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Originally Posted by Sherringford
Oh bullcrap. It basically says that if the truth hurts you are better off not knowing.
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I think it's more the Japanese fashion of:
Even though something is true, truth is not necessarily the best option.
So instead of pulling a terrible truth out in the open, it's better to just find your own truth and live with it instead of destroying harmony.
It's not like I actually agree with it, but it's a much more accepted notion in Japan than it is in the West.
The most prominent example is, how the three monkeys were a symbol for model social behaviour in Japan, while it became a symbol for cowardice and wrong behaviour in the West.
It's not like anybody involved doesn't know the truth, they just disregard it in favour of their personal truth.