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Old 06-23-2014, 12:14 PM   #53
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Default Re: The Asian mind and the Western mind

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Originally Posted by Terry View Post
This LC maxim Ohio brought up is very Asian..at least in my wife's culture witnessing first hand. In this case even if the elder brother was wrong to provoke his younger brother, the older brother is still right.
When the serving brothers touched Philip Lee they found an Asian culture. They heard an Asian maxim, something like, "If you touch the master's dog you touch the master." The Asian code of 'face' had been violated.
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