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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
Thier Kung Fu is better than ours.*

* (They did a better job of enduring without creating more crap)

61 posted on 03/14/2011 5:29:02 AM PDT by Lazamataz (NPR is the ACORN of the media world.)
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To: AppyPappy; All

Don’t be a jerk.. The war is over..


62 posted on 03/14/2011 5:32:58 AM PDT by KevinDavis (Radical Islam is a bigger threat than the LDS.)
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To: sushiman

I’ve been extremely impressed! I saw people lined up to buy food yesterday in a line that was blocks long. Can you imagine that happening here? Folks in Detroit riot and loot when their team wins a game...


63 posted on 03/14/2011 5:35:20 AM PDT by pgkdan (Protect and Defend America! End the practice of islam on our shores before it's too late!)
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To: sushiman

Japan doesn’t have the race baiters that we have in America. Of course they don’t have the minorities that we have either. The Japanese people are very disciplined and don’t scream and cry like the “entitlement society” we have here. I have the utmost respect and admiration for the Japanese people.


64 posted on 03/14/2011 5:36:55 AM PDT by rfreedom4u ("A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against thos against good government.")
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To: sushiman

“the people’s resilience ; the community spirit ; the never give up attitude ; the discipline ; etc”

Nationalism


65 posted on 03/14/2011 5:41:05 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: sushiman

It was heart-wrenching to see these hard working people standing up for them selves and not whining and crapping all over the floor like the animals in the football stadium after Katrina

The also had a government warning system that worked in 15 minutes notice

ALSO unlike the retards during Katrina who saw it coming for days


66 posted on 03/14/2011 5:42:23 AM PDT by Mr. K (Job #1 DEFUND THE LEFT then Palin/Bachman 2012 -Unbeatable Ticket~!)
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To: sushiman

I knew people who were in WWII (on the japanese side) and MANY of them are glad we dropped the bomb

Otherwise their leaders would have forced them all to fight to their death

The bomb STOPPED the War and saved hundreds of thousands of lives.


67 posted on 03/14/2011 5:45:24 AM PDT by Mr. K (Job #1 DEFUND THE LEFT then Palin/Bachman 2012 -Unbeatable Ticket~!)
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To: pgkdan

What we’re seeing in Japan is what I’d call

“the benefits of the ABSENCE of diversity”.


68 posted on 03/14/2011 5:47:50 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: CrickMan

“Very patient people. Maybe someone has seen looting and rioting, but I haven’t”

I suspect they dont have a festering underclass like we do, therfore no looting/riots etc.


69 posted on 03/14/2011 5:51:50 AM PDT by Hacklehead (Liberalism is the art of taking what works, breaking it, and then blaming conservatives.)
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To: sushiman

I was watching CNN a couple of nights ago and what I noticed about the people in Japan is that they are very calm and cool on the surface but very emotional on the inside. They are stoic and patient from all I can see and they are resilient.


70 posted on 03/14/2011 5:58:27 AM PDT by sheikdetailfeather ("Kick The Communists Out Of Your Govt. And Don't Accept Their Goodies"-Yuri Bezmenov-KGB Defector)
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To: Old_Grouch
Japanese stoicism may be a valid impression, I don’t know. However, let me remind everyone that the whole Gulf Coast was hit by Katrina, and not all the reaction was like that of New Orleans. In many areas the people just put their shoulders to the grindstone and started to rebuild.

Even the TV version of New Orleans only showed the slum dwellers doing most of the looting, like most of the crime when there is no disaster. Check the crime stats.

The Japanese are the most bigoted nationalistic group of people on the face of the earth.

Chinese and Koreans are not far behind them.

As a round eye that's been to Asia, I couldn't believe the hatred these collective slant eyes have for each other.

We look at an Asian and see an Asian, they see an enemy of a thousand years.

The average American holds a grudge for about an hour, infinity wouldn't describe the amount of time needed to heal animosity in the Orient.

71 posted on 03/14/2011 5:59:29 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages, in honor of Standing Wolf.)
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To: sushiman

They have not really shown the people very often sushiman, only some who were shelters or distraught over a ruined home and life.

Will admit that when the US tv reporters are standing on a couple of acres worth of matchsticks that used to be homes to illustrate the scope, my second thought is “I bet they have that debris cleaned up in less than a month once the clean up begins”.


72 posted on 03/14/2011 6:01:53 AM PDT by padre35 (You shall not ignore the laws of God, the Market, the Jungle, and Reciprocity Rm10.10)
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To: sushiman

As a Marine, I went to Japan many times. Their society is so foreign to us, at least to the America of 2011. The individual is downplayed while the community and group is considered far more important. Because of that, my guess is that most Japanese are more concerned with getting their family/community help than themselves. They’re not the type to sit around and whine and cry. Plenty of people still around who had to rebuild Japan after WWII. To them, this is a far easier task than that was. They’ve known hardship and didn’t crumble.


73 posted on 03/14/2011 6:09:47 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: dajeeps

There is no Civil Defense in the US, that was killed off a long time ago, no system of fallout shelters and only a the Early Warning System in the media and even then, what then?

If CA had 1 hr to prepare for a Tsunami, it wouldn’t matter because the freeways would be packed there would be no place to go, and no plan for what to do if they stayed in place.


74 posted on 03/14/2011 6:12:27 AM PDT by padre35 (You shall not ignore the laws of God, the Market, the Jungle, and Reciprocity Rm10.10)
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To: USS Alaska
They are God's children, made in His image, and our human brothers and sisters.

Bibically challenge me, with chapter and verse.

I dare you.

And if you are not a Christian, I have nothing left to discuss with you, and I shall pray tonight for the healing of your ignorance.

75 posted on 03/14/2011 6:14:47 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: sushiman

My son was stationed in Japan for the past three years. (They recently returned to the States.) He and his family loved being there and really didn’t want to come home! They love and respect the Japanese people for all the reasons posted above. Seeing the Japanese response to this trifecta of tragedy for myself is heartbreaking and inspirational.

I do believe there are still rural areas in this country (like where I live now) where the response would be similar to Japan. However, based on what I’ve personally seen and experienced in the aftermath of Rodney King and Katrina, I know very well what would happen in Detroit, NOLA, Watts, etc. That is also heartbreaking.


76 posted on 03/14/2011 6:15:36 AM PDT by MomofMarine
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To: KevinDavis

Maybe but the radiation may not be.


77 posted on 03/14/2011 6:18:59 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: sushiman
I lived in Japan (Okinawa) for a time. I loved and respected the culture then, and am even more impressed now. I hope to have the opportunity to move back there someday.

BTW, I am in the process of teaching myself Japanese (on and off for many years, but more deliberately over the past couple of months) and would appreciate any guidance/recommendations/resources that anyone here could provide.

78 posted on 03/14/2011 6:22:08 AM PDT by Washi
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To: AmericanInTokyo
They are God's children, made in His image, and our human brothers and sisters.

Yes "they" are, whom ever you are referring to.

But everything I said is true and since you live in Japan, you know that the Asians hate each other.

If you try to claim that isn't true, you've been drinking too much sake.

What does being Christian have to do with Asian prejudice?

If you are referring to my round eye/slant eye description, piss off.

79 posted on 03/14/2011 6:36:41 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist savages, in honor of Standing Wolf.)
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To: padre35

I am surprised at some of the posts here that negatively compare our culture and behavior under stress with that of the Japanese.

Our country has a tradition of responding well to challenges. In the vast majority of cases the American people work together dealing with disasters such as tornadoes, floods, and even hurricanes. Before the flood waters are receding the American people in most disasters are out there looking for survivors and cleaning up. There is no reason for us to be ashamed of our reactions to disaster.

Let’s be clear - what happened in New Orleans, Detroit and Los Angeles is not a reflection of our American culture. It’s a reflection of an amoral thug culture that not only is being allow to flourish but is being fed by our government.Twenty years from now it may be the mainstream American culture but it’s not there yet.


80 posted on 03/14/2011 6:48:51 AM PDT by ladyjane
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