Western culture's bias

Westerners and I am talking primarily about those of us who live in the United States and Western Europe are an interesting breed. The primary interest is ourselves. Our culture is very adamant, especially in the United States about our "individual" rights and privileges. Unfortunately, this bias is carried with us like so much excess baggage when we travel to other nations. We also are not very aware of it when encountering people from a different culture here.
We tend to emphasize what we do to explain who we are; it is also important for us to have our own plans and to live our own lives which if they are interfered with in anyway cause us no end to our frustration that someone has interfered with our plans. Often times this is the very thing that we need to get over ourselves; some wrench thrown into our plans.
"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" is it a blessing or a curse.

Western culture's bias

Westerners and I am talking primarily about those of us who live in the United States and Western Europe are an interesting breed. The primary interest is ourselves. Our culture is very adamant, especially in the United States about our "individual" rights and privileges. Unfortunately, this bias is carried with us like so much excess baggage when we travel to other nations. We also are not very aware of it when encountering people from a different culture here.
We tend to emphasize what we do to explain who we are; it is also important for us to have our own plans and to live our own lives which if they are interfered with in anyway cause us no end to our frustration that someone has interfered with our plans. Often times this is the very thing that we need to get over ourselves; some wrench thrown into our plans.
"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" is it a blessing or a curse.