A Cultural Insight

Jay Nordlinger writes for National Review, here he relates a conversation he had with an Austrian hotel manager.

An hotelier tells me something interesting: He has stopped taking reservations from the Middle East, and in particular the Gulf. Why?

Well, a man will book for one person. One person is coming, he’ll say. And then he’ll show up with an entourage — couple of wives, children, in-laws. And the hotelier will say, “I’m sorry, but you booked for one.” And the man will respond, “Yes. Here I am. Just one.”

Those others are not people, in his culture they don't count. All cultures are not created equal, nor are they all equally valid, if you care at all about human rights.