Re: [tlug] [OT] Linux users voting (was: Linux breeding out Microsoft)

["Josh Glover" <jmglov@example.com>]

On 09/08/2007, burlingk@example.com <burlingk@example.com> wrote:

> Just remember, even if we cannot vote, we are part of a community.
> Many of the members of that community CAN vote.  Encourage THEM to
> do so.  You can be politically active even without the ability to vote
> yourself.  You can still have a voice, it is just a little less direct.

Mate, it probably takes 10 years of living in Japan before you have
the level of Japanese and understanding of the Japanese political
system (and I mean the 本音、not the 建て前 democracy) to participate
meaningfully. And tragically, the loudest voices in Japanese politics
(and I mean this literally) are the black-van ultra-right-wing
facists. :(

Long-time residents of Japan, what do you think? I am actually not
very qualified to have an opinion on this topic, so take my words with
a kilo or so of salt.

-- 
Cheers,
Josh