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Wink How honest / dishonest is Japan? - 11-05-2009, 01:02 PM

I always found this an interesting topic.

It's very rare to find someone complain about dishonesty in Japan.

I felt the good and the bad. I soon learnt not to hang my shopping on my Yamaha Jog parked in the local supermarket car park as it would often be gone.

I believe the culprits would have been senior women.

What's your image of the honest or dishonest within Japan or your image on the topic?


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11-05-2009, 05:59 PM

What do you mean with 'senior women'?
do you mean like... Granny's?
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11-05-2009, 06:23 PM

I don't understand the question.

I think the same would happen in the US. Does that make the US "dishonest"? I don't think so.
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11-05-2009, 06:41 PM

Yeah, I'm a bit confused as well. Are you using 'dishonesty' to mean 'crime' or more like untrustworthy, misleading, or fraudulent behaviour?
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11-05-2009, 06:45 PM

Dishonesty thrives everywhere, not just in one particular country. Thieves for instance, no matter where, aren't going to say, "hey, I think that item belongs to someone. I should take it to lost and found." When a opportunity arises, they're going to take.



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11-05-2009, 11:33 PM

It's more "oppertunistic" than deliberate I think with that. You'll have Honest and dishonest people where ever you go, doesn't matter the country. My personal view is that Humanity is evil more so than good because evil is easier and Humanity tends to flow like water, allways seeking the easiest path.
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11-08-2009, 09:07 PM

It is a legitimate question, but imposible to answer, ok this is what happened to me, I lost my wallet on a theater, some one pict it up and mailed it to me, now what is the probability of that happening in another country, it is imposible to tell, let's say 100 people see it in the floor, how many would take it to lost and found, how many would make the extra effort to mail it,how many would ignor it, how many would steal it, and how many will take out the cash and then mail it.
can you tell the number of people that didn't stole your belongings?


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11-09-2009, 01:42 AM

I had a dropped wallet returned to me in Toronto. The person who found it took a taxi to my office since he didn't trust the postal service. Didn't accept any sort of reward either.

Meanwhile, I had my mama-chari stolen in Japan.

I can only conclude that Canada is an honest country and Japan is dishonest.

What was the point of this thread again?

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11-09-2009, 02:15 AM

This is a very dishonest topic to discuss. Or perhaps very obscure.


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11-09-2009, 01:51 PM

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I had a dropped wallet returned to me in Toronto. The person who found it took a taxi to my office since he didn't trust the postal service. Didn't accept any sort of reward either.

Meanwhile, I had my mama-chari stolen in Japan.

I can only conclude that Canada is an honest country and Japan is dishonest.

What was the point of this thread again?
You can't just conclude that based on 1 experience per country...
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