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Originally Posted by Nyororin
I find this thread a bit strange, as I`ve been told by Gonative that I must think Japan is a utopia simply because I don`t go out of my way to say negative things about the country. 
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That's not entirely true Nyororin. It's just that almost every time I have ever commented on something I don't like here you have always seemed to need to defend Japan. It felt like you were always trying to invalidate my views only because in your eyes I didn't understand enough about things to make the conclusions I did. That may not be the case, it's just how it felt. It's as though you believe that every criticism is purely because we just don't understand enough about being Japanese. And that if we could just see it from their point of view then we wouldn't have any issues whatsoever with living here.
I've definitely been told on more than one occassion on here that because I'm not totally fluent in the language I shouldn't comment on anything because I just can't possibly understand enough to make informed comments. To me though I actually don't need to totally understand the reasons behind why things are done the way they are here. If I don't like them well I don't like them. Understanding the reasons why they are done that way makes no difference, I still don't like them!
I of course accept things are done in different ways here due to cultural differences but that doesn't mean I like them. A forum like this allows me to get out some of the frustrations I find with living here. But it appears that just brings down a whole lot of criticism and questioning why you live here and attempts to discredit any views you have because you lack the cultural or language understanding to have such views.
This comes back to why I started this thread. It appears for many on this forum you either have to love every aspect of your life here (or at least only ever talk about the good aspects) or you're labelled as someone who hates Japan and the Japanese.
Or maybe if I said I love Japan because of the fashion, the manga, the anime, the technology, the cute girls, the cosplay, the absolutely completely and utterly amazing culture it would all be ok? Loving a place just for the landscapes and climate is just too weird huh?
