Re:Why no looting in Japan?
by jhamburger on Wednesday March 16, 2011 @11:22AM
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all sorts of extremely mysoginistic pop culture suggests not that "the Japanese are so civilised", only that they are merely different.
It's interesting that sexual violence strikes such a chord with us westerners, but we think nothing of glamorizing gratuitous, sadistic physical violence. We have a popular television series where the hero is a psychopath serial killer with a heart of gold. In some of the Hannibal Lecter movies, Hannibal was arguably portrayed as a hero and he cannibalized people!
I'm sorry,but let me point out one thing.
>>There are second-generation Koreans living in Japan who can't get citizenship or the vote.
It's not about discrimination why Koreans are not becoming Japanese citizen, but it is their choices. Because Koreans in Japan have privileges and immunities which people with Japanese citizenship or other nationalities don't have.
Re:Why no looting in Japan?
by yummyfajitas on Wednesday March 16, 2011 @10:51AM
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Could you explain the "privileges and immunities"?
White friends of mine recall looking for a flat in Japan and being constantly rejected with "you're white, we don't lease to whites", which is not a problem there. There are second-generation Koreans living in Japan who can't get citizenship or the vote.
Japan is an awesome place and the people are very different to a great many other places, but can we keep the cultural cringe to a minimum?
I also find it interesting in the story that there is no mention of Feynman making a fuss about a colleague being stark naked in the same room. Does this mean he's also much more advanced and civilised? Why doesn't Fernman mention this; why is it beyond notice? Why is the maid's lack of reaction that much more noteworthy than his own lack of reaction?