Raj Feridun wrote:

> On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 22:01:34 +0900, Eric Takabayashi
> <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote:
>
> >Raj Feridun wrote:
>
> >> >But we are addressing problems of Japan, not the US.
>
> >> Why limit yourself? ;-)
>
> >I don't.
>
> Sorry I must have missed your comments on other haters in here.

Read me for the past seven years.

> Oh I forgot, this is FJ.I.HATE.JAPAN.
>
> >> I think we maybe we DON'T disagree after all,
> >> Eric. Ignorance, hatred, apathy and criticism of the less fortunate,
> >> avarice and greed are all HUMAN traits and we humans come in all
> >> shapes, sizes and races.
>
> >Right.
>
> >So what of it around you in Japan, and what should be done about it?
>
> The exact same thing that should be done about it in Mississippi, USA
> or Johannesburg, South Africa.

Yes, and note that other nations, particularly those in the industrialized
West, may be decades ahead of Japan in addressing issues people including
Japanese complain about in this country. Instead of simply marveling at
how some aspects of life are in the US, or western or northern Europe,
Japanese should do something to change their own country for the better,
because as you pointed out, foreigners don't vote.

> It should be fought against and
> eradicated. But that's a pipe dream. It's a human trait. Look that
> Arabs and the Jews and the Serbs and Bosnians and the Russians and the
> Chechyans and The Hutu and the Tutsi. I really don't have much hope of
> hatred and ignorance ever being done away with. Call me a pessimist.

You are doing precisely what many "people" I know do, to conveniently
avoid doing anything about the problem while living comfortably
themselves.

You can do something about it, even if it is only in your own home or your
own neighborhood, or you try to help or change one person at a time.