[WhoIsDaffy]

well for a start,

you cannot say that eating sushi is only japanese culture.
yes it comes from japan, and is part of japanese culture.
but that is not to say that "japanese culture" has a monopoly on eating sushi and all things related to sushi.

worked example.
amongst 80% of top law firms in NY the partners go every friday to a japanese bar eat sushi, get drunk, powow etc.

is that japanese culture?
or would you say that this event in itself is part of the NY law partner culture?
or even a particular firms culture?
or perhaps part of a larger "healthy eating" culture?

you say its not about saying one culture is better than another,
but you are.
you are saying that eating sushi with minimal soy is better than eating sushi with lots of soy.

you are justifying your argument that it would be an insult to the chef/fish
and that it would be pointless.

you can put any of this down to custom/etiquette but your only really playing with semantics.

so im going to flip this on its head.

2 people go out for a meal.
they go to a japanese resturaunt.
now they between them for whatever reason want to eat the sushi they are paying for with lots of soy.
but your saying that they should not eat the food they are paying for in the way that they want because it may offend the chef?

you are young, so you think you can put the world into easily classified boxed
this is this, that is that. this is from here so is that etc.

if you showed an italian an American/pizzahut style pizza and said. "this is pizza so its Italian culture" you would be at best politely corrected
"no, this is not italian culture"
(or some kind of supermarket pasta ready meal, not italian cooking or culture is it, eh? no no its not)

and whats all this, "i hope you can defend your self" bollards?

im here saying that you should not judge people.
that there is no such thing as a global all encompasing correct etiquette.
and that you should express yourself freely and this means that you follow the rules of etiquette that are part of who you are.

ive been to many, many many countries. i have traveled widely.
I have never tried to copy my host countries culture.
(sure if you enter someones home in japan you take your shoes off etc.)
but on the most i am as i am.
I have never offended anyone by not trying to act by thier culture.
infact i have found (from real life actual experience) that this actually gets you respect. and i have made many many friends on my travels and not one person in my whole life has ever tried to start a fight with me because i did not try to copy thier culture.

its the 99% of those that try to copy the cultures that get looked down on.
if im in a asian resturaunt i will use chopsticks, but when it comes to eating rice. bring forth the fork/spoon.
and then i and those i am with allow ourselves a little giggle at those we see trying to eat rice with chopsticks when they clearly can't.

and you know what shows ignorance and arrogance.
is some little jumped up little upstart thinking he can understand some places culture and the in's and outs of that countries etiquettes on a tourist visa.

yea if you are in a country for more than 6months, you will probably have a basic understanding of the real culture of that destination.
by now you should be using and showing the basic points you have learnt.

on a final note.

when i said
"You dont know squat"
I include myself in that.

must you
only see
nothing
good~?