[dfabulich]

I made a very small and highly defensible claim.

You argued that this article (by David Oks) is an example of "how Westerners idealize Japan." I argued that this article does not idealize Japan, and that, if you interpreted Oks' article that way, then you didn't understand the article.

I didn't say that Japanese business culture is more "horizontal" than Western business culture, or that Japanese business culture is better in any particular way. I didn't even say that the article is right or wrong about anything.

All I did was to restate the thesis statement of the article, to clarify what the article actually says.

I don't harbor any particular affinity for Japan, or Japanese business culture. I know very little about it. I'm not an authority to speak on it, and I didn't.

You assumed what I believe without understanding what I wrote. You did exactly the same thing to me that you did to David Oks.

[CarlitosHighway]

You say you know very little about it, but that didn't keep you from posting? This isn't what HN is about.