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<blockquote data-quote="Prestwick" data-source="post: 242613"><p><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Steve-o @ Feb 5 2009, 08:20 PM) <a href="http://index.php?act=findpost&pid=375854" target="_blank"><{POST_SNAPBACK}></a></div></p><p></p><p>Well this is where it gets a bit complicated. They love Western culture but they<em> must</em>, <u><em>must</em></u>, <u><em><strong>must</strong></em></u> convert it so it reflects Japanese values and culture. For example, Japan's view on baseball has become slightly distorted with their emphasis on trying to link it to their old medieval Japanese days of grand warriors who were big and strong and led big armies. You look at the Yomuri Giants and the Hiroshima Carp (two of the biggest Baseball teams in Japan) and they chuck all the American influence out of the window. They've essentialy made the game their own. The same goes with Rugby; they recognise that it is an essentially a Western creation but they clean all of the Western junk out and replace it with a load of crap about you paying tribute to the spirit of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda_Nobunaga" target="_blank">Oda Nobunaga</a> by training to the the <em>very best goddamn offside flanker out there. </em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em>It is hard to explain but they basically adopt whatever Western fashion is out there and then strip out all the foreign influence and convert it to fit in with their own insular social construct. </p><p></p><p>So with Rugby, out goes the Haka, the "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and even the grand old South African cry of "BEAAAAST" when there is a big tackle and in goes the Japanese values, social structures and history. By the time you've finished watching the TOP LEAGUE and the Microsoft Cup you're actually left wondering who actually invented the game in the first place <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em></em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Prestwick, post: 242613"] <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Steve-o @ Feb 5 2009, 08:20 PM) [url='index.php?act=findpost&pid=375854']<{POST_SNAPBACK}>[/url]</div> Well this is where it gets a bit complicated. They love Western culture but they[i] must[/i], [u][i]must[/i][/u], [u][i][b]must[/b][/i][/u] convert it so it reflects Japanese values and culture. For example, Japan's view on baseball has become slightly distorted with their emphasis on trying to link it to their old medieval Japanese days of grand warriors who were big and strong and led big armies. You look at the Yomuri Giants and the Hiroshima Carp (two of the biggest Baseball teams in Japan) and they chuck all the American influence out of the window. They've essentialy made the game their own. The same goes with Rugby; they recognise that it is an essentially a Western creation but they clean all of the Western junk out and replace it with a load of crap about you paying tribute to the spirit of [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda_Nobunaga"]Oda Nobunaga[/url] by training to the the [i]very best goddamn offside flanker out there. [/i]It is hard to explain but they basically adopt whatever Western fashion is out there and then strip out all the foreign influence and convert it to fit in with their own insular social construct. So with Rugby, out goes the Haka, the "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" and even the grand old South African cry of "BEAAAAST" when there is a big tackle and in goes the Japanese values, social structures and history. By the time you've finished watching the TOP LEAGUE and the Microsoft Cup you're actually left wondering who actually invented the game in the first place ;) [i] [/i] [/QUOTE]
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