What really is impressive in the quake
 

From all photos and news reports I saw in my country, Japanese people didn't lose the slightest bit of bearing. There is no turmoil, no looting, people go around with their own business in an orderly fashion, no cut in the line, no shoplifting, actually people were putting stuff fall off on the ground back to shelves.

It's really a doomsday situation, but people in Japan just lived through like another mundane week.

I hate to do the comparison but another developed country really showed its undesirable side in a relatively minor disaster, you saw swats sitting on APCs with boots dry and clean, a few feet away were Africans keen deep in the flood, you saw "YOU LOOT, WE SHOOT" boards from one place to the other...

The funny thing is, that country is playing the world police, while Japan, with a comparatively smaller military presence, an equivalently sophisticated technology level, a slightly higher education level, is sitting idle.

Japan would be almost perfect had not been these seismic disasters. I guess culture does make a very significant difference.

Your thoughts?

thoughts
 

You are right, the correct words are "playing the world police". In their own eyes only, I would add.
So, it's normal that japanese people have an ultimate level of common culture and behaviour. They aren't playing world cops .

Japan is a long, long way from perfect but you are seeing a different reaction by the people because of a vastly different culture. The Japanese do not elevate the individual like you see in the west. They believe more in the group, community and society as a whole before the needs and desires of the individual. This is not always a great thing but in times like this it is a great strength and most people will consider their consequences of their actions on others before doing them. Whereas in the me, me, me culture of the west people generally only think of themselves.

The Japanese do not elevate the individual like you see in the west.

One word "idols".

They believe more in the group, community and society as a whole before the needs and desires of the individual.

This isnt true..one word "Hierachy"

culture of the west people generally only think of themselves

Obviousley a lie as im from the west as are others willing/able to help

one word "bullshit"

Even famous people in Japan aren't gonna get coked up or try and make out they're king of the world.

So there's no difference between western and Japanese cultures? The looting and riots common to most disasters in western countries that doesn't occur here has no explanation because of different cultures? Have you even ever lived in Japan?

hi there my opinion if your brains work properly and you test tsunami you cant loot for what?

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yes in that instance, but he's talking more as a whole. we westerners are constantly thinking of ourselves and personal gain before thinking of our fellow man.

Hierachy? :confused: in what sense? we are not in fuedal times... The Japanese workplace? I'm not sure...

even in the Japanese workplace they go out to drink/have dinner with eachother mutliple times a week, have annual trips together and the like. much more "family" like than we are here.

that's only you as an individual. western society as a whole doesn't give to sh!ts about one another in these types of situations. during katrina we had looting, and people selling water bottles at $10 each, preying on their fellow man. In japan there have been multiple stories of donations from people/grocery stores/whoever both in goods and time. if you'd like i can find a few of them for you, they'd bring a tear to your eye.... and of course no looting.

The one thing I found that was interesting...The amount of energy released by that 9.0 is the amount of energy the US consumes in a month. Every year the US consumes the equaliant of 12 9.0 earthquakes and the devestation resulting there in.