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07-10-2009, 03:08 AM

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Originally Posted by MMM View Post
I meant to comment on this earlier, but this sounds very unlike the Japanese I know. It isn't uncommon for oldsters to cut in line at the train platforms, but that's the onlt time I see it, (and at least in Osaka people grumble audibly). I can't imagine Japanese people pushing people out of the way.

I have experienced this with Chinese people, though. One time I landed in Osaka at the same time a plane from China landed. All the Americans stood in the line waiting for customs while the Chinese passengers pushed past them to get to the front. I was happy for a couple marines in front of me who put the kibosh on this unlovable Chinese custom very quickly. Children and wives pushed to the front, but fathers were smart enough not to cut in front of American military men in fatigues.
Like I said I think they were very excited. I'm sure they weren't Chinese. People tend to lose their train of thought in these situations where they experience a culture that has less constraints than their own. When I lived in Brazil, I saw Westerners (Americans and British mostly) go crazy because you are free to do anything that doesn't hurt or offend anyone(this is difficult to do in Brazil but it can happen). However, some went overboard and they were arrested. Then they found out in Brazil you have more freedom, but less rights.


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