Re: [tlug] [OT] Interesting info for foreigners living in JP

[Curt Sampson <cjs@example.com>]

On 2009-01-06 14:51 +0900 (Tue), CL wrote:

> Debit has what the Jews call "chutzpah." It is defined as a man who
> murders his parents then begs the court for mercy because he is an
> orphan.

Actually, my impression is that he just has fairly American expectations
for how life should work, and is spreading the gospel here. Despite
being a Canadian, certain of these expectations I rather like, myself.
And it doesn't appear to be just Americans, for that matter, that feel
that, for example, the way the Japanese police and justice system deal
with alleged criminals leaves much to be desired.

> And he fails to show proper respect for the culture in which he  
> has chosen to insert himself.

It seems to me, from reading a fair amount of his site, that he does show
some respect for Japanese culture, though perhaps not as much as you'd like.

For example, he's gone a lot further than many of us when it comes to
learning Japanese. Though perhaps I'm looking at this from a biased
point of view, simply because I've been here for a long time and my
Japanese is still quite lame.

cjs
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