No Reports of Looting in Japan After Disaster

[Justin D]

I agree with your overall point but what happens if that cumbersome, hard to shift razor scooter was a wallet filled with $100 notes? That my friend is the true test

 

[ChaosControl]

Your "intuition" is defined by your evolutionary history.

What is my "evolutionary history"?

 

[amy31416]

I went to Austria years ago, and it seemed similar--they sold newspapers by setting them out with an open cup to collect the money. Vienna was absolutely clean, and everyone we ran into was very friendly and helpful--I don't think Japan's the only place where this would be the case.

My own neighborhood, as much as I bitch about the Gladys Kravitz-esque gossipy woman next-door, would probably be the same in a disaster.

 

[Jack Bauer]

What is my "evolutionary history"?

Whatever was the "evolutionary experience" of you, your parents, their parents, their parents' parents and so on that has been embedded in your genes.

 

[ChaosControl]

Whatever was the "evolutionary experience" of you, your parents, their parents, their parents' parents and so on that has been embedded in your genes.

I suppose you can look at it that way if you want, but that certainly makes things feel predefined.

 

[SanjaySingh]

That is not entirely true. It has nothing to do with race. It has to do with people's economic status. I live in an area that is 99% white and my place has been robbed 3 times by meth addicts who were white. These white meth heads will steal your riding lawn mower right in front of you in broad daylight. The reason people could leave their doors unlocked in the states you mentioned is because those areas have little to no gun laws and you can shoot somebody who is trespassing and trying to steal your belongings, and get away with it. You can't here in MO. Here, you can only shoot somebody if your life is endangered, even if they are robbing you blind.

That is a thoughtful reply. At least your post is on topic of culture and race and not virulently anti-white.

 

[SanjaySingh]

Why is there no looting in Japan?


Telegraph UK
March 14th, 2011

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?​

Non Japanese are only 1% in Japan,

 

[LibertyEagle]

I have seen people argue that morality is derived from religion.

I would like to think we derive our morality from something better than religion.

Better?

Jesus gave us a set of moral standards to follow. Things like not coveting what your neighbor has, not murdering, etc.

 

[specsaregood]

Better?

Jesus gave us a set of moral standards to follow. Things like not coveting what your neighbor has, not murdering, etc.

I thought those predated Jesus? I thought God gave them to Charlton Heston on Mt. Sinai.

 

[Jack Bauer]

Better?

Jesus gave us a set of moral standards to follow. Things like not coveting what your neighbor has, not murdering, etc.

Facepalm.

Sure, Jesus and Charlton Heston gave us a set of standards to follow because clearly before them such notions were not existing in any part of the world.

 

[YumYum]

That is a thoughtful reply. At least your post is on topic of culture and race and not virulently anti-white like MelissaWV. Meth addiction and drugs are a huge problem because Whites have been hit disproportionately hard by so called "Free Trade" and Fiat Currency since 1971. Tens of Millions of white families have lost middle class status and respectability as Millions of manufacturing Jobs have been shipped overseas.

During boom and bust cycles blacks and browns see their fortunes ebb and flow, but the long term secular decline since 1971 has hit whites the most.

You make a valid point, because when times are tough relief programs are more difficult for whites to obtain. Where I live, Hispanics get free medical from government sponsored clinics, while low income whites have to pay full price for a visit. I hate racism, but I hate reverse discrimination just as much. It divides people and causes resentments.

 

[RideTheDirt]

OMGWTFBBQ nobody looting wtf muzt be jeanz or sumthin!!11

sad world we live in

 

[doodle]

Could this be due to their sound religious outlook and grounding? Budhist or Charistians there seem pretty mild mannered, very polite and peaceful overall compared US population in general. Version of Christianity practiced in the US is not same as in other nations.

 

[Imaginos]

A guy with the Aleister Crowley saying talking about liberty?!? AHAHAHAH!!

Dude you keep jumping from one disaster to the other.

Nietzsche was a psychotic, cultural subverter, a filthy woman-hating masculine-homosexual PEDERAST at the service of the New World Order. The spanish anarchist you had there was part of yet another movement created by the New World Order...and now Crowley. You are hysterical dude!

Crowley was a cultural subverter, a pederast that OPENLY encouraged raping little boys in his whole "sex magik" crap in order to convert them to homosexuality, he was a member of the british intelligence and he even played a role in the Lusitania false flag attack and he also helped to found many "mini Skull and Bones" types of secret societies were the New World Order recruit many of their agents. He also played a major role in the commie-hippie movement (Beatles has him on the cover of one of their Albuns) and i could go on and on...

Really, stop trying to be "alternative" and "counter-culture" and "intellectual" and "underground" and "different" and all that crap. It makes you worship PEDERASTS at the service of the New World Order.

That is so lame dude...hihihihi...

Thank you.
You have just proved the point that Dr. Paul made recently that when your critics call you names, that means they are losing argument.
Please keep bashing me with more name calling.
You just made my day.

 

[00_Pete]

Thank you.
You have just proved the point that Dr. Paul made recently that when your critics call you names, that means they are losing argument.
Please keep bashing me with more name calling.
You just made my day.

Dude. Crowley OPENLY encouraged his followers to practice homosexual pedophilia as part of his "sex magik" crap! How f*cked up is that?

Its so easy to manipulate people that want to be different.

 

[susano]

Its only 2 days after the disaster, not saying it would get worse after 4-5 days. But looting usually starts when theres food shortage but if the Japanese grocers decided to give away their foods instead of selling it to the highest bidders then theres not going to be any looting in a million years.

Not with ghetto dwellers. I lived in Los Angeles during the riots. Looting starts with the first opportunity.

 

[00_Pete]

Not with ghetto dwellers. I lived in Los Angeles during the riots. Looting starts with the first opportunity.

Q: What is a ghetto dweller looting a Korean shop during a major riot?
A: A dead one!

uhuhuhuhuhuhAHAHAHAHAHAHhihihihihihihi...i must stop

 

[susano]

It's the culture. If someone drops something, it may stay in the same spot for weeks since we figure someone will retrace their steps to find it. Local station showing people teaming up to make wooden sidewalks over large puddles, and schools serving for shelter. Oh, there's a woman with her shih tzu in her jacket. People are all lined up at water buffaloes (woater tanks) to get water. They are also giving gasoline where needed. The phone companies have been providing free service as people look for relatives. There have been a few stories about families reuniting tearfully.

I see you are in Japan (Okinawa) and New Hampshire. Are you Japanese?

I am absolutely humbled by the incredible Japanese people. My heart breaks for them. I spent several hours using Google maps street view to "drive around" the areas destroyed. It was the rural part near Sendai and every house had a garden and most had greenhouses. It looked so idyllic. I kept looking at it and wishing that was how we lived, wishing we had that culture that is both in the modern era with a strong connection to the land. Everything looked like it had been tended with the utmost care for such a very long time. So, so much was lost

 

[susano]

What else do you expect from one thousand plus years of feudalism?

As much as they can be merited at being an orderly society, Japanese society is also very much anti-individualist and puts the needs of the many always before the needs of the few.. There's a reason why Japan also has the highest suicide rate in the industrialized world.

Edit: At least they are not mass killing Koreans, like in 1923..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1923_Great_Kanto_earthquake#Post-quake_massacre_of_ethnic_minorities

God, what a ghastly account of that earthquake and the subsequent attacks. The Japanese certainly had their brutal history and not that long ago, too. Their whaling and dolphin slaughter aren't exemplary of higher consciousness, either. That said, that is a segment of Japanese society and, like all people, they are not a hive.

I don't know much about feudalism but I suppose your point is that they were beaten down and remain in check, to this day, from that history. I really don't think that's it. A history of slavery didn't make people of African descent more civil.

 

[susano]

Edited for the hyper-sensitive race nannies on the forum just waiting to cry racist.

Well, I'm not afraid of speaking my mind.

One of the reasons that Japan is like it is, imo, is because it's a homogeneous society. Common history, language, values, and culture.