In the meantime, to make that a central point due to our personal sensibilities is a huge error and shows a greater lack of concern for and sensitivity to their culture, which has worked for them for literally thousands of years.

Their culture hasn’t worked so well for them for the past, say 150 years. Perhaps before that it wasn’t so obvious how far behind they were from the rest of the world. In that time they’ve been overrun by the Brits, and the Soviets, and the Taliban and AQ. Their literacy rate is very low. The fact that they are prickly and are willing to fight and die is maybe the reason that their culture still exists at all. Or maybe it’s just that they live in a place that is more rock and dirt and dust than anything else so who really cares to take it away from them.

I’m not saying that we should deliberately step on their culture. Although when they wanted to kill one of their own because he converted to Christianity a year or two ago maybe a little stomping was in order.

Basically what you’re saying is that they have to be treated like children. They need to be tucked in at night and nobody better talk about monsters or let a woman appear to be their better or they will sulk. Um OK.