tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post5495019572793954765..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: The Ski Jump and the Missing Five MillionMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-21922676413813770162010-07-21T06:54:47.056+09:002010-07-21T06:54:47.056+09:00They were not told who to vote for this time, so t...They were not told who to vote for this time, so they voted for the same party their overlords have wanted them to vote for previously.<br /><br />After all, religious organizations always discourage independent thinking, and that will of course attract the kind of people for whom independent thought is an unwanted responsibility. <br /><br />They join precisely because they want to be told what to think, and will have nothing to do with this "decide for yourself"-nonsense.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-18965483288528922392010-07-21T06:54:01.846+09:002010-07-21T06:54:01.846+09:00You like living life on the edge by talking about ...You like living life on the edge by talking about Komeito this way. In grad school, my prof used Soka Gakkai as an example of a well-disciplined organization (he used the Tokyo Metropolitan election as his case study), and one of the students in the class became almost violent in his protest. I tend to shy away from the Soka Gakkai topics in writing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com