American couples have gone to such lengths to avoid the interference of in-laws that they have to pay marriage counselors to interfere between them.
I am conservative by temperament. I disapprove of criminal activity. I am very solidly and markedly on the side of authority. The truth is I would rather err on the side of too much authority than too little.
When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.