All of a sudden, i found my self thinking sociologically when i was in school walking down the hallways. In our school there is a lot of PDA. And i mean A LOT of it ! Yea it is okay to hold hands and give each other huggs and even a peck its fine. But once you sit there and make out and have a tongue war, umm that's a little too much. Do that on your own time, not in school.
In class the other day we were talking about how in the US our culture is very different from other country's culture. What we think is okay other country's might not. For example in one country if you do the O.K sign that sign in their country means F-you. Also if we do the Peace sign in another country that means the same. Our culture and what we do is very different from others.
So in our country giving a kiss on the cheek seems okay, right ? Well maybe in our country it is but in India, it is not allowed ! If you do such a thing you can get fined ! and you can go to jail. Scary isn't it. Richard Gere was accused of coming a crime you could say, for kissing Kirna Mohra. And just kissing her on the cheeks. The country didn't like that and they fined him $12 and they issued a warrant for Gere's arrest.
This goes to show you that our cultures and how we Americans see things differently from others. To us a kiss on the cheek can even be because your being polite, greeting someone. I mean High Schoolers practically eat each other in the hallways, and in India that is unacceptable.
Great point....and I agree. We really don't need to see tonsil hockey in the hallway :)
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