[Ryzorian]

It still doesn't change the fact that people will act as they are brought up. Take away nutureing parents who teach thier children right from wrong and you generally end up with animals who do what ever makes them feel good. That isn't an American condition, that's how mankind has been throughout history.

MMM; I'm not saying all American men are pigs, afterall I would have to include myself. I'm just saying that America has been rather lacking in the parenting/upbringing department the last few decades and American culture is showing the strain. Your free to agree or disagree with my personal asessment as you will, that's ok, it isn't anything to get particularly bent out of shape over.

Now you could make an arugement that "right and wrong" is subjective to various cultures, and that's partly true. However, I would counter that certain things are universally understood as right and wrong/good and evil. Many things considered evil in America are considered evil in Japan, China, India or Africa. In other words, some things trandcend culture.

As to the Japanese girl and her short skirt. It seems to me to be more a case where the individual who witnessed it was offended because thier personal code was different than the girl's, rather than anything the girl did culturally speaking. That may be cultural or personal, I didn't witness it anymore than most the rest of us on the board here, so anything any of us say is subjective anyway yes?