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 Japans 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 Im not the only one curious about this.
This is quite unusual among human cultures, and its 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?
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They are a country of moral, family, and high principles....they are self-dependent, not government parasites who think that whatever someone else has, they should "share"....
I’m not a racist, I’m a culturist.
Some cultures are vastly INFERIOR to others.
It doesn’t matter what your “melanometrics” are, these inferior cultures are uncivilized, brutal, and lead to huge failures.
AND DESERVEDLY SO!
They never imported looters.
Chile isn't particularly diverse. Neither is Haiti.
Very good point. I also think that, unlike 911 which was only a certain part of a city (outsiders from other neighborhoods with bad intentions) could come in and try to steal, the destruction was more vast in the affected areas of Japan. Basically, everyone was a victim directly affected, they're too busy looking for their missing families or just trying to survive minute to minute even as we speak. When its the victim doing the looting it's not called looting it's called survival.
But again I also think culture has a lot more to play in it as you said.
Japan is about family, community and honor. Too much of America is about “ME!”
On the contrary, those places are HUGELY “diverse” as defined by the left -
fewer white people and less Western Civilization.
I think that Japanese prisons operate with different standards than those in the USA!!
Don’t forget LOS ANGELES. We have already had a few Spring Uprisings! (the media aound here changed RIOTS to spring uprisings)
When I was in school, we had an annual back to school lecture on the key to success, not just in school, but in life. The key word was RESPECT, respect for those in authority,parents, teachers and others, respect for each other and most of all respect for ourselves.
The socialist union agenda changed all this by giving students rights and putting self-esteem above learning and test scores.
RESPECT is something that Japan never abandoned.
That's not normal ugly. She must be "Helen Thomas" ugly.
Huh? Japanese 98.5%, Koreans 0.5%, Chinese 0.4%, other 0.6%
If that is not tribal I don't know what is.
True for the most part but explaining the “Bell Curve” using only culture might be difficult.
You would think. But then again, no reports to stand behind yet. I remember seeing the reports on sept 11th. Even on 911 looting was much lower than normal for a city as big as NY.
If that is not tribal I don't know what is.
Perhaps davisfh should have said "multitribalism."
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