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**violetgorman** · 03-09-2010, 03:17 PM

"Face" is important to Thais and many other Asians. Often, appearance is more important than reality.
"Willful ignorance" can sometimes be attributed to Buddhism, and the value of accepting things as they are, rather than how we think they should be.

In the West, we often have a different problem.
We always believe we are right.
If someone disagrees, we believe they are wrong.

Judging by the responses, to the responses, we may be dealing with the latter scenario.

I think we need to separate the 'ignorance' and the 'face' aspects.

Also I doubt Buddhism is the cause as there is nothing 'accepting' about closed mindedness, and ignorance is not an exclusively asian characteristic - we all exhibit it, however some are more willing to learn than others.

btw, are the snide personal attacks really necessary?

03-09-2010, 03:17 PM	#11
violetgorman Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 491 Senior Member	"Face" is important to Thais and many other Asians. Often, appearance is more important than reality. "Willful ignorance" can sometimes be attributed to Buddhism, and the value of accepting things as they are, rather than how we think they should be. In the West, we often have a different problem. We always believe we are right. If someone disagrees, we believe they are wrong. Judging by the responses, to the responses, we may be dealing with the latter scenario. I think we need to separate the 'ignorance' and the 'face' aspects. Also I doubt Buddhism is the cause as there is nothing 'accepting' about closed mindedness, and ignorance is not an exclusively asian characteristic - we all exhibit it, however some are more willing to learn than others. btw, are the snide personal attacks really necessary?
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