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mgosdin
Posts: 1302 Location: Kissimmee, Florida, USA |
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Oh it is quite possible for a Westerner, at least a US Citizen from the southern US as an example, to be able to understand what the Japanese, Chinese and Koreans have to deal with. A subject so sensitive, so emotionally charged that any attempt to speak of it, to examine it, to even contemplate it with a cold reasonable light of logic fails utterly. And there are other subjects in the US and elsewhere in the west that are just as emotional, just as sensitive and pollute any dialog between people just a badly as what the people of Japan, China and Korea live with. It's a human thing, we seem to do this to ourselves with distressing regularity. No hard feelings here, just a sincere wish that we all could be honest with ourselves and each other. Maybe take a tip from the old grump Miyazaki. Mark Gosdin |
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Polycell
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@Surrender Artist:
Nothing I've seen of the TPP is any good, but at any rate free trade is a unilateral issue. Yes, you lose some leverage in opening foreign markets, but your countrymen immediately bennefit from the opening of their market. |
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MarshalBanana
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Calling people autistic is a very western insult, and even then only among young people. 100% sure he made a snide remark at producers and it got adapt to modern and then autistic. If you think they are the same people, then you clearly haven't seen much of Annos work. |
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dtm42
Posts: 14084 Location: currently stalking my waifu |
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Wow. And yet China and Taiwan still have the gall to complain. That's politics for ya.
I do support free trade, but such treaties are almost always unequal. Two reasons. Firstly, countries themselves are unequal in economic size and influence (which means one country is going to benefit more than the other). And secondly, there are always provisions in such treaties to keep protectionist elements like tariffs, quotas and subsidies, so treaties are never entirely "free". Of course, the TPP has its own issues, a topic which is a whole 'nother kettle of fish. |
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Fedora-san
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Would anyone care about his opinions if he wasn't Miyazaki, but another random old guy? Probably not.
I highly doubt any of them used the word "autistic". That's what westerners on the internet use to insult people. Comparing Miyazaki to Anno is bizarre. Anno is a posterchild for otaku culture, while Miyazaki is hugely anti-otaku both in his views and what he makes. Anno's work is popular with otaku while Miyazaki's work is not. They're on opposite ends of the spectrum so mixing them up is very odd. |
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bin1127
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He really does sounds sincerely antiwar and is pretty wise with a lot of his observations. I'm not getting the grumpy old man vibe from this.
And he goes much further too, touching on his opinion of population size, sustainably living on the island, and quality of life. It's impressive he identifies the limitations on the pursuit of money. He's probably not all that bought on the idea of capitalism as well looking at Japan present. Great thoughts coming from the man. Thanks Bamboo for linking it. |
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Polycell
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@ dtm42: My main point(beyound the noncontroversial suckage of the TPP) is that "free trade" agreements tend to be nothing of the sort. |
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potatochobit
Posts: 1373 Location: TEXAS |
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More like everyone on this forum who buys anime instead of investing in their retirement fund. I am not a ghibili fan but this guy always has an opinion about something he doesn't like, but that's Ok. I see some comments about improving relationships with China. The China you know today is not the China run under Mao. You guys have no idea what you are talking about. Do you not read the news? The new China wants to be a world power, seize land and control the Seas. The old China had a policy of "mind your own business" and would never have done this. |
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electricpatriot
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This might sound like a stupid question, but what's the TPP? |
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mdo7
Posts: 6268 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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TPP or Trans-Pacific Partnership. Think of it like the East Asia/Pacific version of NAFTA. |
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electricpatriot
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Ah. |
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mdo7
Posts: 6268 Location: Katy, Texas, USA |
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@ electricpatriot, you're welcome.
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Panzer Vor
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Horseshoe theory: Two extremes on a spectrum have more in common with each other than they would care to admit. |
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jl07045
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Well, Anno has explicitly said that he sees otaku lifestyle as "forced autism". Granted that was at the time he made Eva, so his opinion has likely evolved. As for Miyazaki, I don't think he would use such a provocative comparison, but they are probably on the same wavelength.
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MarshalBanana
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Well it is possible that he himself suffers from Autism, I had a friend at school who did and he would become obsessed with something and then after awhile move on. He could just be projecting when he talks about Otaku and it is note worthy that after reading Freud he suddenly became obsessed with his works and went out of his to put as much as possible into Evangelion. |
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