(September 10, 2019 at 6:42 pm)Belaqua Wrote:(September 10, 2019 at 10:08 am)Mister Agenda Wrote: Um, pretty sure protection rackets and sex trafficking don't confine themselves to criminal victims, even in Japan.
The Yakuza is bad and does bad things.
Now back to my original point:
The macho man tough guy approach to dealing with difference of opinion is far more in evidence in the US than in Japan. In discussing metaphysics and other ideas, a person in Japan almost never has to put up with the Clint Eastwood approach that is common elsewhere (e.g. this forum).
I heard one time on YouTube (I think) that Japanese people aren't generally the type to argue about anything with anyone. And that they have a tendency to say "maybe" as an answer even to questions that have clear "yes" or "no" questions. Is this generally true from what you observe in Japan?
