It's odd that you are so aggressively defending Japan.
How is you having an opinion that they have "the best restaurants in the world" an achievement of Japan?
Secondly, if you read the original comment I made, I am agreeing with someone who states that many people develop an idealized concept in their mind and project this image onto Japan.
This appears to be exactly what you have done and my "negative things" I have said are facts well-known I listed to show your points are not conclusive.
Edit: I am amused you edited your comment to try to paint this as an ethnic debate. You are clearly arguing in bad faith and I will not waste my time further.
I'm sorry but none of what you are suggesting is mentioned in the article, and this system is not out yet for anyone to have evaluated it and come to your conclusion. Did you have a source for your statement?
This romanticized view doesn't look at the problems of Japan:
- high suicide and depression rates
- excessive work culture
- irrational fear of foreigners
- widespread addictions: gambling, alcohol, anime, games
- "best restaurants in the world" and being "creative" are just your opinions
Majority of comments here are on the headline and clearly did not read the article:
- It doesnt use breathalyzers, it uses safety systems similar as those for cruise control.
- It would be installed at the factory by manufacturers.
- It would be mandated by 2026, no different than how other basic vehicle safety equipment has been mandated for vehicles over time: seatbelts, airbags, reverse cams, third brake light, and so on.
I agree with your points. I dont know why some people are creepily obsessed with Japan. Many people seem to develop their idealized version of a society in their head and then project that image onto Japan and Japanese people whereas it is far from reality.
They do imitate it, they do enough to take pictures of themselves and they buy into the sports clothing brands and entertainment. Few actually do regular and consistent exercise.
I think there would be an increase in biking if the celebs did it, but I say this imagining a new generation of Americana growing up watching a bunch of them doing it, not just one or two starting tomorrow and the nation follows suit.
I think the issue goes further than that into being a societal problem.
Majority of America is overweight, staring down at their phones day and night, and dread physical activity. They also like to flex their position and wealth to others, one of the reasons why pickup trucks and big SUVs sell in great numbers. These people are in no hurry to transition to riding bikes.
The only way biking might work is if some popular celebrities on social media or otherwise started doing it, since many Americans just like to imitate what's popular.
A lot of it is also the American public being selfish and inconsiderate of others. Even at a low wage, I'm sure the job would be more bearable and perhaps even enjoyable if the employees were not treated so poorly by the public and their coworkers.
In high security and solitary confinement there are guards that will have to deal with them, and the inmates are afforded rights like visitation or recreation where they can gain contraband, make shanks, extort and assault inmates and other guards.
Inmates will pretend to or legitimately damage the cell or themselves to get guard attention and then assault the guards.
Study these issues further and you will find it's not simply a matter of putting someone in a single cell by themselves and now that's it, they can never harm anyone again.
There are elaborate criminal schemes that occur inside of correctional institutions.
Eventually, society will have exhausted every recourse in attempting to accommodate this person, and I say not to be sarcastic, but to present you something to think about, would you welcome a known serial killer into your home since you are so against killing them and there's no place left to put them? How much do you expect others to suffer and sacrifice for one criminal and your own perceived social justice?
If someone is intent on committing crime. Say a serial killer who has killed many people, then while incarcerated continues attempting to attack and kill guards and other inmates, you would say this person should not be killed? I feel that your view is not realistic. The goal of executing criminals is not to punish them like "haha, we got you", it's to physically prevent them from continuing to cause chaos.
Your comment is not in the spirit of HN and I hope it is deleted. You are asserting someone has mental illness just because they are claiming something which is well known.
Gamers nexus, which is a top reviewer, have mentioned they dont get some products due to their critical take. It's not an unreasonable or outlandish view at all. Its ridiculous to be so aggressive against another person just to protect a brand. Do you perhaps work for or have shares in Apple? I cannot fathom why someone would be so desperate to protect the image of a billion dollar company otherwise.