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Originally Posted by HOZ
I think 1stlands post is spot on. And attacking the post because you don't like the poster is childish on your part with the ole " your such a redneck because you think learning about other cultures is not good but your wrong" canard. That was certainly not the point of his post! Someone who has begged money for this awesome adventure that has not put in an ounce of effort to afford it themselves is someone that needs a bit of reality in their lives. Seriously!!!
Some of the people that do travel truly need grounding in reality before they head off the the "hinterlands". As one that has been in Asia for a long while and has run into these people over and over again. Trips to Asia are not opening up these people eyes. It is closing them further. Seeing new cultures for these people tends to be a confirmation of their prejudices (of their own culture) for these people. They rarely get past the surface of the culture they are immersed in.
As well, Japan(other places as well) has a serious foreigner Peter Pan problem. They just never grow up. There are people that have been here 20 years that still dress and act like the day they arrived.
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Nice, subtle racism in a HOZ post.
Like sands through the hourglass, so are the posts of our HOZ's life.