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asian cultuers
Posted On 10/14/2008 22:08:28 by animalpitbull

Many of us know something about the Asian cultures that the same value, but not everyone knows this, because other cultures and religious say different and many people take it at face value. There are some people who can see this fact, due to the fact they are involved in the Martial Arts. Does not matter want disopins they study it teaches the same thing respect which is one of many values that are disapper from culture.” My main goal, interest, and concern is promotion of human values and religious harmony” said by the Dami Lama. Many people should recall and listen to want he have to say because this comes from the heart and the other is to “peace, not bloodshed.”

We have so much that the Asian cultures have giving us like Art, weapons, movies’, and many others at work like so beautiful and simple sometime we forget about the hardships that many of them go though because of one thing or another. The Asian cultures that are meaning talk about are the following: China, Korea (North and South), Vietnam, and even Japan. These have the biggest impact on society today least in the United States of American. In some movie that we watch about different countries society, want we may think fiction is sometimes a true fact just worded different. Example in the movie the “Last Samurai” the into that says “Many believe that Japan was Made from a sword that was dipped into the ocean and the drops from the sword form the Islands of Japan” or something along the these lines the truth that it was not a sword, but a spear from a god standing on a rainbow bridge. Now who say that “we can’t believe want the T.V. says”?, because it come be a truth fact just worded different from a person point-of-view. If this sound like you heard it before you have from Star Wars Return of the Jedi when Luke talks to Yoga and Ben about his father.

            Many people in the US do not understand where most of the ideas for the T.V. like Power Rangers, Masked Rider, and many others as well. The one thing that most of us do not understand what is going on and just say that the people in Japan copy the ideas from us which is not the case. A lot of the technology and TV shows that we now watch come from one of two places which are the following: China and Japan. The one thing that many people do not know that some way they are relate to each other.

            Many people who like the animes will never guess the some of the show deals with their culture like their own legends. Dragon Ball series play a big along with Naruto which some of it is true, but most people have no idea about.



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From: Old_Guy
10/15/2008 06:27:43

Having lived in Korea for nine of my last twenty years and six years on the island of Okinawa with frequent trips to the main island of Japan, I can tell you that the US has had a more drastic impact on the cultures of Asia than they will ever have on the US.  Some good some bad.  Currently it is all about TV, Hip Hop, Movies, and overall standing out in a crowd.  You can't go anywhere in Korea without watching people young and old with a cigarette in one hand, and either starbucks or a cell phone in the other.  Everyone feels like they are judged by the car that they drive and how expensive their fashion accessories are.  A major part of the diet is now fast food to the point that employees in some Japanese companys have their divisions penalized if their employees are overweight, a direct result of fast food instead of a traditional Japanese diet.  Street racing and drifting are now major industries in Japan and Korea.  Capitalism is king in China.  Respect for elders and caring for Mom and Dad in their golden years have given way to me, me, me.  Greed and corruption are everywhere, everyone of the presidents of Korea and their staffs have been indicted at sometime or another for selling favors (bribes). 


Don't make the mistake of judging cultures by the movies or animation that you see.  A perfect example is the movie that you talked about, The Last Samurai.  Truth be known the Samuriai were the last hold out against outside influence not out of honor but out of greed.  They realized that for the first time in ages that they were being edged out.  They were about to lose the ability to shakedown and plunder the villages that had been placed under their protection.  They were little more than thugs I would equate them more to the military factions of Burma than a spear weilding God on a rainbow bridge. 


Take a class or two in Asian studies or international relations with an emphasis on the far east.  Better yet seek out job opportunites and stay for a while living on the economy the experience is eye opening to say the least.  Don't take my word for it, see it, live it for yourself.  





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