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Originally Posted by Columbine
I just came off an 12-hour shift so if I'm taking this the wrong way please forgive me, but judgmental HOW? Because I find that a little offensive, frankly. I don't think I claimed it was either a positive or negative thing, just a thing that IS. Fair enough, maybe I have an observationally narrow view of it, but I am categorically in no way saying either the 'japanese' way of it is better or worse than any other way of things. Neither did I call it a sense of debt; it's simply that they perceive some situations as two-way when westerners might see it as a one-sided thing. Actually, right back at you, isn't your view of westerners as being 'rude' about 'not giving' rather unfairly judgmental as well?
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That's the way it read to me, but it sounds like I was mistaken.
You many have not said "sense of debt" but that is exactly what it is.
Back at you, I didn't say it was "rude" to not feel a sense of responsibility when someone gives something to you. I do think it makes for a healthier society, though.