Posted by sigismund on May 4, 2010, at 17:32:37
In reply to Re: another Alice Miller link, NYT » floatingbridge, posted by sassyfrancesca on April 30, 2010, at 12:11:13
>We have a society that glorifies put-downs, rude behavior and disrespect: VERBAL ABUSE.....and bullying.
Asian cultures generally do not even permit the expression of anger. To express anger is to lose face.
I can remember this photo of these Indonesian soldiers carrying bodies after a terrorist attack, and they all had these weird smiles on their faces, and they were (once you realised it) obviously very angry.
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