Asians have opinions as well but we are taught to ventilate them. That's what school is about. Think, think (bang for the head if you don't) speak out loud. Today it's the opposite. If you speak you are an enemy of the state, school, the neighbourhood or whomever it concerns or feels insulted.

We have sensitive and emotional people as well, Shy, introverts, and extroverts to name it and not everyone is able to formulate their thoughts or willing to share their opinion. There are plenty who will respond to everything you ask with an I don't know" or a "you can decide". For sure this has also to do with the level of education and the level of self-esteem. Now I think about it, it can also have to do with the part of the country you grew up. The western provinces and the centre of the country are more straightforward than those in the North, East and South. Next to that a country that rises out of the sea, fights nature won't manage with drama kings and queens. Dutch people are sober and say what they think, no party animals either.
Today it's different. The drama kings and queens with us aren't the Asians but the gold diggers and we don't consider that behaviour attractive.

You don't have columnists, irony, sarcasm, black humour, self reflection? My grandmothers already spat out what they thought (both born at the beginning of 1900) . It's not always likes but we like to know where we stand and we are taught that criticism isn't per se negative. (You are always free to say: Lalalala I don't hear you).

Do Asians shy away or is it an unwritten rule not to say what you think, believe, stand for?