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At East Asian countries: I like their acceptance of nudity and video games into their culture. When i lived in Korea, sometimes i would see an old couple sitting on the swings, like kids. You dont see that in the US. They tended to be open-minded and weren't as homophobic as western countries.
At Western Europe: Not much to say that i like about Europe. I do like their emphasis on education and how Theism isnt as popular there. Also, more liberal drug laws. I dont like the people much, too elitist and stuck up. :P
Not_Mjolnir_
Europe is far more tolerant of nudity and by all standards more open than East Asia on most if not all social policy areas. East Asia is actually really conservative by comparison. In Korea, to the extent that homosexuality is even legally recognised to exist it could get you a year in jail, and the newly elected president Lee Myung-bak calls it "abnormal". A statement like that would be political suicide in most European countries. The situation is similar in Japan and the PRC. By far the most progressive East Asian country is Taiwan, but it still doesn't even recognise gay unions. Compare this to Europe, where gay registered partnership is legal in 17 countries, with straight out gay marriage in 3 of them - Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain. Commending East Asia for open mindedness and lack of homophobia in a post that has little good to say about Europe is really misplacing the credit.
Remeber. Goverment and People are different. Americans accept Homos more but the goverment doesn't and in Europe the people hate homos and the goverment is more free see what i mean?
One would expect the level of tolerance to be higher among young Koreans and Americans than among old Koreans and Americans, same way one also expect great regional variation between and within countries. You'll find all of this everywhere in America, East Asia AND Europe.
Obviously some Europeans do hate homosexuals, but the fact is that far more American and Asian voters elect politicians that are opposed to gay marriage than European voters, which is as clear an indication that you're ever going to get that that the European electorate as a whole has a more positive image of homosexuals than the American electorate.
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