Miss Caphat
I want it that way
me too ^
I don't think its 'disaster wanking' (what a hideous phrase) I think people's sentiments are genuine
It's the positing of worst case scenarios that I mean. Some of which, like China Syndrome, are not even vaguely credible.
It's the positing of worst case scenarios that I mean. Some of which, like China Syndrome, are not even vaguely credible.
I know it is probably racial stereotyping but it is sometimes tempting to see Japanese society as a mirror image of our own.
Comments:Looting is something we see after almost every tragedy; for example: last year's earthquakes in Haiti and Chile, the floods in England in 2007, and of course Hurricane Katrina back in 2005. It happens when some people who've seen life as they know it get tossed out the window feel that all morality has been tossed out too. It's survival of the fittest and whatever you can get your hands on is yours, no matter who it belongs to.
But that's not happening in Japan.
Journalist and social commentator Ed West wrote in the UK Telegraph yesterday how struck he was by the Japanese culture throughout this ordeal. He observed how supermarkets cut their prices in the days following the quake and how vending machine owners were giving out free drinks as "people work together to survive." And West was most surprised by the fact that there was no looting.
Many have pointed to the popularity of Japan's distinctive Buddhist and Shinto religions as well as how the values of conformity and consensus are considered virtues in their culture. That's one explanation, but it probably has something to do with remaining true to your moral code even in the darkest hours.
Here’s my question to you: Why is there no looting in Japan?
because Japanese people at their very core, are very traditional and community-focused. They are not individualistic and self-interested. Looting happens because people are selfish, greedy and in most cases lacking in contentment.
Two Words......NATIONAL PRIDE
The people of Japan love their country and do what is best for the nation......unlike the United States where we love our country and do what is best for OURSELVES.
You clearly don't capture the gravity of what's going on in Japan. People are more concerned about getting something to eat and getting out of the radiation and finding loved ones than they are with acquiring TV's and computers. There is something very wrong with this question at this time which says more about you than anything about the Japanese people.
Mind you, I imagine there were some really awful posts that got filtered out.Thanks for that Editor that was interesting.
Hmmm yeah. My gran has some 'interesting' view on the Japanese but then I forgive her a bit because my grandad supposedley fought them in the Far East.
Quick video showing earthquakes in Japan between 9 March and 14 March. 1 hour ~ 1 second.
"The workers suspended further operations and evacuated."
fuck - never before have I hoped more that CNN have got it wrong...
edit: btw my mate's in Tokyo so I'm not just avidly following this for nothing....
not at all - and I didn't direct that at anyone in particular, I'd be following this and be just as sad regardless given what's happened, but normally I'd lurk that's all.I have no mates in Japan, does that mean I have no reason for following this?
Here's an interesting CNN article and - thankfully - the comments section has been moderated so it's not packed full of the usual racist halfwits.
Comments:
http://caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/15/why-is-there-no-looting-in-japan/
JimW said:Back when they were collectivist, there was widespread looting after the Kanto quake of 1923 (blamed on Koreans and leftists and led to a massacre) and after the WWII bombings, apparently, so it's almost certainly bollocks to talk about some inherent Japanese quality rather than social factors that might be reproduced anywhere.
Post-war Japan has sometimes been called the most successful communist society in the world. Not by communists obviously, but it makes ya think.
5.57am (2.57pm JST): There's a lot of concern about the conditions survivors face. NHK are reporting snow in Miyagi prefecture and the Japanese meteorological agency predicts snow in Iwate today with heavier falls tomorrow. Across the disaster zone, temperatures will drop as low as -5C overnight.
The government's chief spokesman, Yukio Edano, has asked the public not to panic-buy fuel, warning:
''The supply situation for fuel such as gasoline, heavy oil and light oil is worsening in the quake-hit areas."
I just had a quick flip through the Forbes rich list and the richest Japanese is in at 129, there are nearly 30 countries with entries before Japan including places like Cyprus, Czech, Greece and so on - and Japan is one of the richest countries in the world, so you'd expect them to be far more highly represented.
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Same as mine.
They torched my gran's village, raped the women/ children and killed the men.
She fled to HK...(thank fuck).
Interesting to read 'why no looting.'
I remember I jumped the queue once at a bus stop and everyone stood still and stared at me in disgust.
Been living in brixton too long...but such moral codes is evident in those countries (china, taiwan, korea etc).
I think the frankly incredible display of restraint and responsibility by the Japanese people in the face of unimaginable disaster probably has something to do with a collective desire to prevent headline writers ever using the phrase 'JA-PANIC'.
The second British rescue team (not the government team) - International Rescue Corps - is on its way back from Tokyo after the British Embassy in Tokyo refused to give them a letter of authorisation which would allow them entry into the disaster zones and enable them to get fuel. "There's an emptiness and disbelief," said Willie McMartin, IRC Operations Director. "This was the 32nd world disaster we have been to and we've only had problems twice before with host governments in China and Afghanistan. We have never encountered the position where the British embassy, our own country, came up with a show stopper."
Barking_Mad said:Where can you find latest satellite photos?