Culture Clash
Culture Clash A Samurai warrior serves his master and does what he is asked to the point of death, bravely and unquestioningly. A man of honor. A culture of honor. If the warrior fails at the given task he returns to his master, owns his failure, and prepares to kill himself. The Lord may interrupt the suicide or may decide not to interfere. The warrior, now a man of shame. A culture of shame. The ‘Shame-Honor’ culture is the group name of collectivistic cultures. Truth comes from tradition and consensus.[i] The Shame-Honor culture still exists today in Japan as we hear of children wanting to get into good schools to make their parents proud, CEOs publically apologizing with heads bowed for the failure of a business before committing suicide, and bowing the eshaku bow at 15°, or the kerei bow at 30°, or the seikeirei at 45°.[ii] When the head of Goya Foods spoke words of praise for President Trump there were two strong reactions in social media; buy more Go...