Whoa! Everybody needs to take 2 steps back and calm down a bit here. I was going to stay out of this, but seeing how fast and furious the posts are coming in, I just have to add my 2 yen also. When I first started to compose my reply there were 39 posts. Now there are 87. It looks like a war has broken out here! I'm glad to see that things are calming down a bit.
It seems Serpico has accomplished his goal of causing in-fighting among people on this board due to his hatred of Japan. Too many people are just too thin skinned. Chill out people. A famous criminal by the name of Rodney King once said "Can't we all just get along?"
In my opinion I think the editing/delition of Serpico's threads was warranted not because he posted his opinion on what he has witnessed, but because of the way he posted it and the words and venom he used. To me he sounded like a rabid dog on the attack and nothing save shooting the dog would've stopped it from attacking. I wonder if any newspaper in America, Australia, New Zeland, Asia, or Europe would've printed this story word for word the way he presented it here. I doubt it very much. If they did, it would've been severely edited as it was here. And rightly so. Would he then accuse them of taking away his free speech rights? I think Iron Chef did the best he could considering the circumstances. Heck, Iron Chef could've deleted all his posts and banned him and no one would be the wiser. But he didn't. He should be commended for that as moderator. He did what a moderator is supposed to do. Well done Iron Chef!
To me this is clearly a case of "I hate this goddamned place and no one better stop me from ranting about it in any way I see fit."
Experiences like his could very well have been presented in a much different way, with better vocabulary, without seeming to be so racist and anti-Japanese. Just look at some of Maciamo's posts and threads. Some of his posts have been controversial and some, including myself, have accused him of over generalizing, but he is articulate and backs up his opinions with well thought out thoughts and logic. Mike Cash says alot of truth about Japan that is not always nice, but he also does it in a mature, articulate manner without comming off as a racist and Japan basher. The same goes for Mad Perriot and quite a few others who have lived there a long time. Serpico, on the other hand just comes off as an immature Japan hating racist looking to start an argument.
Serpico, I've seen the likes of you before. I'm guessing you are living in Japan whose people and culture you totally despise and don't, or will not take the time to, understand. You have a job you hate, and are just too scared or afraid to move back home and start over again and give up the "easy money" you are making. Because the Japanese think differently than yourself or other foreigners, you paint them as "Selfish Pigs" (among other immature and vile words.) Heaven forbid that anyone should argue with you or ask you to not use so much venom as they will then be painted as a Japan loving Japanophile who wear rose-colored glasses all the time and see nothing wrong with Japan. Instead, you remain there while letting the hate build up within you to the boiling point of an immature racist rant such as you posted above all the while using the silly, phony excuse that you are not going to let any racist Japanese chase you from the country. You give not one single reason what you like about Japan other than your 10 or so girlfriends. Maybe that's why you're staying there.
I myself have seen a few times exactly what you have witnessed and have had much near the same thoughts. But I did not, nor will I, paint the whole country and it's people with the same broad brush as I have also witnessed cases where Japanese DID come to the aid of others in need.
Serpico claims to have lived in Japan for four years, but apparently he has not learned anything of the culture and people at all save for the negative aspect which many foreigners are prone to do. Can he say why the Japanese act the way they do? Has he done any research into the Japanese mind and culture and present an argument on why they may be so apathetic? I will venture to say not in the least.
Others have stated that the same thing happens in other countries, including the US. Serpico, are you old enough to remember the woman in New York City who was raped and murdered on the staircase of her apartment and not a single person in that building who heard her screams called the police or tried to aid her? I figured as much. What would say about this? Would you also paint all Americans as "Selfish Pigs"? I thought so. I could give you many more examples of apathy here in the US where no one lifted so much as a finger to help those persons in need. So I guess we all, including myself, are "Selfish Pigs."
About your female friend who got so pissed at you for painting the Japanese with a broad brush. Ever hear of the saying that "It's ok for me to speak ill of my family, but heaven help anyone else outside the family who says the same things?" Although she may have agreed with you inside, I think she was offended that you should speak in the manner and with the venom in which you described above.
Apparently you must have some experience with "Small Dicked" Japanese males or how would you know so much about the size of the whole population of males? Oh I get it, you heard about it from other foreigners who also heard about it from other foreigners and so on. But no one knows for sure. They only repeat as fact what others have told them. Understood. The same holds true for your whole rant about the Japanese population as a whole. Now you use those "facts" to paint all Japanese people. You should be ashamed of yourself.
Serpico, it's people like you, who cannot criticize and articulate themselves in a mature manner that gives all foreigners a bad name. Instead, you stoop to the lowest level of name calling racism I have seen in a long time. It will be fine by me if you never show up back on these boards until you can conduct yourself in a mature manner instead of the racist immature jerk you have painted yourself.
Alot of people here would be glad to discuss with you the apathy and indifference of the Japanese towards their fellow man (because it is true) if only you can be more calm and non-racist about it. However, I seriously doubt you would be man enough to do it as there are plenty of other boards with people who think like you out there that would gladly welcome your racist-like rants.
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. And then this attack and defense of the US, It was like a word war. Oh well everyone seems to have calmed down now.
