Actually, quite the opposite. Asia has had a much greater problem with drug cartels and mass addiction than the US and Westerners have. In fact what has happened there is one of the big reasons why we're so persistant on things like "The War On Drugs".CheckD3 said:
I'm not going to get into a TL
R rant, but I will say you might want to do some reading on things like "The Opium Wars", and the early Heroin/Lotus/Poppies trade between The Middle East and The Far East and so on. Indeed one of the reasons why some of the nations down there claim to have a bug up their rears about The Western World was that we "poisoned their culture" by sort of reversing their drug trade back on them. It's long, complicated, and very debatable, but I find it kind of funny to hear someone seriously suggest this given all the hate spewed and blood shed throughout Asia.
Also nations like Korea are the ones who have turned things like "Starcraft" into massive sports and such, and treat some of the players like celebrities. While we have our share of addicts in the US, we have yet to ever take things that far... not to say that it isn't bad enough.
I also think that part of the problem comes down to some of the Asian standards involved. When I look at a relationship like that between a 41 year old and a 25 year old it's enough to get some attention from me in most cases. Down there that's not supposed to be all that uncommon. Stuff like that, along with male dominance (which is decreasing), large families, and other issues are responsible for a lot of the social issues in the region.
See, when I look at a situation like that along with some of the things being said, it strikes me as being a situation where the 41 year old pretty much forced the neglect (which apparently went beyond the gaming) with her pretty much going along with what he said at any given time. If he wants to go play at the Internet Cafe for 12 hours and neglect the baby, that is what they do, irregardless of what she might think, etc...
I don't KNOW this of course, but it's the kind of thoughts that go through my mind given what I know about the cultural differances.
That said, don't get the wrong impression, kids DO die in the US from neglect all the time. The neglect can be from anything from overworking (both parents do extra shifts without being able to call each othr, assuming the other one is coming home for the kids), being too cheap to hire babysitters, drug binges, alcohol binges, and anything else you can think of. I simply think they deal with all of that, plus what I see as being cultural issues.
Apologies if that offends someone, it's just my opinion.
