77.9% “Self-Restraint Has Gone Too Far!”
- Categories: Japan, News
- Date: Apr 9, 2011 20:16 JST
- Tags: Censorship, Earthquakes, Hanami, Mass Media, Politics, Statistics
Japan’s ongoing infatuation with cancelling as much fun as possible out of a spirit of “self-restraint” and ostensible solidarity with quake victims, most famously through efforts by Ishihara to ban hanami, seems to becoming increasingly unpopular.
A survey conducted by rag Nikkei on 4,823 of its readers found 77.9% agreed that Japan’s recent fad for pointless cancellations in the name of “self-restraint” has “gone too far.” 12.2% disagreed.
Most of the opinions solicited seem to show an awareness of the economic damage such restraint will wreak, as well as concern for the political implications:
“Self-restraint is just inflicting secondary damage.”
“It the economy stops, the disaster area is going to be even more hard hit.”
“Excessive self-restraint will damage service sector and food industry revenues.”
“Buying Touhoku’s produce is another type of aid.”
“Consumption has the same value as donations.”
“Self-restraint shouldn’t be forced on people.”
“The spirit of conformity is far too strong.”
“It’s frightening – during the war we were told ‘luxury is the enemy’ and ‘We won’t want for anything until victory is ours’”
“We need to distinguish between self-restraint and economising on electricity usage.”
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Why doesn't someone assassinate him already..?
Where do the otaku get their guns?
Wimps use guns. Real men use their fists. Or swords.
You need manly punches.
Real men use spoons to kill!
Real men only needs to enter the room to win.
Real man have dick thats its.
Real men use fists and swords and they don't fear gods and goddesses.
Real men use Mechas with fighting spirits!
AMAZING PUNCH!
Gun beats sword.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DzcOCyHDqc
REAL MAN USES DRILL THAT WILL PIERCE THE HEAVENS!!!!!!!!
A real man's only weapons are his fists and legs. Don't confuse your RPG weaboo tendencies(swords) with what constitutes a real man.
Men who win, though, are men who uses anything from his fists, to melee objects, to firearms and his brain. ESPECIALLY the last two.
Who says it requires a gun to kill a man? Boxcutter FTW.
A long boxcutter thats shaped as a katana :3
Wait, it must be a Progressive Knife Boxcutter, too, no?
Use the spork of justice and aim for the eyes!
A spork? Are you out of your goddamn mind?! You don't use a spork THE SPORK USES YOU!!!!!!!
Well, don't go blaming me when it posesses you and your future offspring turns into sporks.
Self-restraint.
Hey, do not forget Matsuzawa. We need to get rid of him too, you know.
Tokyo should exercise self-restraint from voting him.
@Anon 21:21 You're right but what can we do? We won't let bastards like iShitHara and Matsuzawa get away with this shit!
-Samantha
You guys really lack some self-restraint ಠ_ಠ
Sorry, I was replying to Anon 23:09, not Hayabusa. Epic fail. LOL
-Samantha
Someone should stick some big fatass leeks up iShitHara and Matsuzawa's ass!
@Anonymous
02:56 10/04/2011
like kill bill huh? lol
Screw self-restraint. Kill them all!!
@Anon 23:09 which will be very good for humanity if some Japanese decide to abandon it altogether for 'removing' iShitHara, Matsuzawa and the rest of asylum escapee.
Actually, they're showing their self-restraint by just ranting on this website rather than taking the next flight to tokyo with a sniper rifle.
@23:09, Thoroughly un-Japanese, right?
Sure, just make him sit through hours of what he hates. Seriously though, assassination would only give him the importance he so desperately desires. With the crisis after crisis ensuing, they should tell him to screw off and totally find a way to impeach him since he's not helping one way or the other with the situation.
If that happens, his supporters and colleagues will see him as a martyr... and we don't want that to happen...
Then get him sent to an Insanity Asylum.
Then they will see how crazy he is.
Serious, Who EVER Has a Death Note, PLEASE Use it for to save us and everybody that's getting Fucked Over in Japan.
Can't. In these hard times, they're exercising self-restraint.
This self-restraint thing is equivalent to moping around doing nothing. If events and other such 'happy' forms of commerce stops, it'll affect the economy, and Japan's been in deep shit in that area for some time now.
People who have AIDS don't lie on their beds for 5+ years just waiting to die. They go to work and try to live for as much time they have remaining.
I'm willing to bet most politians up there don't really give a fuck anyway, deep inside. They try to show that they do to keep their seats. Yet, hundreds of thousands of people are still stranded at relief centers and probably will stay there for a month more. You can have all the restraint you want but you can't even so much as build temporary homes for them even though it's already April? Fucking opera these people are running, I tell ya.
Yeah, I agree with this. You aren't doing those that died or those that survived with little or nothing any service by practicing "self-restraint". In fact, you could even say that doing this is insulting to them *because* you have the means to enjoy yourself and live life normally.
The victims probably won't even care whether or not the rest of the population, fortunate enough to be unaffected by the disasters, practices "self-restraint"; they have more pressing concerns, like their own lives for example, and thinking of ways they can start from scratch after the previous events robbed them of everything.
Plus, though the sympathy given them during the first few weeks, maybe even the first month, might have made them feel better, any more "understanding" you give them after they finally come to terms with what happened and would rather not be reminded about it just feels a little alienating...you're making the victims feel different and pitiful, and for what its worth, some people do have their pride.
Eh... you are forgetting that the old fogies and the religious brainwashed think that 'self-restraint' 'honors the dead' or some shit like that.
It doesn't, but try convincing a oldster about that.... you would have a better chance of having the sky rain gold tomorrow.
How about this tact then: Next time you're out partying & having a good ol' time, take time to remember there are people less fortunate than you who can't do so & give some of that expendable income to charity, some of that free time to community service, & be on your best behavior otherwise.
They probably could have said it like that, but Ishihara is just making a political show & everyone else is probably thinking the rest of the world should go, "Oohhh! You poor unfortunates in Japan, I will give everything I can to you everyday until your troubles are over. I'll even go without just to help straighten out your lives that much faster!"
However, this is the real world, and when the going gets tough, the tough go partying anyway!
Well if Self-Restraint involves bondage then it's never too much for me!
if you mean self bondage, then unless you're a hot chick, I don't want any part of you or it
Garterbelt is that you?
“Self-restraint shouldn’t be forced on people.”
Or more to the point, self-restraint can't be forced on people. Then it's just a ban.
The bad thing is...12.2% is still pretty large. I wonder if the 12.2% of these people those with no life or old senile morons? I mean I think that if 99% of the population disagreed with self-restraint then maybe the politicians would shut up and take back some of their pointless bans.
It does appear the Japanese have lost their Culture that they had in the 1200's which is what they have tried to keep for their own identity. Manga not related to keeing Japanese Culture at the front could be why. It appears 20,000 people were washed out to sea in an instant and now an untold unforsen event is coming from the Radiation that won't be delt with for more than 10 years of time. Maybe the Godzilla movies were a warning to the future Japan from someone who went back in time after all.
But as I see it now, the Japanese might as well party hardy till they die since with all the radiation thats going to cover all the islands from the water that cirlces them from that plant, they have nothing left to do.
Bad news kids ishihara is most likely winning the election prepare to lose even more faith in humanity!
maybe the delays can be spent improving it like when they delay Zelda games.
Sometimes the Japanese need to show self-restraint on self-restraint. Too much of something is a bad thing.
wow.. im in awe. really i mean that. i thought the populace of japan is just gonna say "yes, we agree" kind of crap. im just hoping it won't end with just a survey.
...and yet Ishihara gets elected to a 4th term! Yay for 47% voter turnout (>_<)
Stupid fucks deserve what they get if they let that cocksucker stay in office.