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07-09-2011, 06:57 PM
I just want to add one thing. In Japan, I've experienced kindness and also polite courtesy. They are totally different things, yet they can be confused with each other.
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07-09-2011, 07:13 PM
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Important for me personally is, that people don't try to tell others that Japanese are acting that way. They have been grown up that way and learned to Respect a fellow human being much more then our parents teach us. They have a different mindset then we are! Also the reason why Japanese or Asians don't freak out in public. It's a no-go in their mindset and unlike us they have a special kind of shyness and civility which isn't nearly as strong in most Western Nations.
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07-10-2011, 01:56 AM
Well they do..but I think it has something to do with those sticks they slap together. Many nations differ on how they cheer thier team on..Europe they whistle when they disagree with a call...Where as in Philly they throw rocks, bottles, appliances and what have you when they do. Some folks in the Midwestern US like to use those cowbells at football games. Just like in South Africa they used those plastic horns...whatever they were called.
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07-10-2011, 02:19 AM
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Is it an "act" if I am in a horribly bad mood, but force a smile and behave courteously instead of snapping at someone? I don`t believe there is any active deception going on there. It isn`t a black or white sort of thing - behaving courteously when you may not feel like it doesn`t mean that you`re concealing hatred or the like. When you really come down to it - kindness itself means nothing without action. Saying thank you, even if it isn`t heartfelt, carries more weight than feeling incredibly thankful but saying nothing.
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07-10-2011, 02:34 AM
Could it be, then, that kindness could be going out of your way to do something for someone and polite courtesy being doing something because one is pretty much confronted with the situation?
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07-10-2011, 04:18 AM
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07-10-2011, 11:17 AM
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Pride ones was the biggest Sporting Event in Japan. The Tokyo Dome was always filled with 90.000 Japanese people. There was silence in the Tokyo Dome!! Maybe it's not such a huge difference while watching Soccer.. but it's certainly a trend which stands out the most. It's because of a different culture with very different manners. Quote:
Now, some might critize this for some reason but I don't see why?! Being Polite even and "kind" even though you would rather say "Fuck Off" in the Western Society, is much more of value in my point of view. Humans lie every day multible times. We don't even realize the times we actually lie to each other. If it prevents trouble and makes people be "Nice" to each, what the Japanese society shows, it's best thing people could do and we should take ourself and example to this Social norm. You don't tell a fellow Human being to Fuck Off.. even if he annoys you. You just walk away or you stay kind like the Japanese do in a suprising high level. Fights are prevent and many other terrible stuff which happens every day are prevented that exact way! the truth always hurts the most! It's nothing wrong with being polite but not honest! It's a norm which should be followed to be Nice to each other and Respect each other.
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