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Originally Posted by jean-baptiste
Culturally speaking, I always thought stuff like that was outright distasteful in Japan. If it was one person yelling it I would have just assumed it was one jerk, but if it was more than one person, that surprises me. What's the demographic at these concerts? Is it mostly young people, 18-30?
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As someone who lived there for a long time, it doesn't surprise me at all... What is more surprising is that the people saying things like that don't even realize that it is offensive in the slightest.
While I agree, that is gradually changing over there, even the younger generation has a long way to go. Anything "other" still comes off as something slightly less than real to them unless they have themselves have spent a significant amount of time overseas. Not saying that I didn't meet some really cool people while I was over there for 5 years give or take, but honestly, no matter how much Japanese you know or how well you can fit in, foreigners are still treated differently.