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A comment on Booze, Sex, and the Dark Art of Dealmaking in China (2015). Parent comment

Re:Booze, Sex, and the Dark Art of Dealmaking in China (2015) by drollcrops on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @03:56AM (#17455855)
> Respecting monogamy, at least in America, is one of those things: regardless of how we naturally would like to behave, we are expected to (and promise to) respect the sanctity of marriage.

When did residing in a particular nation-state define such specific moral boundaries? Are you saying if I move to China I can cheat on my spouse because that's how things are done there? It seems you are applying your own morals to 300 million members of a very diverse group of people.

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Re:Booze, Sex, and the Dark Art of Dealmaking in China (2015) by setr on Wednesday July 04, 2018 @12:09PM (#17457987)
Im saying that I'm only going to speak for country I know. I considered christian/puritan, but its not just them, and I thought perhaps abrahamic was sufficient, but im not sure of the muslim treatment. I'm also aware that hindus curremtly have a far stricter, and more culturally/socially enforced, view on marriage; most Americans I've met have difficulty even processing how important they take marriage to be, arranged or by love. The non-christian chinese and africans, I have no idea.

So I'll only make the general claims for Americans.

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