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		alanctgardner2 on Aug 22, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Fukushima leak is 'much worse than we were led to ... So the joke is...you're a bigot? Seppuku is not a common part of modern Japanese culture, nor is the death penalty a uniquely Japanese idea.

Bootvis on Aug 22, 2013 [–]

I guess that's the joke but it isn't mine. I don't think understanding the joke makes me a bigot.

Fact is, seppuku is a part of relatively recent Japanese culture whereas it's not a part of European culture. In Europe suicide has been socially unacceptable since the fall of the Roman Empire.

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