Man... I totally suck at debating! The thing is, I always end up getting persuaded really easily... it kinda feels similar to losing in an arm wrestling match and not being able to recover, lol. I think I see the "Middle Way" as Nisbett puts it. But let me tell you, this really does me no good.
Do you want to know what happened to me the other day?
I got off at my bus stop on my way back from university, as usual.
I was walking down the road, past the traffic lights, as usual.
And then, I hear a "suimasen" from behind me, which doesn't happen usually.
These two friendly girls who seemed to be around the same age as me asked me if I had any interest in education and volunteering.... which I do!
I was convinced just in the 5 minutes or so that I spent talking with these girls that this was a safe, student-friendly intercollege circle.
They kept on commenting how friendly I was, and how they would love to work with somebody like me. (And because I'm stupid, these comments always make me happy... I never consider how they might be mere social conventions)
So, though I felt a tad uncomfortable, I exchanged my contacts with one of them.
One mail.
One phone call.
I answered neither of them.
And then a phone call from a totally different organization saying they got my phone # from a "Nozaki-san" at ICU.
My friends looked up the name of the organization.
We found out that both organizations were a part of a infamous religious society.
Crap.
Crap.
Crap!
... which is why we need to think on our feet and make quick judgements! And to continuously question, question, and question, no matter how something appears on the surface.
I'm kind of scared that if I write the actual organization names they might track me down or something, lol. But please ask me about it and I will tell you so that no one else gets caught in their trap!!!
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hahahahahaha Kaya you know you are toooooo sweet!! well its another way to put it;PP
ReplyDeletebut actually same kind of thing happened to me afew weeks ago at Musashisakai station hey. One woman came up to me and told me that her great professor is publishing a book and wanted to do some interview on students what they think about the world peace and so on. So it just started off with some simple question like 'what do you think we need the most to make this whole world safe and settled in peace' I say some random stuff that came up in me head. after several questions it was quite notable that she hardly takes note so i was like, a-ha! there you go. and then she showed the book being published and this one sentence that mentions God got my eyes and that made me sure that this whole thing is just a white lie and she actually is trying to drag people into their suspicious and dodgy social group. I said something that was a bit offensive for her and waved her good-bye:PP so you better be careful if you see a woman about the same age as us or a little older with glasses framed black.
sorry for the long text