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The U.S. Is Just Different — So Let’s Stop Pretending We’re Not (Ep. 469 Replay)

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What Is Culture?

American teenature from ohio, michael fay, was in singapore and was arrested and charged with various counts of vandalism. And it caused a real international crisis because the singapore government gave him what was then classic punishment, which was caning. Caning as in a spanking, basically, on the bare buttocks with a half inch thick ratan cane. It's the first ihave heard of an eligent clinton went to to say, hey, this is just totally inappropriate, this punishment. If you are violating the social order, you're ong to be punished.

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