The West has evolved a dialectic process that requires confrontation. Our legal and parliamentary systems are based on this - a form of Socratic reasoning that evolved through Kant and Hegel. The media, in particular, is based on this too - two opposing sides are placed in a news story, and out of this, we expect a synthesis to appear. This, in the West, is how we uncover truth. We are expected to make a judgement. We are expected to present an argument. We are expected to argue and rebut.