Mine is from personal experience of having a child and having to consider these issues very seriously. It also comes from days having spent researching the topic, speaking to representatives of the embassy and seeking legal advice.

Many of the issues I have brought up that you disagreed with stemmed from experience as a child too, and as a child how long ago was that? People do speak differently to a child than they would an adult, and what they told you may not have anything to do with the topic discussed on hand.

To me, you have nothing valuable to say or give anyway. You are just as inclined to attack another person's character when you are asked to give evidence on things as you are to actually back up what you say. If you want to believe something as they say, you'll find a reason to believe it. You remind me of some older teachers I met in China who were set in their prejudices one way or the other. In fact at DOS at one of the chain schools was so afraid of dealing with an Asian American who grew up in a bi-cultural environment (1st generation immigrant in the house, American environment outside the house) that he had the guy fired over the trivial reason that he wouldn't smoke or drink with fellow colleagues and local government officials. Our true characters are exposed when there is a chance a fantasy we held on to can be popped, eh?