"I have never felt as though my identity were diminished or needed replenishment or improvement in any way."
Of course, it could be because you understand the spirit and potential of your culture more than others do for their own cuture.
Actually, the more that I think on this, the surer I am that this is so.
Intense confidence can be found in many unexpected places, me thinks...
Sleiman
Of course, it could be because you understand the spirit and potential of your culture more than others do for their own cuture.
Actually, the more that I think on this, the surer I am that this is so.
Intense confidence can be found in many unexpected places, me thinks...
Sleiman
posted by sleiman @ 2:44 AM
4 Comments:
At 10:23 AM, December 21, 2005,
Anonymous said…
"I think that one of the reasons why your identity doesn't need replenishment is because your national and cultural identity is part of what could be described as the majority."
This IS interesting, but I have to say probably not correct.
The Japanese only have about a 2% minority population. Why would people who are basically homogeneous have this issue?
I dont know what it is, excactly, but it is a powerful force.
It is also a big problem, especially for people like the Japanese, who dont seem to know how to celebrate their identity in any way other than decalring war on somebody.
At 12:18 AM, December 22, 2005,
Anonymous said…
Your last sentence is a bit..?. Do you really think that the Japanese, who for one thing, have more national public holidays than any other nation "dont seem to know how to celebrate their identity in any way other than decalring war on somebody."?
At 10:28 AM, December 22, 2005,
Anonymous said…
public holidays? do you think that means they are celebrating their nation in some way? Yes, they have a lot of days off. Much more than in America. It's just a day they dont have to work, that's it.
Let me tell you something: The Japanese have started raising the old imperial war flag in public places, including schools recently. There are new TV shows about Japanese soldiers in WW2. (and they are the heroes, of course)
To the Japanese, most of whom dont have any clue about the true meaning of Budo or Bushido, war is their only national tradition that didnt come from America or some other place.
Daily life here in Japan is terribly frustrating, add to that the idea that non-Japanese are not entitled to the same rights and respect as Japanese.
This place never had a civil rights movement, they dont value diversity, freedom, equality. It's in their constitution, but they dont care, and for the most part, they disagree.
Their constitution was forced on them at the point of a gun.
At 12:00 AM, December 23, 2005,
KH said…
Wow - I thought some of my posts were generalist in nature, but this takes the cake!
As a side note, I'm genuinely interested (no sarcasm, i promise) why you choose to live in Japan (I'll assume you're there from the "this place" comment. It sounds terrible for foreigners.
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