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Junior Chimp
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« on: September 28, 2006, 01:11:31 PM »

Please elaborate. The move away from the Pacifist Constitution is going to happen, period, so expecting otherwise is foolhardy.
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Junior Chimp
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E: -3.48, S: -1.22

« Reply #1 on: September 28, 2006, 01:40:16 PM »

Not seen or heard enough to tell yet. I doubt I'll like or have any time for him o/c; he's from the LDP after all.
Yes, the LDP isn't exactly your cup of tea Wink
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Junior Chimp
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E: -3.48, S: -1.22

« Reply #2 on: September 28, 2006, 03:45:13 PM »

Please elaborate. The move away from the Pacifist Constitution is going to happen, period, so expecting otherwise is foolhardy.

This doesn't mean I have to like it. Tongue

Aha! The same thing is happening in Germany, too. Tongue
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Junior Chimp
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Posts: 6,557


Political Matrix
E: -3.48, S: -1.22

« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2006, 04:56:22 PM »

Please elaborate. The move away from the Pacifist Constitution is going to happen, period, so expecting otherwise is foolhardy.

This doesn't mean I have to like it. Tongue

Aha! The same thing is happening in Germany, too. Tongue

Germany's constitution is less "pacifist" than Japan's... there's only a provision that "wars of aggression" are outlawed. Do you wan't to repeal that one? Of course, critics from the left argue that the wars in Kosovo and Afghanistan were already wars of aggression. Wink

And my guess is that any German government who tries to strike the provision which outlaws wars of agression would commit political suicide. The only party I could imagine to do something like that would be the CDU/CSU. And even if they come up with a idea like that, they would still need to get the two-third majority in order to amend the consitution.

Anyway, back to Japan... I admit that I don't hold much sympathy for the LDP. The fact that Abe is considered a representative of the party's conservative wing just makes me like him even less.

Oh go ahead and repeal it. Tongue

Ah, ideological stuff then, got it.

And yeah, the official homepage stuff is pretty bad.
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