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Originally Posted by Platapus
The question is what is wrong with you? You are evaluating a foreign culture through your own culture. This is what is called a "Cultural Lens" . A cultural lens can be an impediment to understanding other cultures. The observation that since "we" don't do that "here", infers that "they" should not do it "there" is sophistry.
It is their culture, and if the citizens wish it to change they can, but it will take time.
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If your culture revolves around rejecting standards of basic human hygiene and sanitation that goes back to the caveman days, then there is something wrong with your culture. It's not a cultural lens to say that wallowing in your own filth, corpses and feces is a bad thing - it's a biological imperative based on thousands of years of evolution.