As I've said, this thread was more to understand issues of awareness and relevance than it was to focus in particularly on the issue in Japan. Is it that I'm uninformed? Is it a media issue? Is Japan not as relevant as I thought? Is our preoccupation with our own problems simply drowning out the rest of the world? As Jochem's question suggests is it just a question of a big deal at their local level that won't really change the status quo beyond their borders?
I can certainly find reference to the issue in US media if I specifically look for it, but it didn't just filter to the top in my normal news consumption. It's interesting hearing that it did for other people, so there's an aspect of my own behavior involved. For those interested in more detail on the Postal Reform debate in Japan, here's the blog articles got me started down that path: http://japundit.com/archives/2005/08/03/postal-reform-part-one/ http://japundit.com/archives/2005/08/04/postal-reform-part-two/ (I should mention that while those stories are work safe that I can't attest to the same for the rest of the site.) -Kevin On 8/17/05, Kevin Graeme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yeah, after I got interested I started to look for any mention in the > normal outlets and saw that one buried story at CNN. The article comes > in pretty late into the game though and it's pretty superficial. It's > from Aug 9 while there was a lot of debate prior to that leading up to > an Aug 5 vote. But at least it's there. > > It was much harder finding anything at MSNBC but very easy to find a > story about Russian cows being fed marijuana. > > -Kevin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169892 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=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
