On the one hand we can learn a great deal from one another's cultures. There is also a need for communication and bioethical co-operation even between people who are in violent conflict. For there are matters of common interest, like environmental health, clean air and water, infectious disease control, etc. I also think that when two nations are in conflict there is still plenty of opportunity for deep understanding between individuals. Governments can make war, but I do not think that governments can make peace.
Individuals can make peace among individuals.
This is true and I myself also tend to shoot from the hip and state my feelings and criticisms bluntly, not caring whom I offend. But perhaps we can also learn from Japanese ways of avoiding confrontation. Instead, in spite of the barbarous bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the Japanese put their energies into settling down to building peace.