Here's an un-PC lesson about attempting diplomacy with a culture that simply cannot embrace your own moral precepts:

http://www.nationalreview.com/...deen200506270746.asp

We tend to get fidgety and angry when just a few seconds are stolen from us at the stop light or check-out line that is moving too slow. Imagine having your whole life stolen by another person. Is it true that slavery is still taking place today? Is it true that whole religions still have doctrines in support of such a thing?

Pray for freedom. It is not a wasted prayer.