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Expat income, banking, and flag theory
Re: Expat income, banking, and flag theory
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Re: Expat income, banking, and flag theory
@Seppia
That’s a fair question.
By your description and my definition the Japanese are more honest.
If they don’t like you, they are honest about it.
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That’s a fair question.
By your description and my definition the Japanese are more honest.
If they don’t like you, they are honest about it.

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Re: Expat income, banking, and flag theory
Petty theft carries a hefty sentence in Japan. Stealing a candy bar would get you 1-2 years in prison. That might explain it.
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Re: Expat income, banking, and flag theory
And from what I understand presumption of innocence isn't really a big part of the justice system there...
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And I would be afraid to take a job in Dubai because if you steal, they chop your hands off.
Not that I would steal anyway, but as an ethnic-European American would greatly fear arbitrary local law enforcement.
Not that I would steal anyway, but as an ethnic-European American would greatly fear arbitrary local law enforcement.
Re: Expat income, banking, and flag theory
I you get raped in Dubai, you actually go to jail for adultery.
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I would think there is a strong cultural element too, otherwise the death penalty would be a much bigger deterrent than what it is, and Norway should be the most crime-plagued country on earth (have you seen their prisons? they look like 3 star hotels).