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Originally Posted by Merlinsky
Just because we're supposed to understand that people have different cultures doesn't mean we have to like the customs. I have every right to be offended by them as they do me. The question is what happens after that. Some cultures think we're the freaks for making dogs into pets, but we've got rescue groups trying to take care of those animals and troops taking them home. The international community gets irate about the rape situation in India or the death penalty in the United States and does what? They try to change it. The Bulgarian orphanage system changed when a documentary was done exposing them to the world. There's a fine line between respecting cultures and putting them in a bubble. We're being awfully picky-choosy about which things have to stop and which ones we're supposed to mind our own business on.
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i didn't say i liked them.
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