a haiku...almost

Dec 17, 2008 15:27

O Japan
You are such a messed up country
what the hell is wrong with you?

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irenaostrov December 18 2008, 17:46:33 UTC
What happened?

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literary_bamboo December 18 2008, 19:05:17 UTC
To be honest, nothing really - sorry to disappoint :)

I was just reading a novel set in pre-World War II Japan, and it got me thinking about the Japanese "suicide culture" and (on the other end of the spectrum) the country's rather comically quirky sex industry, and in general the unusual both harmful and benign outgrowths of social isolation and rigorous professionalism which seem to be uniquely endemic to Japan.

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