[Info-vax] [OT] Japan, was: Re: HP short of ideas - hiring dancers for inspiration

[Simon Clubley]

On 2013-04-25, MG <marcogbNO at SPAMxs4all.nl> wrote:
> On 25-apr-2013 14:21, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> OTOH, I see Japan as been more about outsiders asking the existing
>> and long established culture to be more open to those outsiders.
>
> What about similar sentiments in, say, Europe and North America:
> Aren't they called "racist" and such?  It seems Japan gets away
> with a hell lot more, their culture must be a lot more 'special'
> and warranting this then?  Japan also barely takes in any
> immigrants.
>

The tone of that response makes me think you have a bit of a agenda here
so I will just point out that (a) discriminating by someone's race without
any other reason is wrong regardless of background and (b) there's a hell
of a difference between a monoculture society which has issues interacting
with outsiders and members of a multicultural society who still actively
target others simply because of their race and without any other reason.

Before ending this discussion, I just want to make it clear that nothing
I have read in the material you have pointed me to changes my opinion the
Japanese deserve enormous respect for the way they behaved during the
earthquake.

Simon.

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