No 2012 most of us don't think that this tars a whole culture with the same brush, however, by the fact that we read horror stories in the papers (and these are the ones we actually hear about) means that by our standards we are frankly quite appalled by what goes on and turning a blind eye is not the way to go.
I know you would prefer that it is not discussed and we can therefore all pretend that it does not really happen - perhaps this is what you would like, if so as the original OP said, we are truly in the dark ages here.
No 2012 most of us don't think that this tars a whole culture with the same brush, however, by the fact that we read horror stories in the papers (and these are the ones we actually hear about) means that by our standards we are frankly quite appalled by what goes on and turning a blind eye is not the way to go.
I know you would prefer that it is not discussed and we can therefore all pretend that it does not really happen - perhaps this is what you would like, if so as the original OP said, we are truly in the dark ages here.