Putting into perspective

When people do not appreciate what they have, the correct solution is to br=
ing to their attention the situation of people who have it worse than they =
do.

The Chinese people could only dream of having a government like the America=
n. The Americans already have it and keep attacking it. The American govern=
ment could only dream of having a population like the Chinese. The Chinese =
government already has it and treats it like dirt.

Muslim women could only dream of having men like the Americans. American fe=
minists already have them and insist on being ugly to them. American libera=
l men could only dream of having women like the Muslim. Muslim men already =
have them and treat them in terrible ways.

I had a friend from Russia whose wife told him that there were no real men =
left in either Russia or America. I told him to tell her to check out the s=
cene in Afghanistan. Ingratitude is a real problem. I used to be an ungrate=
ful brat myself, but I=E2=80=99ve learned better. In all the cases above we=
 see ingratitude; and the people who practice it need to have brought into =
perspective the situation of those who have it worse than do they.

Of course we see the guilty party using the behavior by the other side to m=
ake its case more convincing. Americans use misconduct by Chinese governmen=
t to attack government, and Chinese government uses misconduct by private A=
merican citizens and corporations to push the case for greater government c=
ontrol. Feminists use behavior by Muslim men to claim that men are pigs, an=
d Muslim men use behavior by American feminists to claim that women are evi=
l and should be battered. In neither case is the guilty party in the positi=
on to confront the behavior by the other guilty party. Instead they take it=
 out on the better party. And that teaches everyone the worst possible beha=
vior, in which terrible people are being rewarded and better people are bei=
ng abused.

A Muslim man who thinks that women are bad needs to deal with women who are=
 actually bad before he has appreciation for what he has in his country. A =
feminist woman who thinks that men are pigs needs to deal with men who are =
actual pigs before she has appreciation for what she has in America. Same i=
s the case with both governments and populations in America and China.

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