Wednesday, 25 April 2007

Is it offensive... or does the truth just hurt?

I began thinking this morning about my previous post about infidelity in Japan and what I would think if I were Japanese reading it. I would probably assume that the writer was racist or had an anti Japanese view on the subject matter and probably hasn't lived in the country very long. But if a Japanese person wrote the article, I bet I wouldn't have a problem.

It's weird that works. It's like someone bringing up the obesity level in Australia. When a non Australian says it it sounds like a jab at the country but if I said it (being Australian) it would be an intelligent conversation starter about social problems (seriously I swear Australians are getting fatter every time I go back and it's not due to me being surrounded by skinny Japanese people. A fair share of Japanese people are overweight. Almost every businessman on the Tokyo Metro is unfit and sleep deprived.)

If I was in Australia I would be blogging about becoming a republic, obesity, diabetes, AIDS, gay marriage, racism and the Stolen Generation but I'm not. I'm in Japan and this country has it's fair share of problems that affects the lives of people living here.

Since being in Japan, I've become so politically minded (who'd have thought!) that serious (even though they come across as negative sometimes) issues really interest me.

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