[TW]Fox;19845666 said:
Who said it was?
[TW]Fox;19845666 said:
So who did you screw over to get what you have?
So who did you screw over to get what you have?
People in the UK didn't loot and burn businesses and homes in the Great Depression - when poverty, unemployment and health were far worse. What has changed? The moral fiber of society.
We had riots, in fact they were far more common prior to WW2 than today.
There were mass riots against unemployment and poverty in London during the 1880's and 1930's during economic downturns.
Difference was because they had no-where else to turn to back then. Today's riots are examples on scum on the rampage.
Difference was because they had no-where else to turn to back then.
Many people in this day and age think that they have no-where to turn to as well.
That isn't true though, is it - there is an enormous amount of help available for people whatever their circumstances.
That isn't true though, is it - there is an enormous amount of help available for people whatever their circumstances.
[TW]Fox;19845666 said:
Nagasaki is not a good example. It was the one port foreigners were restricted to trade with during the period of isolation (17th-19th century), so as to prevent foreign influence in the rest of Japan while still exchanging goods and information through that one port. Of course it is going to have foreign influence, more than anywhere else. And AFAIK it was not founded by the Portuguese, it was a pre-existing city that the Portuguese sailed into to trade.Not been to Japan then. American culture is blatantly apparent everywhere. Thats not to mention the Chinatown's and Koreatown's and other foreign enclaves within many Japanese cities including Western ones. Take Nagasaki for example, that city was founded by Portuguese traders and their and other Western influence and culture is everywhere including churches and bulidings.
There's been no proper resolve from politicians either, it's all boards and enquiries and such nonsense. Politicians in ivory towers...
Nagasaki is not a good example. It was the one port foreigners were restricted to trade with during the period of isolation (Th-Th century), so as to prevent foreign influence in the rest of Japan while still exchanging goods and information through that one port. Of course it is going to have foreign influence, more than anywhere else. And AFAIK it was not founded by the Portuguese, it was a pre-existing city that the Portuguese sailed into to trade.
No question however that American influence is widespread. Being occupied by the USA will certainly have that effect. However, Japan has a very strict immigration policy compared to a lot of other places in the world, especially the Western world.
Nagasaki is not a good example. It was the one port foreigners were restricted to trade with during the period of isolation (17th-19th century), so as to prevent foreign influence in the rest of Japan while still exchanging goods and information through that one port. Of course it is going to have foreign influence, more than anywhere else. And AFAIK it was not founded by the Portuguese, it was a pre-existing city that the Portuguese sailed into to trade.
No question however that American influence is widespread. Being occupied by the USA will certainly have that effect. However, Japan has a very strict immigration policy compared to a lot of other places in the world, especially the Western world.
I wonder if Castiel has ever actually been to Japan. The culture from the outsider would look very much westernized but when you're in there you realised that it's very very much their own. It's a different animal entirely!