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Originally Posted by RealJames
Aspartame makes me gag.
I suppose the passion with which Western cultures tend to bicker about points that many Asians tend to just not get flustered about is the cultural distinction I'm making, not the side of the fence someone is on, but rather how red-faced they might get in upholding their beliefs, it all starts to look the same.
And I'm not sure that the general opinions on the topics you mentioned are strong in either direction.
When it comes to homosexuality, abortions, religion, capital punishment etc I'm pretty sure that conversations I've had with people from all western lands have been quite similar, and I'd bet that the polls would be quite close. I wonder if there are statistics on this...
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Ah, yeah, I can see what you mean now.
I'm not too sure when it comes to those topics, a lot of the people who engage in those conversations seem to get very flustered and opinionated, so i would argue opinions are strong, but then again the opinions of a few don't represent the many. I guess my argument was that capital punishment is outlawed in the UK but not the US, Italy is very religious but religon isn't a vital role in France, - for examples - and so wondered if the countries stance to these issues didn't reflect the opinions of its people. Then again I suppose that's an issue for the 'generalisation' thread. I do wonder if there are any statistics too though . . .