[metalcrow]

That's a convenient explanation, but it's almost too convenient. We just got unlucky and there's not much we can do? We just got bad people and bad culture and that's that? It's also pretty difficult to prove! Not to say it's wrong, just that it makes thing too easy.

[roxolotl]

To give you an example in disparity of culture a relative of mine visited me a few years back from Austria. We took a train into NYC and the notices the sign that said “Assaulting transportation personnel is punishable by up to 7 years in prison” and couldn’t stop laughing all day. They are a lawyer and had never encountered a non murder case with a sentence that harsh.