On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 4:56 AM, Rich Gibson <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 1:04 PM, R E Sieber <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Its basic stance is that its actions are acceptable because they are
> legal, one that has
> > angered burakumin leaders.
> >
> > So should we build map products that always force collection of metadata
> and
> > contextual information?
>
> This is a freaky and complicated issue.  The concerns of the Burakumin
> are real and tragic.
>

I am a supporter of contextual information in research/map artifacts, but
the problem has next to nothing to do with Google, and everything to do with
the fact that the Japanese still observe barukumin descendants as a lower
class.   Thus, the REAL tragedy is that the caste system has not been
abolished.
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