> Why is this treated as a specifically Russian tendency? Because everyone in that part of Russia understand and feels that honor-based reaction. The Southern

> Why is this treated as a specifically Russian tendency? Because everyone in that part of Russia understand and feels that honor-based reaction. The Southern US also has a history and reputation of honor-based communities. The difference is that in the US, most people do not think this way, and there is a cultural tendency towards accepting and understanding differences with your neighbors, or at least signaling such. --- I think that honor based societies do not do a good job at understanding change. The problem is that the opposite of honor is guilt/shame, and that emotional reaction heavily masks the facts of the situation. It may be a difficult and foreign concept (It's difficult for me), but reading about guilt-free organizations is very interesting to me. The thing that was hardest for me was understanding that guilt and responsibility are different things.