I was discussing this with a co-worker recently. He's half Korean, and we were talking about the VT shooter who is Korean. The Korean government actually apologized to the world for what Cho did. Everyone was asking my coworker why they were doing this and he said "you don't understand. In America, it would be some crazy guy shooting some people, but in Korea, not only has the country failed with him, but he has dishonored the whole country and shamed his family."

There's a point to honor, and I think it's lost on most westerners, but on the other hand, the East puts so much into it that they think it's a failure on their part when someone snaps.

Still, I think I'd like to have more of a sense of honor here.