A Lesson in Tactfulness

[Teryaani]

Race and culture are not the same thing. Japanese and Chinese people are essentially the same ethnic group (the populations diverged comparatively recently) but culturally they could hardly be more different.

on an unrelated note, there *are* differences between races. Northern Europeans are taller than Southern Europeans, African-Americans are more prone to hypertension and diabetes than European Americans, lactose intolerance is more common in mongoloid races etc etc. Apparently its racist to know this. I wonder if doctors that use this knowledge to tailor care plans are aware they are being racist. Perhaps the drug companies should stop developing phenotype-variations for their drugs.

I shouldn't respond to this. I really shouldn't. I should let this derailment die. I'm sorry OP. I really am, but I can't let this thing go. I leave thinking that this will die and here you are, Aegis, breaking out the backhoe and digging yourself deeper.

You didn't respond to my definition of tact. I'm assuming that you've ceded that point. Tact is learned. Tact is not the prospect of any one region and it's not more prevalent in any one region.

Tell me, what the hell do minor physical differences have to do with tact? Nothing? Right! So why are we talking about it? OH RIGHT, because you're obfuscating your whole "westerners have no tact" debacle.

With that, I'm done. Sorry again OP.

Tact is good! I will strive to be more tactful!