NYT op-ed rationalizing Saudi tantrum against Canada misses the point: A tribal “culture of honor” that treats criticism of dominant men as an intolerable affront (sound familiar?) is the enemy of modernity, progress, and humane values.https://nyti.ms/2KSD3ds
Culture of Honor -- over-reacting to every perceived offense -- won't work very well in a world where four billion people have smartphones and access to social media.
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"Meanwhile, the poor Babel fish, by effectively removing all barriers to communication between different races and cultures, has caused more and bloodier wars than anything else in the history of creation."
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