More Evidence that the Japanese are Just F-ing WEIRD

[ChiefsCountry]

Dane isn't talking about religion per say, its more about moral code that majority of the USA goes off is based on Judeo-Christian values.

[htismaqe]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Dane isn't talking about religion per say, its more about moral code that majority of the USA goes off is based on Judeo-Christian values.

That's the way I took it too.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Dane isn't talking about religion per say, its more about moral code that majority of the USA goes off is based on Judeo-Christian values.

Originally Posted by htismaqe

That's the way I took it too.

Exactly. Thanks!

[NinerDoug]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Dane isn't talking about religion per say, its more about moral code that majority of the USA goes off is based on Judeo-Christian values.

Still not getting it. Is he trying to say that: 1) This will be a common household item in Japan, and 2) It won't sell here?

You can buy sex in the US. You can buy sex toys in the US. So someone in Japan develops a high tech sex toy, and that means the nation is immoral or weird because of its lack of a Judeo-Christian origin?

Sounds like some rather lame ass reasoning to me.

[Canofbier]

Originally Posted by NinerDoug

Still not getting it. Is he trying to say that: 1) This will be a common household item in Japan, and 2) It won't sell here?

You can buy sex in the US. You can buy sex toys in the US. So someone in Japan develops a high tech sex toy, and that means the nation is immoral or weird because of its lack of a Judeo-Christian origin?

Sounds like some rather lame ass reasoning to me.

This is pretty spot-on. Just like the rest of the world has a skewed perception of the US (and who can blame them when they're seeing things like "16 and Pregnant", "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" and "Jersey Shore"), we're getting a doctored-up account of Japan and their culture, which although very different from ours, isn't as freakish as we're often led to believe.

I don't know enough about the issue of sex in Japan to comment definitively, but a simple search turned up a different Slate article that makes a reasonably well-stated case against the idea. It will be interesting to see how Japan changes demographically over the next few decades and what affect that may have on their global influences (as was mentioned by someone else earlier in the thread).

[Garcia Bronco]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Dane isn't talking about religion per say, its more about moral code that majority of the USA goes off is based on Judeo-Christian values.

Exactly. So many people get caught up in the dogma at the height of there resolve against this moral code neglecting the fact that it was bore out of developing civilizations evolution.

[lcarus]

Originally Posted by ChiefsCountry

Dane isn't talking about religion per say, its more about moral code that majority of the USA goes off is based on Judeo-Christian values.

Yeah but even a lot of Christians blow their religion off when it comes to getting off. I live in a big time Christian state and city, and you'd be hard pressed to find a chick that truly believes and follows "marriage before sex".