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> visited a place, learned the language to get what the locals talk about

Nothing relevant to this conversation. If you have your own example that you think might be enlightening, please share it.

> Who are you to declare a society sick or healthy?

I thought we were coming from shared ground here. If there are no problems with our society, then your own comments have no basis.

> Why do your high standards only ever apply to the us?

Because it's my society and I live here?

> Where does this breath taking arrogance derive its moral authority from?

It's called western civilization, and it is the exact moral authority you started off invoking. Once again this should be common ground, and trying to disown its application to my comment is completely disingenuous.