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6 Jan 2006, 11:44
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Re: A British and American cultural conflict
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Bullshit.
The JAPANESE are taught to turn the other cheek and avoid confrontation and embarrasment at all costs... This is why Ive seen stuff like foreigners who agressively hit on every girl and wonder why its easy to score, why theres such high suicide rates in schools from bullying. Why someone can turn round and say a barefaced lie to a group of people, and everyone will agree with him. Suck it up with their 'ganbarre' sprit (spirit of perserverance). Which is why, externally, their culture is so peaceful, all conflict is turned inwards.
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WW2?
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6 Jan 2006, 11:50
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Re: A British and American cultural conflict
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WW2?
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The Rape of Nanking was the Japanese method of avoiding confrontation, apparently.
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6 Jan 2006, 11:58
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Re: A British and American cultural conflict
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Originally Posted by Dante Hicks
The Rape of Nanking was the Japanese method of avoiding confrontation, apparently.
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It is true, to some extent, that the Japanese just sit there and take it.
Of course, they still give it out, observe the problems of groping on the public transport - the two sides of the character coming together in a confluence of perversity.
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6 Jan 2006, 14:47
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Re: A British and American cultural conflict
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Maybe japanese culture simply discourages the acceptance/reporting of mental health issues...
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Damn right, Ive seen plenty of people who'd have been long sectioned walking the streets of Japan, who just get ignored. Ive seen raving madmen on the trains, who to be fair were pretty damn funny, ranting away, with not even a smirk or a look of recognition from anyone on the train.
Were talking about a country where I walked into work one day with a swollen head, a massive amount of fluid around my forehead and temples. I looked like I saw seriously disabled for a day, and nobody said a word, made absoulutely no comment.
And re: World War 2 atrocities. Its amazing what you can do with a nation of people who all try their darndest to agree with one another.
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6 Jan 2006, 14:56
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Re: A British and American cultural conflict
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Damn right, Ive seen plenty of people who'd have been long sectioned walking the streets of Japan, who just get ignored. Ive seen raving madmen on the trains, who to be fair were pretty damn funny, ranting away, with not even a smirk or a look of recognition from anyone on the train.
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I've seen them in the UK, they're called street preachers. Was he trying to tell you about a magical, wonderful being called 'God'?
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Were talking about a country where I walked into work one day with a swollen head, a massive amount of fluid around my forehead and temples. I looked like I saw seriously disabled for a day, and nobody said a word, made absoulutely no comment.
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Maybe they don't like you.
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And re: World War 2 atrocities. Its amazing what you can do with a nation of people who all try their darndest to agree with one another.
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Well that makes it ok then. Injecting petrol into people to find out the result is perfectly acceptable if an entire nation is trying to agree what will happen.
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6 Jan 2006, 14:57
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Re: A British and American cultural conflict
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The Rape of Nanking was the Japanese method of avoiding confrontation, apparently.
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Do you mean the Nanking Incident
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6 Jan 2006, 14:59
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Re: A British and American cultural conflict
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I've seen them in the UK, they're called street preachers. Was he trying to tell you about a magical, wonderful being called 'God'?
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No he was trying to tell me how international Japan was and how all 'outside people' were crazy.
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6 Jan 2006, 15:28
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Re: A British and American cultural conflict
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Please don't make this thread into something US vs British, that's not the purpose of it.
I've noticed this now in other places besides GD/Netgamers. I can only explain it from my point of view, and it occurs to me like this:
British, especially educated ones, are very pushy, abrupt, uncivil, arrogant and direct in their manner of speaking, and often sarcastic and cynical. Please understand that I'm just explaining it from my American point of view, and that I don't think people try to be uncivil intentionally. Further from my perspective it seems as if people in the UK are not making the effort to provide common courtesy. I imagine that, maybe, from a British perspective common courtesy seems like a waste of time, unecessary hand holding when you just want to make a point.
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****ING AMERICAN "POSTS" FLAMING ABUSE AGAINST ENGLISH GENTLEMEN. IF I WERE THERE I'D BEAT YOU.
this post is meant to be funny.
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6 Jan 2006, 15:36
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Re: A British and American cultural conflict
Compared to the US and the UK, Japanese culture is extremely different. Those in authority are meant to use it, those beneath them are meant to accept whatever as that is their station in this circle of life. Their fundemenetal belief system and religion are different, so they are as well.
Back on track, not all British people are confrontational. I hate confrontation and generally try and avoid it. I'm not a very physical person if something does come up.
Americans often have higher standards - they expect a higher quality of service when travelling and doing things like camping, compared to Brits (and Canadians, to some extent). To be fair I think that to some extent Brits get on better with Canadians as they're closer in their point of view than Americans for some obscure reason (and they're more easy going and Brits like that).
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6 Jan 2006, 16:10
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Re: A British and American cultural conflict
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What the **** is your problem? I swear I'm going to register this forum as an Internet hate group with the UK government if the mods don't start dealing with the rampant racism on these boards.*
*That's probably not possible, but I would if it were. :/
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Actually you can but I won't tell you how.... even if you were joking.
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6 Jan 2006, 20:44
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Re: A British and American cultural conflict
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even if you were joking.
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I wasn't.
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6 Jan 2006, 20:47
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Re: A British and American cultural conflict
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I wasn't.
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o rly?
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Breathing deeply, walking backwards,
finding strength to call and ask her
Roller coaster favorite ride,
let me kiss you one last time.
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6 Jan 2006, 22:58
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Re: A British and American cultural conflict
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Oh nevermind that, that's just me trying to be funny. Nobody seems to understand my humor.
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6 Jan 2006, 23:11
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Re: A British and American cultural conflict
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MrL_Jakiri doesn't have a degree, so referring to him as "educated" isn't really accurate - he just has a mass of general knowledge.
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one of the very few times i will ever agree with nodrog
MrL is easily the single most intelligent person i have ever encountered, and he is vastly more educated than probably 90% of this forum
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7 Jan 2006, 01:57
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Re: A British and American cultural conflict
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than probably 90% of this forum
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I don't think this comparison is helping your point.
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7 Jan 2006, 12:42
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Re: A British and American cultural conflict
I like to eat meat. It's meaty.
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7 Jan 2006, 12:54
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Re: A British and American cultural conflict
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I like to eat meat. It's meaty.
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