[JJ_Folderol]

Japan is a totally alien culture. Don’t try and apply western values because the cultural motivations are often wildly different.

[vladimir998]

“Japan is a totally alien culture. Don’t try and apply western values because the cultural motivations are often wildly different.”

Except they use a form of the Napoleonic Code which is a modernization of Roman Law.

[Caipirabob]

Japan is a totally alien culture. Don’t try and apply western values because the cultural motivations are often wildly different.

Exactly...while not referring to Japan as an example here (we know there are far worse), you cannot compare American Christian Conservative values to cultures that belong in a petri dish.

[farming pharmer]

Japan is a totally alien culture. Don’t try and apply western values because the cultural motivations are often wildly different.

I agree. When is the last time *our soldiers* ate their POW's?