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To: Elroy who wrote (243573)	10/1/2007 1:10:10 PM
From: Nadine Carroll	Read Replies (1) of 281500

I would substitute "honor" for "easily hurt pride". Honorable actions will be taken even when in private. These tribal societies (you can find their leaders driving their Limos and Benz's on the freeway) care a lot more about the appearance of honor than actual honor, as far as I can tell. You're onto a big distinction here, which is usually called the difference between a "shame" society and a "guilt" society. In a shame society, people behave well for the fear of being shamed if their wrongdoing is found out. In a guilt society people behave well for the fear of the guilt they will feel if they do wrong, as well as the punishment they may incur. That's very simplified, but it's a real distinction. People from guilt societies are more likely to behave well even if nobody is looking. People from shame societies, whose behavior is tightly constrained at home, can go wild abroad if conditions allow for it. The behavior of Japanese (Japan is a classic shame society) soldiers in WWII is a case in point. To Christians, all sins are seen by God. Christian societies are guilt societies. To a member of a shame society, sins that aren't seen by the neighbors back home don't really exist.

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