tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2265414098341131758.post2635047010342972527..comments2024-03-23T21:30:06.380+09:00Comments on spacetravelsacrime: A New Challenge?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2265414098341131758.post-88338380720077170422010-08-31T23:29:51.896+09:002010-08-31T23:29:51.896+09:00It is pure monkey terror that keeps me from going ...It is pure monkey terror that keeps me from going to Japan.<br /> As for the other story, I give a not-very-heartfelt counter argument, which is to say that if it is the norm in japan for pedestrians to occasionally wander around drunk, and one happened to jostle into people who josteld into an old guy standing on the edge of a subway platform, perhaps that is the price of a certain sort of liberty. Now, i know that when we put an esteemed scholars life in the balance against the right to be an asshole, it looks cold and even dumb to say such a thing, but the risk free society is pretty much liberty free too. We can draw a lot of lessons from that story, and one is that people shouldn't be allowed to be drunk in public. Another might be that frail people should stay back from the edge of subway platforms. Another is that people shouldn't crowd forward on subway platforms. If we are being critical of Japan, maybe we can criticize their sense of personal space that allows such a horrible thing to happen. Maybe Japan needs a Mothers Against Drunk Walking chapter, or a temperance league.<br /> On selective enforcement against foreigners, you ahve my agreement. On no one having too much to drink then taking public transportation home, not so much.The Morholthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131654795404144356noreply@blogger.com