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**AAAESLLESO** · 10-10-2009, 09:42 PM

The whole "wanting to be Japanese" thing kind of weirds me out. You can like shepherd's pie without "wanting to be English", you can like bagpipe music without "wanting to be Scottish", you can like Celtic crosses and knotwork without "wanting to be Irish"... you can like German furniture without "wanting to be German" although people will most likely think you're insane.

There's absolutely nothing wrong with liking and appreciating another culture. Heaping scorn on people who choose to appreciate other the products of other cultures seems counterproductive in today's global society.

And frankly, we're running around in split dresses wearing smelly gear and hitting each other with bamboo sticks while screaming in foreign language -- if you were going to say someone "wanted to be Japanese", wouldn't you level that charge at a kendoka before someone who likes sake? Seriously.

10-10-2009, 09:42 PM	#20
AAAESLLESO Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 469 Senior Member	The whole "wanting to be Japanese" thing kind of weirds me out. You can like shepherd's pie without "wanting to be English", you can like bagpipe music without "wanting to be Scottish", you can like Celtic crosses and knotwork without "wanting to be Irish"... you can like German furniture without "wanting to be German" although people will most likely think you're insane. There's absolutely nothing wrong with liking and appreciating another culture. Heaping scorn on people who choose to appreciate other the products of other cultures seems counterproductive in today's global society. And frankly, we're running around in split dresses wearing smelly gear and hitting each other with bamboo sticks while screaming in foreign language -- if you were going to say someone "wanted to be Japanese", wouldn't you level that charge at a kendoka before someone who likes sake? Seriously.
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