To: Mortimer Snavely
According to the suit, between May and June this year the 46-year-old male teacher repeatedly told the boy, whose great-grandfather is an American, to commit suicide, saying such things as: "Your blood is filthy, jump from your condominium and die," and "Haven't you died yet? Make sure you do today." The teacher has since been suspended from work. In Japanese culture this is 10x worse than it would be in American. Small nuances of dishonor can provoke great shame. Imagine abuse like this.
To: The Red Zone
It ain't culture- it's bigotry.
13 posted on
10/19/2003 11:27:42 PM PDT by
Finalapproach29er
("Don't shoot Mongo, you'll only make him mad.")
To: The Red Zone
In Japanese culture this is 10x worse than it would be in American. Small nuances of dishonor can provoke great shame. Imagine abuse like this. Sounds like his father should break out the samurai sword and have this teacher for sushimi.
44 posted on
10/20/2003 8:16:58 AM PDT by
Centurion2000
(Virtue untested is innocence)
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