I upvoted you because I agree in this case, but I disagree with your principles. > Putting a label on someone's culture at least calls for a few years of actua

I upvoted you because I agree in this case, but I disagree with your principles. > Putting a label on someone's culture at least calls for a few years of actually living there. No, it doesn't. To give an example, I have no problem labeling Aztec culture as violent. (Here's the long, boring thread debating this point: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=548429 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=548429 )