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Originally Posted by RickOShay
I think Nyororin is referring to people who take the extreme of rejecting their own culture and trying to join Japanese culture- living in a fantasy land of being something that they are not. And the problem with that is this person will never be considered to be Japanese (by Japanese people), and probably does not have a genuine understanding behind all the things they are doing. It is one thing to want to come and experience things, and it is another to live in a delusional fantasy land (that many people who have idolized Japan seem to try to live in).
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I still do not get this close minded way of thinking? So your saying a Japanese person living in America will never know what it's like to be an American and will never be able to understand what it is because it's impossible for a foreigner to understand our ultra complex culture? As if it's some cosmic secret an American can never understand the Japanese culture?
You are making it sound like every foreigner who wants to live in Japan and be a part of its culture is some crazy person who see's Naruto and Nanoha around every corner. You postulate its unthinkable to reject ones own culture? As if their perception must be flawed to want to be anything other than what they have been given. Culture is no different a choice than anything else in life.
Japanese and many other nationalities flock to America or idolize America and want to come or be it...does this make them delusional no it's their perception. Think it's more of a grass is greener syndrome. Some Americans grow disenchanted with our culture as we see the truth of it and seek other cultures or countries that we perceive as better.
Myself for example I appreciated the respect for ones environment and fellow man I found in Japan. I find this to be lacking very much in America...simple example vending machines on the streets; they would never work here like they do in Japan...they would be broken into/grafiti'd up quickly.
Is it so strange that someone could find another culture more appealing than their own? How is this any different than Japan's fascination with all things American?