tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30467762.post9133515283089340756..comments2023-03-23T06:29:47.764-06:00Comments on Whatever Befall...: Please Show Us FavorStarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06213373913084424409noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30467762.post-60897855480398753482007-05-11T07:11:00.000-06:002007-05-11T07:11:00.000-06:00hs- That explains so much... Not that the U.S. pol...hs- That explains so much... Not that the U.S. political scene is much better, but at least I can choose to let the answering machine take calls and not turn the television on.<BR/><BR/>Kareen- I couldn't agree more.Starhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213373913084424409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30467762.post-29243869631335102782007-05-08T06:16:00.000-06:002007-05-08T06:16:00.000-06:00sigh. good that the elections over there are now o...sigh. good that the elections over there are now over there. ours is next week so we're expecting the final campaign salvos this week. sigh. i can think of much better ways they could have spent all that campaign money on.kareenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11415107739432385703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30467762.post-41009968180882996602007-05-04T00:29:00.000-06:002007-05-04T00:29:00.000-06:00Very good post. I think many local people don't ev...Very good post. I think many local people don't even think much about annoyance because it's been going on for decades and they are just way too apathetic to even care. This is the part that I see Edo society is still alive and well in Japan. 300 years of Edo period has defined Japanese culture: Politics is something "Okami" (=elite, upper class) is doing and not something "we" can influence. Let's not complain about anything and just live with it because the cost of social punishment for making waves is too great. That kind of mentality is prevalent in this society, and that's why election noise polution is here to stay. (sigh)HShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10746924949293581067noreply@blogger.com