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Appreciate the reminder that “kindness, respect, and integrity “ are more important than etiquette although etiquette is important the core of good manners should be kindness and if manners aren’t totally polished kindness can make up for the gaps.

So far this book does cover a lot of basis, the main thing is that when talking about cultural manners the basis that is given is to basically hold up the beliefs of all cultures as the foundation for respect. I think you can respect cultural differences without holding or adopting all or part of their beliefs. It’s more so about understanding what those beliefs mean to the other person.