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Goebbles [Minister of Propaganda from 1933 to 1945] gave an order to all cameramen at the front: 'The German soldier always attacks from left to right.' That was it, no further explanation. Sure enough, if you look at old newsreels, the Germans always adv...  

left to right works for me.

Hmm... I know that the reason why the British drive on the left is so that way they could face their enemies with their right hands. Their right hands had their swords.

Support from America, France, and Britain was short listed. Britain won out and in 1872 the first Japanese railway was up and running... a massive network followed, all of which were left-side running, cars followed the established pattern. I understand t... 

Thank you for sharing this very interesting information!

Very interesting and exactly the type of thing to make me stop what I am doing and devote some thought to. I think left to right does not make me think of advancing, but right to left looks like a retreat. Interesting on the stair case, have never heard o... 

Left to right seems more “natural” to my eyes. I’ve never Noted that. Thanks for posting the 2 photos

of course that in our Western culture the left-to-right image holds a more positive connotation - in other words, it represents progress versus the inverse which represents regress . But, as you already pointed out, different cultures see the same thing d... 

...from your pictures it feels: LtoR - heading out for the day; RtoL - heading home. And no wars in between 😊

The photo is from early April when I was cherry blossoms viewing at 新宿御苑 (Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden). Wonderful location... I can also recommend the book where I found the quote: " Werner Herzog - A Guide for the Perplexed: Conversations with Paul Cr... 

I wonder if a person being right handed vs left handed makes any difference.

and why are fewer people left-handed than right-handed? It seems that the "Scientific American" has some thoughts on the matter. I don't necessarily agree with the article below and it was never the intention to discuss genetic theories ; ) ... in part my... 

”obviously”! - the first feels more natural- very interesting. When I’m searching through my book shelves I feel nauseous if I go from right to left!