If MeFites could be more like Japanese...

May 19, 2002 7:49 PM

Blog TV: "Even a direct confrontation must be done in the most indirect, nonoffensive manner ..."

posted by sheauga to General Weblog-Related at 7:49 PM (8 comments total)

"A complex system of "keigo" (respect language) is used in every spoken interaction, and this confrontation between a cranky old man and Tokyo city officials is a perfect example ... The old man speaks gruffly in rough abusive words like "bakatare" (asshole) while the officials are always polite, bowing and saying "shitsurei itashimasu" (pardon my rudeness) even after the old man throws one of them in front of a car."
posted by sheauga at 7:54 PM on May 19, 2002

And...
posted by darukaru at 8:45 PM on May 19, 2002

...and I found the link interesting. Thanks for pointing me to it, sheauga.
posted by gummi at 8:53 PM on May 19, 2002

Can anybody play that movie? Both in Mozilla and IE 6, the only thing I see is a "You need Quicktime 4 or later" (This with QT 5 installed...) in the movie area.
posted by slater at 10:57 PM on May 19, 2002

slater you need the quicktime active x control for ie on windows now, maybe that will help...

direct link to movie
posted by sawks at 1:20 AM on May 20, 2002

Cool.
posted by dong_resin at 2:41 AM on May 20, 2002

...and I found the link interesting. Thanks for pointing me to it, sheauga.
Yes, but why is it in MeTa? Would have been fine on the front page, AFAIK.
posted by darukaru at 3:35 AM on May 20, 2002

Would have been fine on the front page, AFAIK.
True. Dilemma. Front page or MetaTalk? Eh. I have no idea.
posted by gummi at 7:08 AM on May 20, 2002