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Word or no Word, its part of the culture, atleast from my small sliver from way over here in the US. Remember the scenes from 'Grave of the Fireflies'? During
by bpd1069 16y ago
Word or no Word, its part of the culture, atleast from my small sliver from way over here in the US.
Remember the scenes from 'Grave of the Fireflies'? During the fire-bombings, the boy, Sieta, would run and loot the homes of fleeing civilians. Powerful imagery indeed, but he was looting.
- rheide 16y agoIn that case, was invading other countries also part of their 'culture'?
- angus77 16y agoWhat was that even supposed to mean?
- bpd1069 16y agoMy point was to highlight the subtlety of the CNN statement, alluding that the very concept of looting is alien in the Japanese culture, so much so that a word does not exist for the act. It is false, of course but the announcers lack of syntactical skill is used to make a semantic interpretation of the Japanese, and directs the audience to make a equivocation: African-Americans loot. No one here is saying it, but as an African-American, that is what I heard.