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Why is there no looting in
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The landscape of parts of Japan looks like
the aftermath of World War Two; no industrialised country since then has
suffered such a death toll. The one tiny, tiny consolation is the extent to
which it shows how humanity can rally round in times of adversity,
with heroic British rescue teams joining colleagues from the US and elsewhere
to fly out. And solidarity seems especially strong in
Japan itself. Perhaps even more impressive than Japan’s technological power
is its social strength, with supermarkets cutting prices and vending machine
owners giving out free drinks as people work together to survive. Most
noticeably of all, there has been no looting, and I’m not the only one
curious about this. This is quite unusual among human cultures,
and it’s unlikely it would be the case in Britain. During the 2007
floods in the West Country abandoned cars were broken into and free packs of
bottled water were stolen. There was looting in Chile after the earthquake
last year – so much so that troops were sent in; in New Orleans, Hurricane
Katrina saw looting on a shocking scale. Why do some cultures react to disaster by
reverting to everyone for himself, but others – especially the Japanese –
display altruism even in adversity? Originally
published at: http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/edwest/100079703/why-is-there-no-looting-in-japan/
Selected readers’ coments:
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by The
Japanese are honorable people!
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by Lot of rubbish written on here but having
visited Japan recently there are lot of differences compared to where I live
in Sussex UK. People have respect for others in Japan,they are dignified and courteous. When you go out
on the roads you dont see arrogance and aggression
in driving which you see on every journey in Britain. I saw hundreds of
drinks vending machines in Japan at all different locations, not one hint of
vandalism, you would be lucky not to have half of them smashed up in this
country. There is just no 'yobbo' element there
unlike the UK, people know about respect and that’s why there is no looting.
Anybody saying otherwise unfortunately is just making excuses for our society
today.
snickerdoodlegoth Recommended
by Why no looting in Japan? Because there's
nothing to loot -- the tsunami swept everything and everyone away. Stop
perpetuating race-based superiority myths. Japan's society isn't
"better" than Haiti or any other country that's been hit with natural
disasters lately. Japan's government is already trying to cover-up the
nuclear disaster. A better viewpoint-"Stop comparing
Japan's disasters to others"
davidiain Recommended
by Are you trying to
say there are no cultural differences in people's response to dramatic events ? I think you would find that proposition difficult
to establish.
Recommended by The reason there is
no looting has everything to do with the fact that respect is deeply embraced
within the Japanese society. Information on this exact topic is at http://tgconnection.org Recommended
by Because the
Japanese actually have a culture and are proud of who
they are. They are 99% Japanese ethnicity. Multiculturalism means that people
care less about one another.
Recommended
by It is quite simple.
Japan is a wealthy country and has a culture of respect for others and for
property. This has come about as a result of a good education system which
promotes learning and does not tolerate outlandish behaviour on the part of
children. Teachers do not belong to the equivalent of the appropriately named
NUT whose claim to fame is being at the forefront of "liberalism"
and the protection of lazy confused teachers at government schools MaryJay Recommended
by If I had a homeland
to return to, I might consider doing that, especially when the disunity in
the US starts to turn really bad. But my family has been here for 350 years
so the only homeland I know is the US. Pointing out that
the more homogeneous socieities tend to perform
better in a wide range of social measures is not racist, although you are
trying your rather dishonest best to make it seem that.
Recommended
by The Japanese
culture is so imbued with honor...and we don't have
the same blind following of that Honor. to Americans Honor is something
totally different. As a Marine I think I understand this more then most. I don't believe you can compare the two. I
think this is more a societal thing. I think the REAL story is HUMANS (with
the U.S. kicking it off, as always) banding together to help each other. God
bless the United States of America...and all of you as well...
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