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What are your impressions of Japanese and their society after seeing all the TV reports ? (Vanity )
3/14/11

Posted on 03/14/2011 2:01:54 AM PDT by sushiman

I've been here ( Japan ) a long time , so what I have seen does not surprise me : the people's resilience ; the community spirit ; the never give up attitude ; the discipline ; etc...I would love to hear what your impressions have been , watching from halfway around the world .


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KEYWORDS: earthquake; japan; japanese; quake
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To: sushiman

THey are disciplined but highly dependent. Watch that help disappear and things will be different. My bet is that these people do not give a crap and would eat each other as canibal cook books have come out of Japan.

Our cities are corrupt. Katrina and Wisconsin riot with cops stealing and cross dressing point to the public unions obsessing hold for power. Yakusa is no different.


41 posted on 03/14/2011 4:36:51 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrates Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: katana

I think that what you’re describing is a word in short supply in this country, from a long time ago.

Honor.

Honor is no longer rewarded in this country. Sloth, laziness, and irresponsibility IS rewarded.

You get more of what you reward. There are no rewards for being law-abiding, patient, or selfless.

The only thing that is rewarded is what you can get away with, all the while hoisting the cultural flag of victimhood as your excuse.

Trust me, we’re screwed without the steak dinner.


42 posted on 03/14/2011 4:42:11 AM PDT by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
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To: sushiman
We sure don't see any of this:


43 posted on 03/14/2011 4:46:41 AM PDT by fso301
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To: sushiman

I’m very impressed. They have responded much like the unentitled, non-welfare areas of our country do in disasters.

People truly do share a bond.

I feel for them and wish that geography did not prevent my taking in a Japanese family.


44 posted on 03/14/2011 4:49:56 AM PDT by SampleMan (If all of the people currently oppressed shared a common geography, bullets would already be flying.)
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To: Smokin' Joe
Depends on the are of America. I've seen towns in the Midwest leveled by tornadoes and there wasn't any looting. Just hard work and diligence.

Handouts turn people into expectant, unappreciative, disrespectful oafs.

45 posted on 03/14/2011 4:52:10 AM PDT by SampleMan (If all of the people currently oppressed shared a common geography, bullets would already be flying.)
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To: BuffaloJack

That picture of the pile of white cars were most likely 2nd hand for export to 2nd/3rd world countries . White is popular finish , though , as it is the least expensive paint option . It is also said that white cars fetch more on a trade-in. Also lot of companies prefer using white cars for company use.


46 posted on 03/14/2011 4:58:26 AM PDT by sushiman
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To: Smokin' Joe

No looting of TV’s, beer and athletic shoes! No trashing of, violence and rapes in the shelter they are given. No pushing, shoving, violence in lines. No demanding somebody else do something/give them something. No debit cards with people buying Gucci purses with them. And I’m sure there will be no people demanding and getting free housing and money for 5 years afterward. They will pull together, rebuild and help each other. The comparisons are astonishing.


47 posted on 03/14/2011 5:05:19 AM PDT by usmom
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To: Daisyjane69

Could not agree more. Mention the word “honor” to a “Liberal” and they will laugh or point to the perversion of the word so common in certain “cultures”. A capacity to feel shame is what enforces personal honor and it must be taught by tough and loving parents who inculcate the child. Not easy but without it the results can be really ugly.


48 posted on 03/14/2011 5:10:06 AM PDT by katana
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To: sushiman
I'm glad you started this thread, I was thinking just that this morning. The quiet dignity, the politeness, even a small group of Japanese people seated in a circle this morning on GMA when Diane Sawyer approached them, one man got up to give her his seat and offer her and her film crew some food.........when they obviously had very little for themselves.

No shopping carts filled with beer or looted televisions, just lines of people who had lost everything. Two little kids, one who had saved her cat and another who had her pet rabbit with her..........

It sure wasn't the embarrassing Katrina crowd.......I'd be more than happy to offer my home to any of those familes for as long as it took to get back on their feet.

49 posted on 03/14/2011 5:10:07 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Oh Magoo, you've done it again.....)
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To: sushiman

Don’t see any “Amish” behavior that is evident in our cities during disasters.


50 posted on 03/14/2011 5:10:52 AM PDT by Renegade
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To: Loyal Sedition

I worked with Japanese companies in NYC for many years. They were very good to work for - no fights, no raised voices, generally very polite and, of course, hard-working.

But after work, they would hit the bars and the whiskey drinking was OUT OF CONTROL.

But I pray for the people of Japan during this disaster.


51 posted on 03/14/2011 5:11:41 AM PDT by miss marmelstein
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To: Smokin' Joe
There will not be a single, repeat, SINGLE case of rape, carjacking, liquor store holdup or looting in this tragedy in Japan while it plays out for weeks on end, in areas where millions are effected. People might well, out of hunger and desperation, take some food from convenience stores out of desperation, but will leave the amount of money for the goods with an apology note on it right on the counter, if there is not counter person in the store. And nobody else will TOUCH that money nor steal it.

This is Japan.

This is the Japanese.

Probably the most "Christian" non-Christian people on the face of the earth.

52 posted on 03/14/2011 5:15:12 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (IF Obama is REELECTED (not an impossibility) then what'll that have said re: what America's become?)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

My experience with them is that they are the salt of the earth. Great people.


53 posted on 03/14/2011 5:16:32 AM PDT by GlockThe Vote (Who needs Al Queda to worry about when we have Obama?)
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To: AmericanInTokyo

That, was a great post.


54 posted on 03/14/2011 5:19:16 AM PDT by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
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To: Sacajaweau

“The USA exhibited the same on 9-11.” Please give me a list of Japanese intellectuals who are celebrating this disaster or who say Japan deserves what happened.


55 posted on 03/14/2011 5:21:22 AM PDT by Vehmgericht
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To: sushiman

Japan is a very homogeneous society, deliberately so. And if you think about the history of Japan, being a closed society until the late nineteenth century (if I’ve got that right), their culture, etc., the keep calm, follow orders attitude makes sense. Of course there’s a downside, esp. if the govt. lies about events. At any rate, comparisons with La. and Hurricane Katrina are interesting. Maybe we’re not supposed to notice. Another interesting point: CNN didn’t mention Zero for hours over the weekend, simply concentrated on events in Japan, and indeed, had reporters from the WSJ and Human Events on....both highly intelligent, articulate, and informing, by the way.) (Anderson Cooper hadn’t arrived in Japan yet.) What was going on? Well. Of course they couldn’t very well admit Zero was partying on and golfing. I should have known.


56 posted on 03/14/2011 5:21:39 AM PDT by hershey
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To: CrickMan
That's what I thought when I watched the news. It also looks like everyone has an innate respect for authority. No one, it appears, took unfair advantage of the situation... no looting, or other crimes seem to be taking place. No one is creating further chaos or is capitalizing on the absence of order and stability.

Very long suffering and stoic. I could cry.

57 posted on 03/14/2011 5:22:34 AM PDT by SMARTY (Conforming to non-conformity is conforming just the same.)
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To: sushiman

It’s hard to tell from just TV reports. I don’t watch that much TV, but I’ve hardly seen scenes with people in them, mostly just miles of nothing but wreckage. With that said, here’s what I think:

1) They do a much better job of evacuation. I heard many areas ravaged by the tsunami had a little bit of time to get out before the devestation hit.

2) They were more prepared than average to deal with a mega disaster. This is where I think we seriously fall down here in the US. New Orleans during Katrina is a perfect example of government not being prepared and then trying to deal with it by passing the buck. I am not saying that government is everything in that sort of situation, but it helps when it is not also in freakout mode.


58 posted on 03/14/2011 5:26:12 AM PDT by dajeeps
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To: sushiman

They need more marriages and babies.


59 posted on 03/14/2011 5:26:46 AM PDT by bvw
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To: CrickMan

Granted the Russian sailor was meant to die under communism, but he did go to pull those rods out of the reactor bravely to save the crew. The Japanese look helpless i comparison to me.


60 posted on 03/14/2011 5:28:06 AM PDT by JudgemAll (Democrates Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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