These sorts of events remind me of the Calm in Japan after that devastating Tsunami. None of this sort of thing went on. They seem to be oddly honorable over there. It’s a cultural thing.
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I remember reading a story about some band (their name escapes me) that played in an arena in Japan. Prior to letting the crowds in, they put tambourines on all the seats so they could jam with the band throughout the show.
Thinking that the crowd understood (without actually saying it) that they could keep them. After the show & everyone left...every seat had a tambourine on it.
Japanese have a great culture but I think what is truly behind the phenomenon is that they are one people, ethnically, culturally, and linguistically, and have been for 2000 years and therefore have a higher level of trust in others.
They seem to be oddly honorable over there.
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I think it is a good “odd.” That’s how we should act. But I have confidence that there are parts of the U.S. where people wouldn’t rob their neighbors and would help each other get through a crisis as well as share some food with a starving neighbor. A long term crisis might end all that, though.
Japan has one of the highest police to population ratios in the world and also one of the lowest crime rates. There may be a relationship.