Comments on: Art and Soul 6 – Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 and Human Nature http://animediet.net/podcasts/art-and-soul-6-tokyo-magnitude-80-and-human-nature Eating it right about anime since 2006! Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:03:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: moritheil http://animediet.net/podcasts/art-and-soul-6-tokyo-magnitude-80-and-human-nature/comment-page-1#comment-7969 moritheil Sun, 30 Aug 2009 16:31:09 +0000 http://animediet.net/?p=8248#comment-7969 I wonder if the Japanese can't really see themselves as rioting <em>en masse</em>.   Indeed the entire samurai aesthetic - suicide over capture, death over disgrace - would seem to argue against it. Individuals may or may not follow that ideal, but I think that just as in Western society there is a tendency to overlook certain hypocrisies, there may be a tendency to characterize the actions of the people as a whole as somewhat more in line with that traditional code. I wonder if the Japanese can’t really see themselves as rioting en masse.   Indeed the entire samurai aesthetic – suicide over capture, death over disgrace – would seem to argue against it.

Individuals may or may not follow that ideal, but I think that just as in Western society there is a tendency to overlook certain hypocrisies, there may be a tendency to characterize the actions of the people as a whole as somewhat more in line with that traditional code.

]]> By: rayyhum777 http://animediet.net/podcasts/art-and-soul-6-tokyo-magnitude-80-and-human-nature/comment-page-1#comment-7963 rayyhum777 Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:57:07 +0000 http://animediet.net/?p=8248#comment-7963 I thought I was going to hear some weeping music and being told that the Spirit would triumph or something. But also remember that a non-believer is technically, an agent of the devil. XD So I've heard. XD XD XD I thought I was going to hear some weeping music and being told that the Spirit would triumph or something. But also remember that a non-believer is technically, an agent of the devil. XD

So I’ve heard. XD XD XD

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