Author: Mark Charette
Date: 1999-05-25 03:11
HIROSHI wrote:
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I think this trend is conspicuous to American people,who have very short tradition,only 200 years.
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500 years from setllement by Europeans, but still very short. You've got to start counting from 1st settlement, not the founding of the country.
Some of us don't think we have a "disease". Japan suffered through some very "interesting" times during the early 1900s, too (as documented by Soseki in "Wagahaiwa Neko de aru" and "Botchan"), and self reflection and doubt in the 60's ("Kamen no Kokuhaku" and "Kokoro", by my favorite Japanese author).
Every country develops & evolves, sometimes making missteps.
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