12-05-2009, 06:13 AM
guitarist wrote:
My own thinking is that had she and her friends behaved this way in Rome, or Milan, it would have barely registered a blip on the radar. Large, populated, cosmopolitan European cities are a more favorable environment for mobs of sexually voracious, stoned young exchange students. But to behave like this, so disconnected and unaware, in a medieval little catholic village, well, students should take into account the customs and social climate (and legal system) of the region they're in. On that, I think, most of us agree.
I should have included something along that line, because I agree with you. It was a serious clash of cultures, and her behavior suggests she didn't take that into consideration when making decisions.