It’s definitely not a ‘politically correct’ time to engage in a celebration of Western culture, especially not for a straight white middle-class British male like me to do so. But living in South Korea has allowed me to stand back from the society from which I come and to see it a little differently, and perhaps more clearly. Especially, living near the DMZ for ten years, within sight of North Korea, has given me a much greater sense of what is valuable within Western culture and therefore needs celebrating, protecting, and nurturing, not just deconstructing and denigrating.