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re: Fun Reading: Hit pieces on HRC campaign from NY Mag and Rolling Stone
Posted on 4/21/17 at 9:18 am to ChineseBandit58
Posted on 4/21/17 at 9:18 am to ChineseBandit58
The Japanese are brilliant - what a great culture and country.
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Posted on 4/21/17 at 9:28 am to SirWinston
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The Japanese are brilliant - what a great culture and country.
I'm a big fan of Japan, too. Lived there for a while right out of grad school. Still one of my favorite places to visit.
That being said, they are still too deferential to age and hierarchy. Goes back to the Meiji Restoration and the breakup of class stratification. Worked with a company in the 90's that was our sales channel for the country. Got chummy with the guy widely expected to be the new president. He ended up not getting it because he was too young. He was 57.
"The nail that sticks up gets hammered down." One of the first phrases a gaijin learns.
Posted on 4/21/17 at 9:36 am to SirWinston
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The Japanese are brilliant - what a great culture and country.
Somehow we were able to destroy the really horrible part of their culture without taking the great parts away. That might be the most amazing thing about WWII and the years after.
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