On 8/17/05, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Um the Japanese Post Office is not a minor thing.
;-) > As for how the US reacted, well its typical of the US - its always > thought that the world ends at its borders. In essence the US ethos > thinks that nothing is as important as its own navel, or butt as you > would have it. That is of course until something happens and bites the > US in its ass. This is certainly the obvious answer. But people here get all worked up about Israel. It's beyond our borders. We hear about plane crashes in Greece and Venezuala. We'll hear news of shakeups in the British paliament. We hear about rebel fighting in African countries. And I even hear the occasional story about China's absorption of Hong Kong and desire for Taiwan. But it's rare indeed to hear news from Japan except for things like dancing robots. I admit that my interest in Japan's government isn't me being more informed than the average person. It's just because I stumbled across something in a blog and it piqued my curiosity. I guess like many people, I figure I listen to the news every day (NPR usually) and peruse Yahoo News and count myself reasonably informed. I know there's lots of political issues going on in countries all over the world that I don't keep up on, but I figure if something as big as the government of what I thought was a top 10 significant economic country is tipping on its head that I would have heard about it. And I do think it's interesting that I can ask just about anyone "what do you think about the situation in Israel" and they'll know something of what's going on and have some kind of opinion. But ask them the same about Japan and they won't have a clue. I know I wouldn't have either until I started reading about this. -Kevin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169801 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
