There's a lot of "casual" racism when it comes to Japan isn't there? Stop it, it's not funny, it's not alright. Japanese culture has stark differences to Western culture, but these eccentricities shouldn't be a source of derision, or flippancy when the people face challenges to their freedoms at the hands of corporation controlled governments. Those who disregard these oppressive and dangerous laws, because they perceive the country as "weird", are ignorant; and even the "humourous" advocacy of these beliefs is damaging. Should you ever make Japanese friends, you would surely quickly come to realise that they're individually complex, not crass easily dismissed stereotypes. You might find they have interesting perspectives and beliefs that remind you they hail from a culture that adapted and flourished differently to that which you did; rather than rejecting them as "Japanese wackiness" to stroke the ego of your Western upbringing and mannerisms, you would benefit from considering why these solutions to life's challenges were developed, integrating and adapting your own beliefs when you find wisdom you previously hadn't before benefited from. To avoid this is a insidious form of cowardice, and when it allows this sort of corruption of an entire nations rights to go unchallenged, consigning it as "their problem", you are complicit in the chain of events that ends, in this case, with the privatisation of the democratic process.
Anyway... I for one will fight this in any way I can, as before with PIPA, CISPA, SOPA, and all the other bills that undermine peoples rights and misuse the law for the benefit of avarice fueled corporations that only consider people as means of becoming wealthier, with concern only for as long the current board of executives are alive. If the prisons are full of people copyright "infringement offenders", no one can make anything without express permission from a legal division, and the global economy is collapsing as ancient elderly oligarchs hoard money, in 100 years, they don't care. It's outside of their lifespan, and therefore unimportant. I digress... they'll have my support in any way I can give it, by influencing the hand of the powers I am under the governance through appealing to their lust for votes, so they pressure the Japanese government. The people of Japan will have to amass their own resistance if it's to stand a chance though. Here's hoping.
