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Japan plans to lower age of adulthood to 18 (2018)

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Re: Japan plans to lower age of adulthood to 18 (2018)

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Post by magduf »

tropo wrote: post #106
magduf wrote: post #104

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You're not going to have a functioning economy with the massive climate problems that are coming, along with the Boomer's refusal to invest in infrastructure. If you look at how the Boomers vote, all they care about is the "invading" "Mexicans", abortion, and lower taxes for rich people. Basically, they're a bunch of greedy racists who vote to shoot down any attempt to improve the economy through things like better t…

I think the 1973 oil crisis and the 1979 oil crisis both count as hard times. You seem to wish that the Boomers would vote for a self-inflicted oil crisis. It's also hard to keep the lower class employed with a living wage if low-cost migrants keep underbidding them for employment. While the Boomers haven't always made great decisions, this us-vs-them thinking neglects that the Boomers generally care about their desc…

>It's also hard to keep the lower class employed with a living wage if low-cost migrants keep underbidding them for employment.

Then maybe the Boomers should vote for higher taxes and better social services. That's what advanced nations do, after all, and they don't have these problems.

Re: Japan plans to lower age of adulthood to 18 (2018)

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Post by scarface74 »

dasyatidprime wrote: post #110
scarface74 wrote: post #56

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Do you also never go over the speed limit? My sense of “honesty” isn’t dictated by the government. Now whether I obey the law is determined strictly by a risk/rewards calculation But those are still entirely different.

Currently, I don't drive, so I have no empirical answer. Some people who know me have joked that I would hate learning to drive (here in the US) because of the issue where most drivers break the speed limit most of the time and expect others to do the same. I think I could get used to it or find a way to deal with it, but it's possible it would stress me out for a while at the beginning. As I sorta-mentioned, I'm not…

If you or your parents grew up as anything other than a straight White Christian in the southern US, you would understand why I don't necessarily hold an unquestioned respect for the law or the justice system....

Re: Japan plans to lower age of adulthood to 18 (2018)

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Post by dasyatidprime »

scarface74 wrote: post #112
dasyatidprime wrote: post #110

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Currently, I don't drive, so I have no empirical answer. Some people who know me have joked that I would hate learning to drive (here in the US) because of the issue where most drivers break the speed limit most of the time and expect others to do the same. I think I could get used to it or find a way to deal with it, but it's possible it would stress me out for a while at the beginning. As I sorta-mentioned, I'm not…

If you or your parents grew up as anything other than a straight White Christian in the southern US, you would understand why I don't necessarily hold an unquestioned respect for the law or the justice system....

Please don't do this.

You've gone from “implying that an attitude is out of the acceptable/plausible range” to “implying that the visible counterexample doesn't understand why anyone else might hold a different one” in the span of three posts.

I can imagine several reasons why this might be a hot-button topic for you, especially given what you've just said, but I am not putting my nature up for attack here. If you expect me to have a generalized disregard for or incomprehension of people who don't share my tendencies, I don't think it's true, though I don't expect you to believe me. If you feel like my attitude or existence is a shock or an affront, I'm sorry. If you resent feeling stuck with the institutions that surround you because they're not serving you well, I'm sorry. I would ask that you not extrapolate my personal attitudes about alcohol and speed limits to assuming that I follow social institutions “unquestioningly”, if that's what you were doing, and especially that you not extrapolate it to much wider and deeper issues.

This will be my last comment on this topic.

Re: Japan plans to lower age of adulthood to 18 (2018)

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Post by scarface74 »

dasyatidprime wrote: post #113
scarface74 wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you or your parents grew up as anything other than a straight White Christian in the southern US, you would understand why I don't necessarily hold an unquestioned respect for the law or the justice system....

Please don't do this. You've gone from “implying that an attitude is out of the acceptable/plausible range” to “implying that the visible counterexample doesn't understand why anyone else might hold a different one” in the span of three posts. I can imagine several reasons why this might be a hot-button topic for you, especially given what you've just said, but I am not putting my nature up for attack here. If you ex…

Two sub threads going on at once here.

That was more aimed at the statement (that you didn’t make)

That's the most intellectually dishonest answer I've seen to "I followed the law in a specific scenario".

My apologies. I attributed that statement to you.

Re: Japan plans to lower age of adulthood to 18 (2018)

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Post by asutekku »

taneq wrote: post #69
max76 wrote: post #68

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I only saw a handful of alcohol vending machines when I was in Japan (2018). I heard a rumor they are being phased out. EDIT: Found a source "In May 1995, to prevent underage drinking, the All Japan Liquor Merchants Association decided to eliminate outdoor alcohol vending machines, so it is now rare to encounter these machines outside." https://www.nippon.com/en/features/h00258/vending-machines-i...

Oh, this was in 2012 so they may have disappeared. Shame. :(

There are still some in the countryside, and small alleyways in the cities. I think there’s only one in my city.
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