Hmm... you know, I hadn't considered it like that. Alright, fine, you win.Grey Day for Elcia said:
Japanese Mayor Wouldn't Hire Johnny Depp
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Completely off topic, being a non-American, I only found out what "Skin Heads" were recently. Saw it on Louie Theroux's Weird Weekends and by God, I felt sick just listening to them.wooty said:
I thought "Holy shit, people like this seriously still exist in the same world that I live in." It's not hard to believe that some people would be so biased against tattoos after that.
Yes Hashimoto, because all dictatorships go really well...Grey Carter said:
OT: I'm sure there has to be a type of tattoo that's acceptable. If I saw somebody with the word "Love" or a small bunny inked on the back of somebody's shoulder, my first thought wouldn't be "Crap, they must be with some crime family and want to steal my kidneys!". It's absurd to place a stigma on tattooing itself. Of course getting "Thug Life" printed across your chest is going to get you some weird looks and questions about your lifestyle but that's one design compared to many more that are just art on skin.
Where would you get it. (IF I ever got a pokemon tattoo, it'd be Empoleon on my back)=y said:
OT: Why the hell did he pick Johnny Depp? At all? He's a great actor.
Its like the Governer of Georgia saying he doesn't want Tom Cruise filing his taxes because he runs too much. Though that would give me some laughs.
Another point to be noted in this is that having tattoos tends to cause problems with the general public here in Japan, or at least with the older section of it. (This older section is massive and very powerful in graying Japan.) This often leads to "regular" people refusing to do business in any way with those wearing tattoos. This is why bathhouses and such refuse to allow tattooed customers. It may well be discrimination, but it puts the business owner in an invidious position. If he allows the tattooed customers, then he loses some, or even in some cases, all of his other customers. He will be ostracized, his business will fail, and his family will lose their income. This is especially true in smaller towns and cities. It's a no-win scenario for the business owner.
I'm not saying it's right or wrong, only that it's more complicated than it at first appears. Japanese culture is simply different from Western culture, and to judge it by purely Western standards is just not going to work. I've been living here in Japan - in the Osaka area, as it happens - for years, so I've been able to observe the culture first-hand. I readily admit I sometimes find Japanese thought or behavior puzzling, but it is their culture, not mine. I have little right to judge.
On a side note, Hashimoto is quite different from the typical Japanese politician. He actually has ideas and goals, and he is very active in trying to accomplish them rather than simply giving them lip service and wringing his hands as most Japanese politicians do. You may not like his ideas, or at least not all of them, but you have to give him credit for actually trying to do something.
TL;DR - It's a different culture and things aren't as clear-cut as they appear.
I'm not saying it's right or wrong, only that it's more complicated than it at first appears. Japanese culture is simply different from Western culture, and to judge it by purely Western standards is just not going to work. I've been living here in Japan - in the Osaka area, as it happens - for years, so I've been able to observe the culture first-hand. I readily admit I sometimes find Japanese thought or behavior puzzling, but it is their culture, not mine. I have little right to judge.
On a side note, Hashimoto is quite different from the typical Japanese politician. He actually has ideas and goals, and he is very active in trying to accomplish them rather than simply giving them lip service and wringing his hands as most Japanese politicians do. You may not like his ideas, or at least not all of them, but you have to give him credit for actually trying to do something.
TL;DR - It's a different culture and things aren't as clear-cut as they appear.
If i remember correctly showing tattoo's is prohibited on at least some of the beaches in Japan, as it is seen as improper or something or other....
I don't care about the nonexistent kids, lol. I just don't care if someone wants to take that crap away from paedophiles. No great loss there.Buretsu said:
But it only applies to that one city! You can teach in other places, or teach at a private school!Smiles said:
OT: I think we should note that "far-right" in Japan is very different from being far right in places like the US.
Japans traditions and world view are VERY different. For example, somebody on the right in the US is generally going to be supporter of the right to bear arms because of the long tradition of normal citizen having guns and standing up to government, while a person in the right in Japan will be for the banning of guns, since Japans history has weapons being exclusively in the hands of the elite classes.
anyone else get this distinct feeling of how completely random this is?! like wtf did I just read?