(OTOH, it's still common to hear people of Chinese descent offhandedly mutter that *they* (i.e., China) originated all the really worthwhile culture in Asia, and all of their neighbors like the Korean and Japanese are just stupid barbarians who more-or-less ineptly tried to copy them. Ah, the delights of tradition.)
And to round out the general character-bashing for this post, before WWII, MacArthur was noted for disbanding the "Bonus Army" (a group of WWI veterans and their families who camped out near Washington DC in hopes of cashing in their service bonds from the government, during the early part of the Great Depression). Various men, women, and children were tear-gassed, bayoneted, and generally kicked around, and their tents and shanties were burned.
Yay patriotism. Rah.
Well technically, they are correct. Much of what we think is Japanese (flower arranging, tea ceremony, etc.) was brought over to Japan by Buddhist monks from China, who in turn inherited a lot of stuff from India. Really, India is the epicenter of a lot of Asian culture.
Well isn't that nice to know! So the government issued them these bonds and then refused to honor them when the time came to pay the piper? Did those people sue the government or go to the media and make a big stink about it? I'd sue!
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on 2007-08-28 08:14 pm (UTC)Well technically, they are correct. Much of what we think is Japanese (flower arranging, tea ceremony, etc.) was brought over to Japan by Buddhist monks from China, who in turn inherited a lot of stuff from India. Really, India is the epicenter of a lot of Asian culture.
Well isn't that nice to know! So the government issued them these bonds and then refused to honor them when the time came to pay the piper? Did those people sue the government or go to the media and make a big stink about it? I'd sue!