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james wrote:in canuckistan, my friend would constantly be asked "can you eat pork?"
Samurai_Jerk wrote:Was your friend a Muslim?
Samurai_Jerk wrote:Was your friend a Muslim?
If I'm cooking dinner and I know someone is a Muslim I think it's a fair question. If I'm just asking a dude because he looks like he could be an Arab and I've got nothing else to talk about I could see how that would be annoying.
james wrote:syrian and indian mix iirc but only on the outside. born in canada, culturally he was as about as white anglo as they come, zero accent and it annoyed him no end to be asked these types of questions.
Dreamy_Peach wrote: You've got to just shrug your shoulders and do the old shoganai that the natives do.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:I have mixed feelings about this attitude. It's pretty much how I handle it but I think it's easy for me to be that way because I'm single, childless and don't believe I'll be here for life (though I very well could be). I've never psychologically committed myself to Japan and I don't think I'm unusual among the FG community.
A lot of gaijin complain about being treated like a permanent visitor but I think that if we're honest we have to admit that most of us see ourselves that way too. That could be a defense mechanism since we know deep down inside we'll never be one of "them" but how many of us really want to be? It's a chicken and egg question. Is our attitude the cause or the result? I doubt there's a clear answer.
Back to my original point which is something I've probably posted on here before. It's easy for me to just shrug it off and enjoy the perks of being an FG while ignoring the downside because I don't have a Japanese wife or Japanese kids. If I were married, owned a house and had kids who were born a raised Japanese but never seen at "normal" by a lot of society because they were mixed, I might shift my attitude and be more like Debito. Especially if I were to go as far as naturalizing as a Japanese citizen.
Coligny wrote:So basically, you like it there because socially speaking fureigners being already at the bottom things can't get worse...
That's certainly an interesting view...
Coligny wrote:Care to post the 9 and 14th ? i are not a scholar on japanese law aside from a mild interest on the road and traffic laws...
Article 9 wrote:Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes. 2) In order to accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized.
Article 14 wrote:All of the people are equal under the law and there shall be no discrimination in political, economic or social relations because of race, creed, sex, social status or family origin. 2) Peers and peerage shall not be recognized. 3) No privilege shall accompany any award of honor, decoration or any distinction, nor shall any such award be valid beyond the lifetime of the individual who now holds or hereafter may receive it.
Coligny wrote:So basically, you like it there because socially speaking fureigners being already at the bottom things can't get worse...
That's certainly an interesting view...
cstaylor wrote:Japanese Constitution in EnglishOriginally Posted by Article 14
All of the people are equal under the law and there shall be no discrimination in political, economic or social relations because of race, creed, sex, social status or family origin.
cstaylor wrote:AFAIK, women are still enfranchised to vote, regardless of how Ishihara feels about it.
cstaylor wrote:Japanese Constitution in English
Dreamy_Peach wrote:This Art. 14 business, I doubt how far this really goes. Just the fact that there are fewer female board members here in Japan than even the Middle East speaks volumes though.
If I had a daughter, I would want her to grow up hungry and ambitious without glass ceilings and tea making obligations of the cutesy OL.
Bringing her up in Japan and keeping her sensible with balls looks like it'd be a substantial challenge.
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