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Top Document: soc.culture.japan FAQ [Monthly Posting] [1/3] Previous Document: (3.2.4) soc.culture.japan.moderated Next Document: (3.4) Kill files See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge Last update: 7/97 Read news.announce.newusers. Read the rest of this FAQ. Read up on Japan, and the issue you wish to discuss, before posting. Nothing kills a good discussion faster than ignorant generalizations by someone who has strong opinions about an issue with no facts behind them. Keep an open mind when reading the sources. Do the same when reading this newsgroup. The bibliography included in this FAQ should get you started. None of us like political correctness more than you do, but you should nevertheless refrain from using derogatory terms. "Jap" is a very strong derogatory term for "Japanese," and using "Gaijin" for "foreigner" is offensive to many foreigners. I included a short discussion about this in section 3.5. Is soc.culture.japan and/or soc.culture.japan.moderated the most appropriate group for posting? Below is a list of other newsgroups that may better fit what you want to talk about: soc.culture.asian.american soc.culture.korean soc.culture.china soc.culture.taiwan soc.culture.hongkong soc.culture.usa soc.culture.europe ... soc.history.world-war-ii sci.lang.japan rec.arts.manga rec.arts.anime comp.research.japan alt.japanese.text The fj hierarchy comes to some sites outside Japan, but you need to have a Japanese-capable terminal to read it. See section 8 for details. An exception is fj.life.in-japan, which is mainly in English. Should you post to soc.culture.japan or soc.culture.japan.moderated? The latter has much better signal-to-noise ratio and a more manageable traffic level, but the former allows crossposting to other groups and is unmoderated, which prevents moderators from rejecting your posts. If you feel that your post should be visible in both groups, you may crosspost between scj and scjm. Lastly, read all of section 3 one more time. This group represents a cross section of many different cultures with different attitudes toward Usenet. Remembering that not everyone is like you will go a long way toward preventing unnecessary quibbles. User Contributions:Top Document: soc.culture.japan FAQ [Monthly Posting] [1/3] Previous Document: (3.2.4) soc.culture.japan.moderated Next Document: (3.4) Kill files Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Single Page [ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ] Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer: shimpei@gol.com (Shimpei Yamashita)
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