[politicalmerc]

I don't mean to "tar" all Asians. You are of course correct that there are differences in each country cultures and I don't think all Asian are evil, or that even most Asians are. But to say there is no Asian culture is silly. There is European Culture, there is African Culture, there is Latin Culture, and there is Asian culture.

My comment still stands. If you look at the way the Japanese acted in WWII, and the way they acted in China, the Vietnamese were particularly cruel in war, the Chinese, the Koreans, this story about the Laosians is particularly cruel.

Again, I mean no offense to Asians. I have lived in Asia and very much enjoy Asians and their Asian Culture. I suppose technically it is Occidental Culture but it just doesn't have that ring. If I didn't have so many children here I would move back to Asia.

In any case, just take the statement at face value.

[OpusatFR]

“I have lived in Asia and very much enjoy Asians and their Asian Culture.”

By culture if you mean respect for elders and guests, that’s universal.

I get the gist of you cultural reference.

But, really, the cultures are very, very different and equating a Chinese culture with Thai or Japanese is going to get you in trouble over there.

Japanese think the Chinese are impossibly dirty people and the Chinese really do hate the Japanese and have not forgotten WWII.

And yes, cruelty is not simply a cultural phenomenon, but it is the human condition.

We are all beasts carefully hiding under these laws we have created to manage our natures.