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Old 08-13-2006, 12:57 PM   #282
Undertoad
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"good" and "evil" are terms I don't recognize, tw.

Israelis, including Israeli arabs, are more likely to be honest than most people living in Arabic cultures, because they live in a modern culture where truth is considered more important than honor.

Here is the awesome backgrounder on shame-culture versus guilt-culture. Required reading to understand the whole thing. If you're lazy like me and don't want to read the whole thing, at least scroll down to the colored tables that summarize the differences.

I first pointed to it in this thread.

But don't ask me, just ask this guy.



Of course, if I'm wrong, you can surely point me to one single example of a doctored photo supporting the Israeli side.
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