No Looting in Japan

[E5RANGER375]

Deep in our hearts.....we all know the reason.

red blood cells?

i think its sad that a lot here have commented more about japan than they have regarding the corrupt ATF that allowed guns to illegally go to mexico, one of which led to a dead U.S. border patrol agent.

fix things here, then maybe I will give a flying **** about japan. but while innocent kids are starving here, & Im supposed to pay for quannitta to have 8 anchor babies, and the govt oppresses our rights, no I have bigger things to worry about than a foreign country.

people can "think" or "say" anything they want about me or anyone else who just doesnt care, but fix your own faults first before you judge others.

 

[lovemachine]

For your information, Ranger Boy, I have NO faults.

 

[E5RANGER375]

For your information, Ranger Boy, I have NO faults.

thats NOT what she said

 

[singlesix]

Deep in our hearts.....we all know the reason.

Fluoride in the Drinking Water

 

[indianajoe]

.... I take pride in what INGO is and has become and I'll be damned if anyone tries to undermine and destroy that with their own hatred.....

Yep. Appreciate the work.

 

[gunman41mag]

I found this article this morning and though it does not proffer any explanation, it points out that there is no looting in the Japanese streets after the earthquakes and flooding.

Why is there no looting in Japan? – Telegraph Blogs

In New Orleans there was looting on a massive scale.
In Haiti there were street gangs raping and pillaging.
It seems that for every natural disaster a demonstration of how ugly humans can treat each other follows.
But not in Japan.
Very interesting.

My gut reaction is that Japan has:
1 Strong family structure
2 Low unemployment
3 A very strict penal system that does not tolerate unlawfulness.

What do you say?

You said it all, the JAPANESE live by the rule of HONOR

 

[gunman41mag]

I partly agree. I think you are underestimating though the value they place on honor and duty. We used to have those as part of our national character and it still exists in some areas of our country. But it has disappeared from way too many of our fellow citizens. We have large groups of people that no longer have any sense of shame much less duty to something greater than themselves. We hear it on here on a daily basis.

You can see it on TV, like JERRY SPRINGER

 

[theweakerbrother]

I would say that most of Japan is NOT practicing Shinto but born into a system that honors the tradition of their ancestors so they are listed as Shinto-by-proxy.

In Non-Western religions class I took a few years ago, from what I remember, most Japanese listed themselves as existentialists who cherry picked from a handful of traditional religions but rarely participated in regular worship or holidays. This is probably similar to those in the West who come to church on Easter and Christmas.

Much of the country identifies themselves as "none" in the religious category but they cannot cast themselves completely from the religion category because to do so is culturally dishonest by their own standards.

Suicide rates are especially high in Japan... but their rationalization and cultural experience/perception for suicide is hard to harmonize with how you and I would think of suicide as a Westerner.

But yea, what the early poster said, too.

Shame/honor over-emphasis, even if it is only external honor/shame.

 

[Expat]

thats NOT what she said

I ruined her for regular guys

 

[MACHINEGUN]

 

[nate1865]

I'm sorry, but many of you don't know the Japanese people, nor their culture.

Their sense of honesty, honor to one another, respect for elders, and value of family is far superior to ours. That certainly doesn't mean they don't have faults (as we all do) in other areas.

My sis-in-law is Japanese. I had the good pleasure of getting to know their family and be with them in Japan last year. I learned a lot about the arrogance of Americans and the value that their culture had - which we could learn from greatly.

Allow me to share this story:

My brother's friend was staying at a hotel in Tokyo. He left a $5 bill in his room. A year later he came back, and when he checked in - they said "Mr. XYZ, here is your $5."

Their waiters and waitresses will NOT accept tips - it is an insult to them. Why? Because they do their best whether they get tipped or not, and trying to "buy" better service with a tip implies they might not do their best without the tip reward.

It shows in the quality of the products they produce in other industries too.

Fly on a Japanese airline. Then fly an American carrier. You'll never fly American again - the service and quality is far better than the Americans' who cut corners to squeeze every nickel out of a flight for profit.

That is honesty and integrity is far superior to ours as a culture.

 

[ATOMonkey]

It's also damn cold in Japan right now.

looting seems to be more prevalent in warmer climates.

 

[snowman46919]

No matter the culture, the religion, or the honor code there will always be the entitled little greedy bastard that thinks everyone owes them something. Sure you don't see looting and what not but I bet the organized crime associations are making a killing off of disaster supply markets right now.

 

[Expat]

No matter the culture, the religion, or the honor code there will always be the entitled little greedy bastard that thinks everyone owes them something. Sure you don't see looting and what not but I bet the organized crime associations are making a killing off of disaster supply markets right now.

They said yesterday on the news that the Japanese store keepers have actually lowered their prices to help their fellow citizens.

 

[snowman46919]

They said yesterday on the news that the Japanese store keepers have actually lowered their prices to help their fellow citizens.

Does not mean that somebody isn't still making a dime on it

 

[E5RANGER375]

They said yesterday on the news that the Japanese store keepers have actually lowered their prices to help their fellow citizens.

well thats better than just having it taken isnt it?

to me there is a difference in looting and taking something (food, water, medicines) to survive. but I also believe everyone should be prepared for disaster. theres no freaking way I would live near the coast in a tsunami region. or if I did my house would look like a giant big boy

 

[Expat]

well thats better than just having it taken isnt it?

I thought it was accepted by everyone that that hasn't happened. Do you have a cite?

 

[Kveldulf]

On the cultural front, I think there's a lack of looting because of both the Japanese culture in general and, more importantly, the culture of the people where the earthquake happened. The earthquake didn't hit a poor location with a high crime rate; it hit a relatively affluent area. Think about disasters of any kind, and where they happen and what happens after the disaster. In New Orleans, there was widespread looting; on 9/11 there was none that I know of; hurricanes in middle class South Carolina, no looting.

Another key factor to the lack of looting is the actual type of disaster. There is almost no opportunity to loot in Japan if one were so inclined. Where are you going to loot? Are you going to search under piles of rubble for something that looks interesting? Are you going to go underwater to one of the towns that is now permanently submerged? If you get this loot, are you going to get back to safety by crossing what could be a nuclear wasteland at worst or a radiation bath at best? Think to New Orleans: some places were hit really badly, really quickly; much of the rest of the city took some time to submerge, and even then it was not necessarily deep in many areas. As people fled, there was plenty of opportunity to loot easily. Now imagine what would have happened had Katrina hit New Orleans directly; the devastation would have been so vast and so complete, there would have been little looting in the initial days of the disaster.

 

[trillobite]

What I took from this thread? The Japanese have the morals of a Marine.

 

[Kveldulf]

What I took from this thread? The Japanese have the morals of a Marine.

These morals: Nanking Massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ? Anecdotal evidence doesn't necessarily mean anything. I think a thorough reading of the thread would lead one to an amoral explanation for the lack of looting.