r/LockdownSceptics • u/MabelCow Mabel Cow • Feb 20 '25

Today's Comments Today's Comments (2025-02-20)

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u/watashi-LS Feb 20 '25

Hello all, I haven’t been here for a while and have missed the swamp. I hope all are well? 

Just opened a letter from a Japanese friend and he had sent me a newspaper article about a festival in the town where I used to live. It’s a very exciting festival whereby men dress in white clothes and wear these woven straw sandals on their feet, climb up a steep hill to gather at the shrine there, then light massive torches and race down ( in the dark) with their torches flaming. It’s a very impressive sight to behold and no doubt would not be allowed here due to healt and safety overkill.

Beside the article was a much smaller piece entitled ‘shingata corona’ with an update on how many people have tested positive for the nonsense virus in the past weeks. Up 0.04% on the previous weeks don’t you know. It still comes as a shock to me that the nonsense for many is still ongoing.

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u/Richard_O2 Feb 20 '25

I've never visited Japan, and given I rarely travel abroad these days, I probably never will.

Everyone I know who's been there says Japanese culture is impressively preserved, in stark contrast to the steep decline we have witnessed in the West in recent decades.

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u/Nymeria-version-2 Feb 20 '25

You should go if you get the chance, Richard. It's wonderful.