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Originally Posted by MMM
I don't think I like the direction you are going. I think it is a bit arrogant and ignorant to imply that two of the most peaceful religious belief systems in the history of the world are to blame, even in part, for Japan's suicide rate.
Your understanding of Japanese culture is clearly rudimentary at best. If this is really important to you, I recommend you do some research and take a look at Japan while taking off the cultural baggage you clearly bring with you.
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Thanks MMM I really do appreciate your concern about my comment. I shall take your recommendation (which i've been doing more so since I have more free time), because it really is important to me. Also can you point me to research material that has made a impact to you personally that would help me along the way?
i also would like to note however that, Friedrich Nietzsche, by his view of the world came to the conclusion of nihilism. Some people hold that belief in that sort of thinking, some of that group take their lives because of no meaning. It can be taken for granted that ideas do have consequences.
You said so yourself earlier: "My feeling is that Japanese culture treats life and death a little differently than we do in the West." I agree, but how do you think that came about?
Many things play into how a culture views and values things: History, Religion, even just geographical location, etc. To discount anyone of them eventually hinders solutions, and ultimately creates more problems.
Also i'm aware of the cultural baggage that I bring to the table. However I seek to understand in all ways not just one. I don't
only want to view this as a western thinker. Nor do I
only want to view it an eastern thinker. I seek knowledge as a whole. That mean's acquiring all,of the "lenses" that this issue could be viewed through.
I think at the end of the day regardless what's most important to me is their lives as human beings. My heart has started the engine, my mind will be the fuel to go, and my body will make it happen