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Originally Posted by rayliotta
Eph, while I agree with what you're saying, I have often wondered how much the ideas of revering one's father, and "handpicking" as you say, are specific to Asian culture. What I mean to say is that surely there are other cultures in which these attributes are very strong? This is a topic I would find very interesting to explore.
I would use, as an example, the culture of loyalty and filial respect as portrayed in The Godfather movies. (I don't use this example lightly -- I learned a lot about the culture of the Lord's Recovery from these movies. No kidding.) Think of Vito Corleone handpicking Tom Hagen (Robert Duvall's character) as consigliere.
I remember being told as a kid that Andrew Yu was Witness Lee's "right-hand man".
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Rayliotta, I concur that it also exits among other cultures. I think it might be the degree of its practice. (Also, that Italian's culture greatly resembles that of Chinese--family value and that.) When I was a little younger, I always thought brothers John Ingalls and Gene Gruhler will be picked for their maturity.
BTW, I just love the Godfather movies
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