"The Oriental doesn't put the same high price on life as does a Westerner.

[dalton99a]

Life is plentiful. Life is cheap in the Orient."
- General William Westmoreland, 1974

May 29, 2020:

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. He was an ass

[sop]

2. Westmoreland didn't place much value on Vietnamese civilians when he was carpet bombing them.

[mopinko]

3. well, that's not a lie. they give it the same value they give any other living thing, so...

[BeyondGeography]

4. Hearts and Minds

Esssential.

[Shanti Mama]

5. Having lived in Asia for 20 years, I can say this

Many Asian cultures value community, the group, the whole, over individual life. Sacrifice for the good of the whole.
It's very interesting to study how this plays out in different countries. Many in Asia have a hard time understanding our fanaticism about individualism and individual rights, just as we might struggle to understand their attitudes.

[malaise]

6. He was one of the monsters

who hated non-whites