![]() ![]() After consideration, it doesn't even surprise me much that the various incidents are so uniform - Japanese cultural cohesion and homogeneity being what they are, and given how Not Talking About It seems to be the modus operandi. When the culture says that displaying grief and horror makes one an object of attention, and also says that being an object of attention is bad for the community, it makes sense to project that grief and horror onto someone else. I can't say I expected ghosts, but I expected something different from the way it manifests in western cultures because Japan is more communitarian and group-oriented. I admit that I've been watching for reports of how the mass trauma in Japan would manifest*. I hope they can find the necessary peace and the social will to both heal and mend.
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