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That's a caricature of his actual position, please be more honest than that. edit: Here's another video that does a better job of conveying his reasons for be

That's a caricature of his actual position, please be more honest than that. edit: Here's another video that does a better job of conveying his reasons for being the way he is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MShbP3OpASA&t=35m41s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MShbP3OpASA&t=35m41s He's also been on record as saying multiple times that a lot of it is because he comes from a culture that's much more abrasive than US.

nickbauman 11y ago
It's not a caricature if it's his own words. His culture? What a lame excuse. Daesh has a much more abrasive culture than the US. Does that make Daesh culture OK? Where do we draw the line?
- simoncion 11y ago
  > His culture? What a lame excuse. You can reductio ad absurd. most positions to make them seem silly, but the cultural variation argument is a very valid one. Most Germans I've talked to about the topic are somewhere between bemused and horrified about many aspects of US culture. Here's a sampling: * We have -comparatively- a very high burden of proof for slander/libel. * We do not require internet publications to have a byline positively identifying the author. * We do not make it a crime to fail to register with The State every time we change home addresses. * We permit -comparatively- incompetent people to operate motor vehicles. I gather that USians are not infrequently similarly affected by German attitudes towards free speech restrictions, public sexuality, credentialism, anti-gun-ownership hysteria and the like. There are a wide variety of cultures -bringing an even wider notion of what "proper" behavior looks like- even amongst people who live in the same country. Surely you're sufficiently worldly to understand that. :)
- pygy_ 11y ago
  Godwin's law strikes again. You lose :-)
- ciupicri 11y ago
  Politeness is also culture dependent. What is polite in a culture might be impolite in another one.

nickbauman 11y ago

It's not a caricature if it's his own words. His culture? What a lame excuse. Daesh has a much more abrasive culture than the US. Does that make Daesh culture OK? Where do we draw the line?

simoncion 11y ago
> His culture? What a lame excuse. You can reductio ad absurd. most positions to make them seem silly, but the cultural variation argument is a very valid one. Most Germans I've talked to about the topic are somewhere between bemused and horrified about many aspects of US culture. Here's a sampling: * We have -comparatively- a very high burden of proof for slander/libel. * We do not require internet publications to have a byline positively identifying the author. * We do not make it a crime to fail to register with The State every time we change home addresses. * We permit -comparatively- incompetent people to operate motor vehicles. I gather that USians are not infrequently similarly affected by German attitudes towards free speech restrictions, public sexuality, credentialism, anti-gun-ownership hysteria and the like. There are a wide variety of cultures -bringing an even wider notion of what "proper" behavior looks like- even amongst people who live in the same country. Surely you're sufficiently worldly to understand that. :)
pygy_ 11y ago
Godwin's law strikes again. You lose :-)
ciupicri 11y ago
Politeness is also culture dependent. What is polite in a culture might be impolite in another one.