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Japan is a homogeneous society; "Diversity society will fail" --Putnam; http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/08/05/the_downside_of_diversity/ h

• brandelune 10y ago
  By a very narrow definition of "homogenous".
  • hasenj 10y ago
    Is there some definition whereby Japanese society is not ethnically homogenous?
• 77pt77 10y ago
  Diversity is like salt in food. You want a bit to make things tasty and healthy, but too much is actually bad for you.
  • icebraining 10y ago
    Analogies can be well used, but here all you said is "I prefer to have just a bit of diversity" in a pseudo-explanatory way.
    • 77pt77 10y ago
      Nowhere in that comment did I ever state my preference.
      • raarts 10y ago
        No you didn't, but I find it hard to believe you would opt for a lot of diversity, given that you state it would be bad.
  • Fargren 10y ago
    To quote from A Bit of Fry & Laurie, 'well of course too much is bad for you, that's what "too much" means[...]. "Too much" precisely means that quantity which is excessive, that's what it means'. How much is too much?
    • antisthenes 10y ago
      I think you can find your answer in the history of Detroit.
• TulliusCicero 10y ago
  On the other hand, the US is quite diverse overall, and is economically very strong; our GDP per capita is the highest of any large country.
  • ManFromUranus 10y ago
    The US has diverse ethnic groups that homogeneously live in little enclaves. You have "white" areas and "latino" areas and so on. This is how diversity actually happens in the west.