I'm certainly not arguing that Khaleeji people are remarkably receptive to outside cultural influences or that the actions I'm listing above aren't tacitly accepted behind closed doors. I think you're right that real cultural diversity has a lot more aspects than just letting foreigners get away with doing haram things... but that's all I was focusing on here, because I think most Americans commenting on the CNN post were wrong about that specific point.
The point about having a significant Sentinelese minority is an interesting one. American society definitely has morphed through the years as different minorities have joined it, so perhaps if that were to occur, American mores would change to allow it.
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Date: 2010-03-23 10:20 am (UTC)The point about having a significant Sentinelese minority is an interesting one. American society definitely has morphed through the years as different minorities have joined it, so perhaps if that were to occur, American mores would change to allow it.