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Originally Posted by HOZ
Trying to decide whether to answer the insult or overwhelming tar and feathering of anyone not pro multi-culti.
I will go with the insult. Quite obviously my 日本語能力試験二吸 doesn't stack up against your 一級. Though my Kansai-ban gets me by very nicely. And I don't need to be so pompous about it.
As for the values of Japan. Ummm...which one there 外人? I appreciate my friends and family here very much thank you.
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Multiculturalism has had it's day. It has created more barriers now than it has ever torn down. People, communities, cities and countries come togethes because of commonalities, not differences.
And it doesn't make me or anyone else who has said that white-trailer-trash-knuckle dragger.
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Dude, at least get the "kyuu" kanji right (breathe in, breathe out). If you want pompous, that's a start. This wasn't about Japan, this was about perspective you shmuck. And unlike you, I don't like to make grand sweeping statements about things out of my realm of experience, that I'm not prepared to defend.
So then, my kansai-ben speaking friend, what ideal it is that people need to adopt to? Multiculturalism provides as much balance (and barrier) to society as a compulsion to blend in. And it's not like the leader in gated communities (the US) is a multicultural society anyway.
In any event, my favourite part of the post is where you make my point for me. What is the value, or the cultural norm you start with? Is it language? Blending in? Religion? Is there some kind of test on shared beliefs and knowledge? What, then, are the values you then have to comply to?
Maybe I'm a lazy ass, but I think it's easier to be pompous and let everyone just do what it is they want to do. Within the rule of law of the country, and as long as they pay taxes, of course.