Bonsai isn’t gross.
It’s the kind of task one gives a nervous patient to calm their nerves. Or the task that’s given to a sociopath to curb their impulses.
It’s neat, but unless we’re talking about something else, this is growing a plant. And lots of people grow plants. In fact, and this is amazing, plants grow without some dingus standing over them shaping them to their will.
You’ve been sending me a lot of Japanese stuff, so lets see if I can move the topic along with some blanket takes on more Japanese things:
Pooping in holes
Businessmen with Hello Kitty lunch boxes. And underwear.
Hello Kitty in every aspect and appearance.
the national sport of chasing around schoolgirls.
Those rich japanese girls who shop. I forget the name for them, a friend of mine is one of them for her rich family and it’s just pathetic.
The falsehoods of “Japanese honor” which is a joke.
Umbrella girls.
Geisha.
suicide rates and the forests and bridges that are somehow blamed for it.
Yatta.
Rampant anti-western racism
Papakatsu
Pachinko
Man these things are just flowing. Should I go on ? Maybe we can talk about some things Thai, Vietnamese, Filipino or maybe have a real fun day talking about the ooze that drips from China ?
If you’re looking for superior culture, I recommend the United States.
I’m just thankful that I’m not so eaten alive by Asian-hatred that I’m unable to appreciate such fundamental things as beauty. Before I posted my last comment, I spent some time looking at bonsai. The beauty was indescribable. The skill, patienxe, artistry and creativity that go into these small masterpieces is amazing.
I can’t imagine having such a massive anti-Asian ax to grind that I couldn’t even recognize, much less appreciate, such creations. The creator God made us in His image. He created the world, and then enabled us to create on an incalculably smaller scale. When we trash the results, we’re insulting God.
[And btw, nowhere are we told that only Christians are created in God’s image. Mankind was created in that mold. It doesn’t mean mankind is saved. It does mean there’s an issue, if we can’t look at the God-given talents and abilities of others without seeing only horrible things.]