amadeus
October 27, 2021, 12:20am
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TheRedComet:
The Japanese people have a superiority complex. Their culture is the best in the world, the best that has ever existed and ever will exist.
Trust me, I love Japanese culture and the Japanese people. I consume a ton of their media and their history is absolutely fascinating.
But they have a superiority complex. It’s a key component of Japanese culture and history.
I know it’s a book about a video game company, but you should give “Console Wars” a read. It follows Tom Kalinske (famous for revitalizing the Barbie brand at Mattel) and his rise and fall as Sega of America’s CEO in the early 1990s. He had to deal with his Japanese superiors on an almost daily basis and he goes into a lot of details (the book isn’t a biography, but he provided the material for the author and did hundreds of interviews, so it’s mostly told from his point of view) about what it was like to deal with them. And it honestly wasn’t pretty most of the time.
American “exceptionalism.” No superiority complex there.
Dem
October 27, 2021, 12:28am
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thinkingman:
my sacred beliefs have nothing to do with this
this is the mistake you all keep making
if you cant form a position without dragging in my personal beliefs then you cant make any argument
When discussing Sacred beliefs of one culture, analagoies are formed in comparison with another. I’m this case with yours, in order to make the discussion relatable.
It’s done all the time in different kinds of discussions. If you didn’t want that, you could have just said not to make things relatable.
I’m talking about the whole “don’t make it about me” when someone comments on YOUR posts.
Oh trust me we are right behind them. No disagreement there.
Japan, US, France, Russia. The four countries with the biggest egos.
Dem:
thinkingman:
my sacred beliefs have nothing to do with this
this is the mistake you all keep making
if you cant form a position without dragging in my personal beliefs then you cant make any argument
When discussing Sacred beliefs of one culture, analagoies are formed in comparison with another. I’m this case with yours, in order to make the discussion relatable.
It’s done all the time in different kinds of discussions. If you didn’t want that, you could have just said not to make things relatable.
it shouldnt be necessary to call on a poster’s beliefs to make a point about some culture
you can discuss indians without commenting on my “sacred beliefs”
if you cant, then you need to work on that
Well let’s get right down to it then: suppose somebody wears a Halloween costume portraying St. Mary, the mother of Jesus, as a rape victim? Let’s take it just a bit further, and give her a clipboard with a petition demanding that God be canceled.
Is that offensive? If so, that may help you understand the point the poster was trying to make
Supreme_War_Pig:
Well let’s get right down to it then: suppose somebody wears a Halloween costume portraying St. Mary, the mother of Jesus, as a rape victim? Let’s take it just a bit further, and give her a clipboard with a petition demanding that God be canceled.
Is that offensive? If so, that may help you understand the point the poster was trying to make
it’s much less offensive than just stupid. no one’s going to get what the hell that get up is about
how is that any kind of “appropriation?”
how is it even a culture?
thinkingman:
which the poster did
Which happens every time your posts are cornered… it’s a tactic.
Dem
October 27, 2021, 3:02am
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Mary is Christian culture…
You can see though, how a historically marginalized people would take offense to their culture, and sacred traditions being used flippantly, and as a plaything by others?
when you can address the topic c’mon back
thinkingman:
Supreme_War_Pig:
Well let’s get right down to it then: suppose somebody wears a Halloween costume portraying St. Mary, the mother of Jesus, as a rape victim? Let’s take it just a bit further, and give her a clipboard with a petition demanding that God be canceled.
Is that offensive? If so, that may help you understand the point the poster was trying to make
it’s much less offensive than just stupid. no one’s going to get what the hell that get up is about
how is that any kind of “appropriation?”
how is it even a culture?
Okay then, I understand. Thanks.
biggestal99:
thinkingman:
who says?
Lol. Culturally Implied.
Allan
“culturally implied” is pure nonsense
no wonder you couldn’t type that without laughing out loud
攘夷 expel the barbarians
Look it up and get a good laugh.
Allan
Very grudgingly do they accept western influences.
Allan
