re: #346 Obdicut
OK. We are down to analyzing my choice of words, as in free choice. I could rephrase in many ways without those words, and I think I have already tried to do so.
Their culture dictated the choice in the end, as you admit. People are ultimately responsible for their culture and its direction, because they do, theoretically, have the free choice to change it even by simply staying home instead of supporting bad choices. Blaming others is always the easy way out.