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Originally Posted by WingsToDiscovery
I don't think so. From the times of adopting chopsticks because eating with hands or silverware like the West was considered savage, to the closing of the nation to free itself from the "impurities" of other lands, to modern society where xenophobia still runs rampant. Where I've sat in classes and had discussions where people were trying to convince me that Japanese are "special" and are completely different from all other people.
Save for the fact that tatami can rip, your argument about sitting at a table versus sitting on the floor with shoes is bullshit. No need to take off shoes in a house because you're sitting in a chair? What if your house is all white carpet? And also if that were the case, you would have gone back home and continued to resume wearing shoes in your house rather than adopting the Japanese way, because I'm sure you're back to sitting in chairs again.
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Yes, your words are extreme. You are at it again, using the word "savage", "impurities" and " rampant xenophobia". Please.
My argument is far from bullshit. It is reality, which is actually the opposite of bullshit. The fact you have bullshit all over your shoes, and you walk where you sit, eat, and sleep in Japan is EXACTLY the reason why people do not wear their shoes inside the house. It has nothing to do with superiority, arrogance, or any other "bullshit" you want to associate with it.
You don't know me, so please don't assume you know my home or how I live beyond what I have told you.
I know people with white carpets that wear their shoes inside... so what? I am sitting at a chair, but I also have a kotatsu in my American home, and don't wear my shoes indoors. I sit on the floor as easy as I sit in a chair. What is the point?