are the yakuza really so bad?
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Because it is the slow reaction of the government, even with the military on their side any other government would of reacted a lot faster
Yes. Yes they are.
I agree :nod:
My only concern is what that author said about the Yakuza's hidden ulterior motive for helping. Makes anyone wonder :ninja :humm:
if you read the article it states that the yakuza have a moral code to help out in these sort of circumstances
The article doesn't really say much about that. It makes me think it's the writers opinion and not based on fact. In the end it still doesn't matter who helped.
Yeah I read the article
The 9th paragraph of that article is the one that caught my eye as seen on this excerpt:
****Others see ulterior motives to the groups' charity.
"If they help citizens, it's hard for the police to say anything bad," said Tomohiko Suzuki, a journalist who has written several books on Japan's underworld****
Yeah, I am with you on that of course thus I agreed with your previous post :nod: I just can't help wonder as maybe I understand and know a bit about Japanese culture.
I've had a cousin work for the biggest Yakuza club as a singer b4 hence I am aware of what the Yakuzas can do and use for their own advantage
Given that Japanese trait they call *debt of gratitude* or *reciprocity* which serves as an accommodative surface value to someone hence now given to the Yakuza as a privilege for helping in this crisis :ninja
Even bad guys can have a good side. This is there's I'd take the aid and say thank you and that would be it. If the mob wanted to give to charity that would be fine too.
well the media shows they are bad. i mean in movies we watch, the bad guys are usually the japanese yakuza, the chinese triad, russian terrorists, muslim terrorists. so much stereotyping in media
Well people hardly join gangs or terrorists to do good, do they? Everyone is capable of good deeds but it still dosen't make them good people.I mean, the Krays gave to charity and loved their mum but it still didn't stop them killing and torturing people whose alleged crimes didn't deserved that level of punishment.
There is BUSINESS and then there is COMPASSION.
(...so it depends on one's willingness to forgive and forget to determine if they are good or bad in a sense...)
(...so it depends on one's willingness to forgive and forget to determine if they are good or bad in a sense...)
I'd say yes, the Yakuza really are that bad. To obtain membership into their "gang" a young man must cut off the end of his little finger on his left hand up to the first knuckle and present it as a gift to the "godfather." That aside, as it was mentioned before, every gang has a good side, but as was also stated, what was the ulterior motive behind them lending their assistance? :unsure: