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Originally Posted by Tenchu

I'd really be surprised if you were against the double pricing. Perhaps you would be, or perhaps you'd have to see it yourself to convert to asiaphile status on this one.

Unfortunatlely I am not the cartoon character you like to think I am, and if you seriously think I would support price gouging foreigners then over the last couple years you have learned nothing about me. You want to paint me into this "asiaphile" paint-by-numbers, but the surprises are going to keep coming because that isn't me.

Originally Posted by Tenchu

That was a joke I found hysterically funny; it isn't my fault if you didn't think so. Don't shoot the comedian.

Funny how inside jokes and sarcasm don't translate so well in text-based forums. Still, talking about beating me in the head with a baseball bat is a "joke" that won't be tolerated again.

Originally Posted by Tenchu

Euah... I just don't think you get it.

How does this statement sound: "I recommend negros and people with tattoos stay clear of Japan, as they're intolerant"???

It doesn't sound good, but it's true, and it seems you don't have a problem with that. The reason I say asiaphile is because I know if I used this statement to describe America, you'd be outraged. Yet you've formed a double standard for Japan.

I am so sorry I addressed your question about tattoo culture in Japan. My fault. Lesson learned.

I suppose Japanese people should accept tattoos and wearing shoes inside the house and eating only with forks and spoons and drinking and driving, etc.

I am not sorry, Tenchu, when I say it just doesn't work that way. That doesn't make me an asiaphile, that makes me a realist.

Originally Posted by Tenchu

In my case, I've never really decided to get "inked". I chose to express my religous views through tattoos. I can think of three other cultures who do this; Maori, Thai Buddhist/Muay Thai, and some African thing I dunno what it's called. The simple fact is, Japanese do not tolerate these cultures. Yes, I've an issue with that.

Even those who get meaningless tattoos just for self expression; their self expression and free speech is clearly not tolerated in Japan and gets trampled on.

You still haven't addressed the logic behind the answer to your issue of why tattooed people are not allowed into onsens (yakuza culture).

So now tattoos are "free speech"? Maori, Muay Thai and "some African thing" are not a part of mainstream Japanese culture, so changing the rules for cultures that are wholly or almost in no existence in Japan is backwards logic.