Japan Earthquake

solarz said:

More like when a leader screws things up so much he has no chance of fixing it, he just quits and collects his fat pension check.

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I need to work on my sarcasm.

So just stick their heads in the sand and hope this nuclear problem will go away...

It seems like decades a since Japans had a competent bunch of political leaders.

Any way prefer a person who relises their shortfalls and willingly step down. WE dont have too many down this neck of the woods M.P's civil servants, they all have a tendency to hang in there and bluff and bluster their way through.

I wonder if one will ever see a bunch of incompetents calling the shots in China?

While condeming Japan for the way its handling the disaster, lets not forget that there have been times that China has been less than forthcoming with bad news..... SARs Melamine Bird Flu etc

bladerunner said:

It seems like decades a since Japans had a competent bunch of political leaders.

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As much as the Chinese government hated him, Koizumi was a fairly successful Prime Minister.

I wonder if one will ever see a bunch of incompetents calling the shots in China?

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AHEM, railways?

But more generally, incompetency is a matter of opinion. With virtually no debate of how good Chinese leaders are in the domestic media you're never going to be able to work out when someone is a bad leader or not.

What a joke! All have been handled pretty well since action has been taken. Japan would still be a deer-in-the-headlights like with everything else. Added to that they can never get a solid leader which means their system sucks.

Remember the Osaka earthquake. The government was apparently so unorganized that the Yakuza had to step in. Organized crime was more organized than the government.

AssassinsMace said:

Remember the Osaka earthquake. The government was apparently so unorganized that the Yakuza had to step in. Organized crime was more organized than the government.

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ROFL, that's a hilarious statement.

bladerunner said:

It seems like decades a since Japans had a competent bunch of political leaders.
Any way prefer a person who relises their shortfalls and willingly step down. WE dont have too many down this neck of the woods M.P's civil servants, they all have a tendency to hang in there and bluff and bluster their way through.
I wonder if one will ever see a bunch of incompetents calling the shots in China?
While condeming Japan for the way its handling the disaster, lets not forget that there have been times that China has been less than forthcoming with bad news..... SARs Melamine Bird Flu etc

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When you have the entire system being corrupt like in Japan, it won't make any difference even if you get a new PM everyday while the real power base stays the same. It's just a way to fool the people into thinking they have a 'democracy'. It's not unlike many western systems, just that Japan's is perhaps more entrenched.
And with the plant still spewing radiation, threatening all Japanese and millions of others in the northern hemisphere, it's vital condemnation of the cover-ups and foot dragging continues even if it means hurting the feelings of a few Japanese fanboys.

Schumacher said:

When you have the entire system being corrupt like in Japan,

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Friend, you are using very dangerous phrases here, it is the ROLE MODEL you are talking about... what is your social security number again?

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You know, quite funny, bash someone, expact the same treat.

We having here, in the members club, a thread having this name: "All is not what it seems within China's High Speed Rail development" You know, I am not *GOOD* at English, can someone tell me this title is not putting there in an underhanded way? cause I having problem to see it like that.

We also having here, out of mercy and all the other kindness of humanitarian, a thread as *simple* as "Japan Earthquake", which few pages ago I made a suggestion that this did not cover the full extends of the issue, but who am I to make anything happen?

People found their own "gathering ground" over this two threads, making "critics", one can obviously observe many *other stuff* other than critics among posts.

The alliance is there, the gap is there.

Do we (the unreal identities of members of cyber space which called "forum") REALLY enjoys the GAP, as of the really (let me be blunt) f*cked up world, that some having their good time "making example" of their role models, and throw in words that simply aim to piss the "other side" of the gap? And every side is doing the same in response... Really?

Give sterotype a rest, can we? The tier 1 forum of SDF.

Schumacher said:

When you have the entire system being corrupt like in Japan, it won't make any difference even if you get a new PM everyday while the real power base stays the same. It's just a way to fool the people into thinking they have a 'democracy'. It's not unlike many western systems, just that Japan's is perhaps more entrenched.
And with the plant still spewing radiation, threatening all Japanese and millions of others in the northern hemisphere, it's vital condemnation of the cover-ups and foot dragging continues even if it means hurting the feelings of a few Japanese fanboys.

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It seems to be worse in Japan, but, for example, the trouble with finance shows that its is a major problem in many Western countries.
China acknowledges that corruption is a problem, which is the first step to doing something about it.

And look what the Japanese dug up now:

Noda courted controversy when he said Japanese leaders convicted of war crimes at the end of World War II were not criminals under domestic law.

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In Germany, saying the same thing would have gotten him arrested. Or at least publicly lynched. This is the kind of people Japan looks for in leaders?