Posted on 03/14/2011 7:30:40 AM PDT by NCjim
The landscape of parts of Japan looks like the aftermath of World War Two; no industrialised country since then has suffered such a death toll. The one tiny, tiny consolation is the extent to which it shows how humanity can rally round in times of adversity, with heroic British rescue teams joining colleagues from the US and elsewhere to fly out.
And solidarity seems especially strong in Japan itself. Perhaps even more impressive than Japan’s technological power is its social strength, with supermarkets cutting prices and vending machine owners giving out free drinks as people work together to survive. Most noticeably of all, there has been no looting, and I’m not the only one curious about this.
This is quite unusual among human cultures, and it’s unlikely it would be the case in Britain. During the 2007 floods in the West Country abandoned cars were broken into and free packs of bottled water were stolen. There was looting in Chile after the earthquake last year – so much so that troops were sent in; in New Orleans, Hurricane Katrina saw looting on a shocking scale.
Why do some cultures react to disaster by reverting to everyone for himself, but others – especially the Japanese – display altruism even in adversity?
(Excerpt) Read more at blogs.telegraph.co.uk ...
I assume you realize no (American) child is going to die or even be seriously affected by even two or three days without food. Much less missing one or two meals, a far more likely scenario.
Leaving that aside, why in the world would you respond in such a way?
My comment referenced financial and/or recreational incentives, not life-threatening emergencies.
Of course if my family were in dire need of food during an emergency I would forage accordingly.
The difference is that I would forage only for life-sustaining needs and I would keep track of what I took so I could properly reimburse those from whom I took it in future, if it became possible to track them down.
I really don’t think jewelry or an HD TV are needed to sustain life in an emergency. Do you?
"The lack of resistance from Chinese troops and civilians in Nanking meant that the Japanese soldiers were free to divide up the city's valuables as they saw fit. This resulted in the widespread looting and burglary."
The two comments are not even slightly contradictory. The Japanese soldiers in Nanking had been subjected to decades of master race propaganda. The Chinese were treacherous subhumans that deserved whatever happened to them. The Japs most certainly did not view the Chinese as "their community."
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Respect for what?
The pre-nuked japanese were animals, sub-human savages who created a society where using babies for bayonet practice was not just accepted but recorded for later viewing pleasure. They were as evil as any group that ever walked the earth.
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Respect for what?
The pre-nuked japanese were animals, sub-human savages who created a society where using babies for bayonet practice was not just accepted but recorded for later viewing pleasure. They were as evil as any group that ever walked the earth.
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Respect for what?
The pre-nuked japanese were animals, sub-human savages who created a society where using babies for bayonet practice was not just accepted but recorded for later viewing pleasure. They were as evil as any group that ever walked the earth.
Your post juxtaposes interestingly with my 142.
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And, the rape, murder, human bayonet practice, human medical experimentation, POW and female enslavement too, I suppose.
The fact is that if the japanese had not gotten nuked and truly beaten into submission there is no reason to believe that they would not still be world class bastards.
One good thing that will come from this is that since they don't have the bodies to rebuild, they will be forced out of necessity to accept tens of thousands of Chinese or Korean or SE Asian or Filipino or Indo laborers into their homes.
That's the Japanese word for looting.
I don’t really see jewelry or an HD TV in the photo. Do you?
why in the world would you respond in such a way? That’s what I asked you. Perhaps you mean it to someone else
My comment referenced financial and/or recreational incentives, not life-threatening emergencies.
Ok cool
My comments referenced the photo of the japanese people
The Japanese have many virtures, I’m sure.
But let’s not go overboard here.
http://www.ww2pacific.com/atrocity.html
Just sayin’.
They are contradictory in the sense that the previous poster was trying to imply that Japanese are so well behaved that they don't even have a word for looting.
Obviously I had observed that in the example I offered, they were looting another "community".
You denialist, you!
(I don't do sarcasm tags, and when I start wondering if one of my posts really needs one to avoid misunderstandings, it's a bit of a sad day for me.)
Japan doesn’t have a minority segment of their population who were formerly slaves who were freed and now feel entitled.
Maybe they did at one time but outgrew it as their society matured (Vulcans Vs Romulans)? Every man for himself is not a long term survival strategy individually or as an insular population.
Regards,
GtG
What always amazed me about Looter Guy was the beer in his back pocket. The tub wasn't enough, he had to fill his pockets too.
Japanese society tends to sweep uncomfortable facts under the rug.
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Indeed. They do tend to sweep unpleasant facts under the rug.
50 years of denial: Japan and its wartime responsibilities
http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/55a/455.html
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No, you put your PC spin on it.
It's not about color, or blacks would have been "feral" as you call them for 200 years.
That makes no sense. We had a generally law-abiding black population prior to the 1950s. Fast forward to today. Show me a city with a large black percentage, and I'll show you a high rate of violent crime. Find a city with a very low percentage, and you'll find a low rate of violent crime.
Can you find examples where that is not the case? That's not a rhetorical question. I'd really like to know if you can find examples.
The truth is our society as a whole has seen drastic moral degradation over the past several generations and this is a product of culture not color. It is about education (or lack thereof), the breakdown of the family, moral relativism and the intrusion of government in all of the above.
"Our society as a whole" is a term I expect from junk social scientists. Whites and Asians in this country have apparently been immune to this "drastic moral degradation". Crime rates and out of wedlock births are low in these groups, for example. The Great Society subsidized sloth and irresponsible behavior and it overwhelmingly affected black families and communities.
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