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Skepticism, Science & Pseudoscience

kristopher

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5. I lived in Japan for 11 years

Reply to DetlefK (Reply #4)

Mon May 29, 2017, 02:57 PM

May 2017

And did my undergrad at a Japanese university. The author was a classmate and friend. While I respect his work and like him personally, his view of Japan was biased with a sense of moral superiority from the day he arrived.

He is off base in this instance.

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Longing for a reason to discriminate other people, Japan simply invents one. [View all] DetlefK May 2017 OP

Wow. I wouldn't have guessed that one luvMIdog May 2017 #1

The fuck JHan May 2017 #2

Jake Adelstein is engaged in spreading hyperbolic nonsense kristopher May 2017 #3

It's not banter. Some Japanese do practice this kind of racism. From the same article: DetlefK May 2017 #4

I lived in Japan for 11 years kristopher May 2017 #5

Although Japanese people discuss blood types GeoWilliam750 May 2017 #6