Japanese society and culture

not unlike katrina.

 

The average Japanese, as I have encountered, firmly adhere to doing what is considered honorable. The glaring exceptions are criminals from all walks of life and govt/political workers for the most part. In general, they do what they need to for the greater Japanese society and try to have a strong social order as well as to not do something that would be seen as losing face to their fellow countrymen/peers/family members. Also, a little sidebar note, when a family breaks up, very often the male will almost totally abandon their children from that marriage...

The above is my personal opinion and observation of more than 30 years... it doesn't mean it applies to all Japanese citizens, but it most certainly does to those that I have encountered.

 

Total respect to the Japanese people and their society. I was in Sendai in 2005 with my sister vacationing. People are very helpful even though they don't speak English. I remember walking in a mall and an old lady tripped and fall. People all around stopped what they were doing. It's like time stood still. 3 school kids around her ran to her aid and helped her up. When she was up on her own, it's like time unpaused and people went back to what they were doing. I looked at my sister. We both said to each other "holy shit... this would never happen in the U.S."
When I was watching Dateline on Sunday, they showed the abled helping the disabled. People lined up patiently and in orderly fashion to use the payphone and to buy necessities at the convenient store. All I could think was this will never happen in the US after seeing what had happened after Katrina and the LA riot in 1992. I don't know if the Sendai airport they shown was the International airport SDJ or not but watching it flood really broke my heart.

 

it's because they don't allow much immigration, or, no one wants to go there, not sure which?

 

This writer seems to think it's due mostly to "social structure" than culture. Interesting read.

American Thinker: Why The Japanese Aren't Looting

 

i'm sure iceland isn't much different.

 

I'm not sure what you mean.

 

probably wouldn't be much looting there either.

 

Ahhhh, I think you'll enjoy this . . .

Japan and Iceland - united by geology? - Mail Online - Michael Hanlon's Science blog: From The Cutting Edge

 

that's funny, how did you come up with that so quickly? i was thinking more on the lines of historically singular race etc. i think iceland has one of the purest gene pools in the world? haiti may be similar, i don't know, but i don't think their history goes back very far and that may explain some of their problems. thanks!

 

LoL! I just googled. It is funny that the writer of this story was thinking along the same lines AND was able to put his thoughts into words so quickly!

 

Looting isn't universal over here either. Or at least it wasn't before the Live! TV EyeWitless News started began nearly promoting it after some high profile disasters.

 

Everyone wants their 15 minutes. :glare:

 

Watching CNN earlier this week, a local reporter interviewed one of the wives of the 50 nuke plant workers. Paraphrasing from memory, she was basically asked what she thought about her husband working in potentially deadly suicidal environment. She answered that he was there doing his job and that she hoped he would continue doing his job to the best of his ability.

 

They must not have Unions over there...

 

That's a good thing