Diverting the discussion to the subject of the nerd identity is always on topic for Hacker News. I'd say there's several centuries worth of precedent on Wester

Diverting the discussion to the subject of the nerd identity is always on topic for Hacker News. I'd say there's several centuries worth of precedent on Western interest on Japanese art, history and culture. The US sent gunboats to force them to show the goods at one point, when they were unwilling to share them.