I'd agree fully with your comment.
During my long stay in Japan, one thing I (EVENTUALLY) noticed was the way we expats would denounce certain Japanese actions by grouping ALL Japanese together.
So, when a few Japanese would do something stupid, we'd state that "Japanese people can be soooo stupid." But when someone in our home country would do something stupid, we would NOT say "CANADIANS are soooo stupid." Instead, we'd say "People are sooo stupid."
That may not be intentionally malevolent, but the simple fact that we look at the world that way colors our perception. And while it's not dangerous, it can lead to dangerous distortions.
Also, I agree that a scoundrel is a scoundrel, regardless of where he was born. In this series of notes that I'm posting, I introduce a few Japanese scoundrels. But that in no way is meant to imply that the Japanese are worse scoundrels than any other scoundrels.
Thanks for your input.