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Originally Posted by Stephen Neal  (Tiny example. If you go to any Police box in Japan - they have them - in the evening, they will lend you $20 to get home safely. You just go into another police box and replay it. There is implicit trust that you will do this - because almost everyone does. Totally different culture -totally different government.) |
I was crossing a quiet street in a very sleepy part of Japan and was told off by a Policeman in his Police box for not using the designated crossing - there was NO traffic!