The 2-Belo wrote:
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/anxious-foreigners-flee-japan/2011/03/15/ABrlvnW_story.html
>
> (Warning: In this rant, "you" means "those who are pissing me off in this
> article", not you personally, unless you're one of the people in this article.)
>
> This pisses me off. A lot.
>
> After all the posturing, all the blogging, all the whining about not being
> treated as equals blah blah racist police state, they "get as far away as
> possible" the moment shit gets real.
>
> If you live here, live here for better or for worse. Don't put your dog in a
> boarding kennel and catch the first flight out like a damned coward. If you're
> in Tohoku and have to evacuate, go southwest, get out of the danger zone, but
> don't abandon the whole country! People need help, and they're going to need
> lots of it, for a long time. Volunteer! Contribute! Find someone who needs a
> hand. The locals can't hop a flight back to Blighty the minute something catches
> fire, so neither should you. If you're so serious about being a resident, act
> like one.

They're obviously not serious.  At least they're kind of helping the
airline industry.

Mike