History Quotes / CultureJustifiesAnything

But it's such a festive holiday!\\\

-->-- [[Creator/BenCroshaw Yahtzee]] [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation in his review of]] ''Yakuza 4''

Why we do it, who can say?

->''"It's tradition; that makes it okay!"''

-->-- '''[[Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Captain Sisko]]''' dressing down Worf for trying to honour kill his brother

->''At the moment I don't give a damn about Klingon beliefs, rituals or customs! Now I have given you both a lot of leeway when it comes to following Klingon traditions, but in case you haven't noticed, this is not a Klingon station and those are not Klingon uniforms you're wearing. There is a limit to how far I'll go to accommodate cultural diversity among my officers, and you've just reached it!''

->''"We took possession... in accordance with our custom and we caught all the people. Not one escaped. Some ran away from us, these we killed, and others we killed -but what of that? It was in accordance with our custom."''
-->--Maori warrior on the conquest and genocide of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_Islands#M.C4.81ori_conquest_and_genocide Moriori]].

'''LTJG. K'lak, son of Rokar:''' Yes, and my species’ dominant culture considers it honorable to attack unarmed passenger liners from cloak.
-->-- "Fanfic/LastRights"

->'''Ellen:''' You mean like a cult?
->'''[[NoNameGiven Not-Tengu]]: A "cult"? Honestly, such intolerance of other people's beliefs.'''
->'''Ellen:''' ''You enslave minds!''
->'''Not-Tengu: And I believe that's okay.'''
-->Webcomics/ElGoonishShive

->''At the moment I don't give a damn about Klingon beliefs, rituals or customs! Now I have given you both a lot of leeway when it comes to following Klingon traditions, but in case you haven't noticed, this is not a Klingon station and those are not Klingon uniforms you're wearing. There is a limit to how far I'll go to accomodate cultural diversity among my officers, and you've just reached it!''
-->-- '''[[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Captain Sisko]]''' dressing down Worf for trying to honour kill his brother

-->-- [[StarTrekDeepSpaceNine Captain Sisko]] dressing down Worf for trying to honour kill his brother

->'' ''At the moment I don't give a damn about Klingon beliefs, rituals or customs! Now I have given you both a lot of leeway when it comes to following Klingon traditions, but in case you haven't noticed, this is not a Klingon station and those are not Klingon uniforms you're wearing. There is a limit to how far I'll go to accomodate cultural diversity among my officers, and you've just reached it!'' ''

->''At the moment I don't give a damn about Klingon beliefs, rituals or customs! Now I have given you both a lot of leeway when it comes to following Klingon traditions, but in case you haven't noticed, this is not a Klingon station and those are not Klingon uniforms you're wearing. There is a limit to how far I'll go to accomodate cultural diversity among my officers, and you've just reached it!''

->''''At the moment I don't give a damn about Klingon beliefs, rituals or customs! Now I have given you both a lot of leeway when it comes to following Klingon traditions, but in case you haven't noticed, this is not a Klingon station and those are not Klingon uniforms you're wearing. There is a limit to how far I'll go to accomodate cultural diversity among my officers, and you've just reached it!''''

->''"We took possession... in accordance with our custom and we caught all the people. Some ran away from us, these we killed, and others we killed -but what of that? It was in accordance with our custom."''

->''"We took possession in accordance with our custom and we killed all the people. Some ran away from us, these we killed, and others we killed -but what of that? It was in accordance with our custom."''

->''"We took possetion in accordance with our custom and we killed all the people. Some ran away from us, these we killed, and others we killed -but what of that? It was in accordance with our custom."''

-->Maori warrior on the conquest and genocide of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham_Islands#M.C4.81ori_conquest_and_genocide Moriori]].

-->-- '''[[HeroicComedicSociopath Belkar]] [[SerialKiller Bitterleaf]]''' to Miko Miyazaki, defending his right to protect his ChaoticEvil alignment from detection[[note]]Technically, the made-up tradition of carrying around a lead sheet that blocks her [[DetectEvil ability to do so]][[/note]].[[/labelnote]], ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''

-->-- '''[[HeroicComedicSociopath Belkar]] [[SerialKiller Bitterleaf]]''' to Miko Miyazaki, defending his right to protect his ChaoticEvil alignment from detection[[labelnote:*]]Technically, the made-up tradition of carrying around a lead sheet that blocks her [[DetectEvil ability to do so]].[[/labelnote]], ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''

->''STOP OPPRESSING MY CULTURE, YOU ETHNOCENTRIC BITCH!''
-->-- '''[[HeroicComedicSociopath Belkar]] [[SerialKiller Bitterleaf]]''' to Miko Miyazaki, defending his right to protect his ChaoticEvil alignment from detection[[hottip:*:Technically, the made-up tradition of carrying around a lead sheet that blocks her [[DetectEvil ability to do so]].]], ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''

->''"There comes a point where acknowledging cultural differences doesn't cut it any more and you just have to say; 'What the fuck, guys?"
-->[[BenCroshaw Yahtzee]] [[WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation in his review of]] Yakuza 4

->''It's tradition; that makes it okay!''
-->--'''Music/WeirdAlYankovic''', "Weasel Stomping Day"

-->--'''WeirdAlYankovic''', "Weasel Stomping Day"

-->[[BenCroshaw Yahtzee]] [[WebOriginal/ZeroPunctuation in his review of]] Yakuza 4

-->-- '''[[HeroicSociopath Belkar]] [[SerialKiller Bitterleaf]]''' to Miko Miyazaki, defending his right to protect his ChaoticEvil alignment from detection[[hottip:*:Technically, the made-up tradition of carrying around a lead sheet that blocks her [[DetectEvil ability to do so]].]], ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''

-->[[BenCroshaw Yahtzee]] [[ZeroPunctuation in his review of]] Yakuza 4

-->-- '''[[HeroicSociopath Belkar]] [[SerialKiller Bitterleaf]]''', defending his right to protect his ChaoticEvil alignment from detection[[hottip:*:Well technically the made up tradition of carrying around a lead sheet which was blocking her ability to do so.]], ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick''

-->-- '''[[HeroicSociopath Belkar]] [[SerialKiller Bitterleaf]]''', defending his right to protect his ChaoticEvil alignment from detection[[hottip:*:Well technically the made up tradition of carrying around a lead sheet which was blocking her ability to do so.]], ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick''

-->-- '''[[HeroicSociopath Belkar]] [[SerialKiller Bitterleaf]]''', defending his right to protect his ChaoticEvil alignment from detection, ''Webcomic/OrderOfTheStick''