It's numbingly easy to pick on someone like Ms. Cyrus for her creative choices, and the vitriol aimed at her in recent weeks has felt especially hollow, declarations of cultural war from defenders of an innocent past that never was.
Despite this, the Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity (UNESCO 2001) states the importance of cultural diversity not only for economic growth, but also "as a means to achieve a more satisfactory intellectual, emotional, moral and spiritual existence" (Article 3).
In 1992, the convention that renominated Mr. Bush's father featured Patrick J. Buchanan's declaration of a "cultural war" on gay rights and abortion.
Four years later, though, Republican appeals to "family values" and the declaration of a cultural war at the party's convention were widely thought to have backfired.
Marta Esteban, of Torture is not Culture, said: "The declaration of bullfighting as cultural patrimony in Spain … simply aims at the allocation of further public funds to support this decadent activity and to indoctrinate children with education on the 'virtues' of torturing and killing animals for entertainment".
Sounds are synthesized that have no natural counterparts; and popular musical styles, ranging from punk to rap, make aggressive, unsettling declarations of sonic cultural independence.
Finally, the declaration also emphasises the importance of cultural diversity, pluralism, and respect for human dignity in matters of bioethics and human rights (article 12).
His declaration of "religious war" and "cultural war for the soul of America" delighted the hard-core anti-abortion lobby but soured the nation on the G.O.P. -- defeating Bush and bringing us Bill Clinton.
Scott Mendelson of Forbes wrote, "Frozen is both a declaration of Disney's renewed cultural relevance and a reaffirmation of Disney coming to terms with its own legacy and its own identity.
(14) 44 Council of Europe, Declaration of the Committee of Ministers on Cultural Diversity.
