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September 20th, 2003, 12:27 AM
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Dealing with hijackers in flight (Was: Man in Cargo Plane Exposes Security Gaps)
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:09:09 +0100, Simon Elliott wrote:
devil writes I would argue that this was one of better things McArthur did. What are are saying about Japan being a mostly cosmetic democracy is rooted much deeper than that. Care to elaborate? I'm not too clued in about the workings of the Japanese political culture. Gosh... Une big family under the emperor. Need for consensus-building and closing ranks. Respect for decision by the group. Not a society made up of aggressive individuals and who argue for their rights. 
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September 20th, 2003, 09:09 AM
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Dealing with hijackers in flight (Was: Man in Cargo Plane Exposes Security Gaps)
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 23:27:03 GMT, "devil" wrote:
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:09:09 +0100, Simon Elliott wrote: devil writes I would argue that this was one of better things McArthur did. What are are saying about Japan being a mostly cosmetic democracy is rooted much deeper than that. Care to elaborate? I'm not too clued in about the workings of the Japanese political culture. Gosh... Une big family under the emperor. Need for consensus-building and closing ranks. Respect for decision by the group. Not a society made up of aggressive individuals and who argue for their rights. That's the up-side. The down-side is conformity, lack of innovation and creativity, fear, and shame. Classically, Japan is known as a "shame" culture (still), and U.S. as a "guilt" culture (probably still true of Fundamentalist/Calvinist types. -- Wesley Clark for President www.DraftWesleyClark.com
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#83
September 20th, 2003, 06:06 PM
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Dealing with hijackers in flight (Was: Man in Cargo Plane Exposes Security Gaps)
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 08:09:09 +0100, Simon Elliott
wrote: devil writes I would argue that this was one of better things McArthur did. What are are saying about Japan being a mostly cosmetic democracy is rooted much deeper than that. Care to elaborate? I'm not too clued in about the workings of the Japanese political culture. The always-prescient NY Times has two articles today on the topic. They are too long to summarize so those of you who hate free registration will miss them.... http://www.nytimes.com/2003/09/20/in...ia/20JAPA.html the main point here is that the factions that make ostensible single-party rule a bit less than that are breaking down due to Koizumi's popularity. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/inte...-Politics.html
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