| Re: Japan is a Safe Place... Japan is a Safe Place...
Of course the "there is no crime in our country" crap is just that. Crap.
Not having a lot of crime for a long time makes one complacent. And that's where the danger is. When you start denying the truth to keep your precious little "everything is fine" fantasy image the problems start stacking.
Like the general view that Japan is a completely homogeneous society or that most criminals are foreigners. The Japanese seem to have more difficulty than the average Westerner to acknowledge certain negative aspects in their society. And not acknowledging a problem only leads to the problem getting worse. |