[CoolNard]

Originally Posted by chiuchimu

@CoolNard
In discussion here. I noticed some posters unaware of Ideas and Attitudes that existed in Asian countries. Japan is not isolated by great distances of water like Hawaii. Japan is right there in the thick of Asia.


I think to discuss political/international issues concerning Japan, It is important to understand what Japans neighbors think and how Japan has to deal with them too.

Those post are all real, just like the posts here are real. Besides, this is a Japanese forum. Negative or positive, it's real and should be made aware of.

True. It is important to understand not only how Japan thinks, but how the world does. The awareness helps people not to presume or take/attribute credit for false information. My point is that people may choose to partake in certain discussions and may not in others. Aside from politics, Japan has many other specific aspects we may have the option of looking into, brisking, or leaving as peripheral knowledge. Of course, being "clueless" or ignorant is not preferred, as it may lead to misunderstandings, which is why I agree that we need this "awareness" you talk about.

We just don't speak this way in real life

I do! Does that mean I'm whacky?

Originally Posted by Ronin4hire

Though I prefer to think about the many reasonable people out there than focus on the many people that aren't reasonable. Asian or otherwise.

After all.. the only way we can truly know who is in the majority is if we spied on every single person and learnt what they said behind closed doors.

It's less stressful for one thing

Tell me about it. I've learnt to just take what people wanna say and repudiate what they wanna keep secret.