tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post135559727658145723..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: The LDP Goes OverboardMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-52995346296642285062011-11-01T16:48:09.854+09:002011-11-01T16:48:09.854+09:00Well, people don't remember. They especially d...Well, people don't remember. They especially don't remember if it would go against their own preferred take on the current situation. That's not just Japanese politics, or even just politics, and not restricted to remembering or not some previous fact.<br /><br />Anybody inclined to like the LDP or their representatives here; or favourably disposed toward media that report this revisionist take on history are all going to not remember. Or ignore it if they do. In their minds this was scoring serious points. And it's what happens in all those voters minds that matters, not what actually happened a generation earlier.<br /><br />To be fair, of course, we're all just as likely to revise and whitewash our recollections. We'll see the worst in those politicians we don't support, and see only the best in those we do. It's a fair bet that your take on this hearing is rather more damning than a disinterested observer would find. It's not so much a failing but simply a normal aspect of the human mind.Jan Morenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06834641501438709866noreply@blogger.com