Where did I say you can't complain? Complain all you want. Just don't expect them to change to suit your relatively unique condition. In my own country there are a lot of things about my personal situation and outlook which don't fit the average - but I don't expect them to change for me there either.
I didn't say you have to leave, just own your decision to stay if you do.
Try behaving as if that were true in North Korea and tell me if reality doesn't show you something different.
To put this in a different context, if you moved to Harlem, New York (assuming you are not an African-American) and tried to say you were now the same as everybody else in your neighborhood and now part of their culture how far do you think people - both inside that community and outside of it - would accept that as valid?
Well, I hear you and you have a point. But because I am me I will not leave it to that. I will argue that you don't know if the reason they cough at you is racism. (It might as well be as like I have said I believe there are many racists people in Japan).
In that video the coughing guy might as well had just been annoyed by the twat who was video filming himself while walking like a complete asshole. While I would not cough like that, I couldn't even if I wanted to in the first place as that was a very impressive cough, I would still probably give the guy a stinky eye for being a waste of public space.
Also like @drlucozade88 said these random asshole guys do that same thing to Japanese people too. So instead of being a racist, like you claim, I do now declare he was actually just the opposite! He wanted to treat that foreign twat exactly the same way he would have treated any native Japanese person.
So next time when someone farts in your general direction please do not take it as an act of racism. It actually means you are a valued and recognised part of the society; it's the sign you belong!
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How do you know? Did that guy with an impressive cough volunteer that info in some later video I haven't watched? If not then it's pretty difficult to say for sure what was in his mind. (Though I could venture a guess that "not so much" is the correct answer
But if there is another video I will take your word for it. so please do not make me watch another video with that foreign twat in it.
But in all seriousness, part of the debate/discussion was exactly about how some of rude actions/manners people have experienced wasn't racist in nature or intent. That doesn't mean we deny that it EVER happens or that racism doesn't exist in Japan.
But it someone blatantly makes a conscious effort to disrupt my day, Japan or otherwise, I'll tell them where to go
Well, I hear you and you have a point. But because I am me I will not leave it to that. I will argue that you don't know if the reason they cough at you is racism. (It might as well be as like I have said I believe there are many racists people in Japan).
In that video the coughing guy might as well had just been annoyed by the twat who was video filming himself while walking like a complete asshole. While I would not cough like that, I couldn't even if I wanted to in the first place as that was a very impressive cough, I would still probably give the guy a stinky eye for being a waste of public space.
Also like @drlucozade88 said these random asshole guys do that same thing to Japanese people too. So instead of being a racist, like you claim, I do now declare he was actually just the opposite! He wanted to treat that foreign twat exactly the same way he would have treated any native Japanese person.
So next time when someone farts in your general direction please do not take it as an act of racism. It actually means you are a valued and recognised part of the society; it's the sign you belong!
All this wasted energy could be better spent making money.
What a paradox. (depending on your view)Or having sex. Though to some people that might actually be the same thing.
