not surprising!

I miss those old bricks with a keypad and a send button. All I really need.

Hehe. 2 years ago I bought a new Samsung phone with browser and gps and dog-walker. They talked real fast in the store, and me being just a slow country hick… well, I somehow came away with the notion that web access was included in my service plan.

So I didn’t really need that feature, but I read the news a couple of times, and watched a movie trailer… about 2 minutes long. Next month, I had $151 extra on my phone bill for “data access”!! I guess I could have seen the whole movie about 200,000 times for that.

They finally reversed the charges and turned off the data access after I bitched and moaned and waited on hold several occasions. In hindsight, I wish I was watching the movie on DVD while waiting. Just to make the irony complete.