Japanese Hara-Kiri vs US Shooting boss after Layoff

[Astroboy]

Man kills SiPort CEO, two others after layoff
Jing Wu (in photo), 47, of Mountain View, shot and killed one woman and two men inside a Silicon Valley office building just before 4:00 P.M. Friday, according to Santa Clara police. Wu had recently been laid off from SiPort, a fabless digital radio semiconductor company in Mountain View. SiPort CEO Sid Agrawal and VP of Operations Brian Pugh have been confirmed dead. Police are withholding the woman's name until her next of kin have been notified. Wu remains at large Friday night, and police warned that he should be considered armed and extremely dangerous.

http://valleywag.com/5088233/man-kills-siport-ceo-two-others-after-layoff

I remember an article that Japanese Manager Commits Hara-Kiri to Fight Corporate Restructuring in 1999.

Moments before he slashed his stomach with a 14-inch fish-slicing knife today, a 58-year-old manager in a business suit was in heated talks over corporate restructuring with the president of one of the world's largest tire makers and said he would commit ritual suicide.
Manager Commits Hara-Kiri to Fight Corporate Restructuring (Published 1999)

It is said "When people face difficulties ahead, personal nature tend to show up".... Japanese committed Seppuku (Hara-Kiri/Cut own belly), but American (probably) killed his boss..... Is this Japanese tradition vs US tradition ?

 

[grapefruit]

http://valleywag.com/5088233/man-kills-siport-ceo-two-others-after-layoff

I remember an article that Japanese Manager Commits Hara-Kiri to Fight Corporate Restructuring in 1999.
It is said "When people face difficulties ahead, personal nature tend to show up".... Japanese committed Seppuku (Hara-Kiri/Cut own belly), but American (probably) killed his boss..... Is this Japanese tradition vs US tradition ?

I think it is a blanket statement to claim these are due to cultural differences, but it's fun and interesting. So, I'll join in the purely speculative discussion.

When I read the book "Japan rising," I got the feeling that the author was saying that Japanese are not good at initiating change or taking control of affairs. In stead, it was argued that Japanese tend to take things as inevitable and within the constraints of how society should work, they do their best to survive. Americans, on the other hand, might view the world as something that people can have control over. When situations worsen, people try to change the situation. So, when Japanese get fired, they take it as something unchangeable or a unwanted consequence of how the world operates. When Americans get fired, they naturally think somebody has caused it. So, they look for the people who are responsible.

 

[FrustratedDave]

What is with all the comparing? Why hide your agenda, just come out and say it... Japan is a better society in the fact that it is safer to live here in regards to crime.

But regardless of that, these individuals are mentaly unstable, which is better should not even be the question. The question is how do you help people like this. Again ,your "My country is best!" attitude dosen't do you any favours, but.... I suspect you didn't really care anyway.

 

[Astroboy]

When Americans get fired, they naturally think somebody has caused it. So, they look for the people who are responsible.

I think ... it rings a bell. :halloween

 

[Chidoriashi]

I think ... it rings a bell. :halloween

Hmm, this topic seems to have a "my country is so perfect and has never nor could ever do anything wrong" pompous attitude.. hmm kind of rings a bell.

 

[FrustratedDave]

Hmm, this topic seems to have a "my country is so perfect and has never nor could ever do anything wrong" pompous attitude.. hmm kind of rings a bell.

Yes, and I hear the Akihabara massacre was actually in a provence in China. I can't quite remember... but didn't that guy who did the massacre do it after thinking he would be fired from his job? I can't quite recall, Astroboy can you refresh my memory? At least he didn't kill his boss I guess... (Rolleyes)

So can you answer me , is running down people in a car and then stabbing others a Japanese tradition? (Shiii.. . Nobody tell Astro Boy I already know the answer!)

 

[Uchite]

Listen to the very sentence in this interview of Yukiko Mishima. Listen to all of it first.

 

[JerseyBoy]

One isolated incident does not lead to a generalized conclusion. There are always nut cases in the world regardless of the nationality.

 

[Astroboy]

Yes, and I hear the Akihabara massacre was actually in a provence in China. I can't quite remember... but didn't that guy who did the massacre do it after thinking he would be fired from his job? I can't quite recall, Astroboy can you refresh my memory? At least he didn't kill his boss I guess... (Rolleyes)

So can you answer me , is running down people in a car and then stabbing others a Japanese tradition? (Shiii.. . Nobody tell Astro Boy I already know the answer!)

Akihabara massacre in 2008 vs Bridgestone manager's Hara-kiri in 1999.
Progression or Regression ??? over the past 10 years

 

[grapefruit]

I don't know if it's a tradition or what, but in the US, this kind of incident usually ends with the suspect killing himself. In Japan, usually the suspect does/can not attempt to kill himself. Probably related to the weapon of choice. But, maybe those Japanse who kill themselves without harming others are more responsible individuals, while those Japanese who attempt to kill others are irresponsible individuals who don't want to die.:?

 

[Uchite]

If some nutcase kills some innocent person or persons then kills himself, fine with me. I am against the death penalty, but if they carry it out on themselves that is their choice.

 

[JerseyBoy]

In Japan, usually the suspect does/can not attempt to kill himself.

Sadly true. For those, there is a death penalty at least in Japan (at least the government can do that job for them). Unfortunately, they spend my tax payer money in prison before they strapped to the chair or other death penalty contraptions.

 

[hogdriver]

How come the Chinese don't commit Hri Kari like the Japanese?

Aren't they the same religion and everything?

 

[grapefruit]

How come the Chinese don't commit Hri Kari like the Japanese?
Aren't they the same religion and everything?

Please do not show off your ignorance.

 

[hogdriver]

So sorry. I was just curious.

Perhaps I need to do some closer studying before popping my foot in my mouth.

I truly am sorry if that was offensive to anyone. It was NOT my intent.

 

[JerseyBoy]

Just out of curiosity, does OP have anything against Korean (his name sounds Korean)? I recall I saw his other post ( Japanese man murders hostess) pointing out his Korean ancestry.

 

[caster51]

Just out of curiosity, does OP have anything against Korean (his name sounds Korean)? I recall I saw his other post ( Japanese man murders hostess) pointing out his Korean ancestry

korean says many Japanese are Kudara or koguryo ancestry
all they were gone and killed..
Todays korean are Silla's ancestry.
and they were quite different ethnic....

 

[Haruspex]

Being killed by a cretin or going and killing yourself...
Tell you a nice secret, either way, you die rofl.

 

[JerseyBoy]

korean says many Japanese are Kudara or koguryo ancestry
all they were gone and killed..
Todays korean are Silla's ancestry.
and they were quite different ethnic....

Sorry, I am not getting your post here. Pls elaborate on it.