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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Foxy Brown on May 08, 2006, 11:48:58 PM

Title: Paying the price for a lack of moral fiber
Post by: Foxy Brown on May 08, 2006, 11:48:58 PM

Individuals have nervous breakdowns; countries have "moral breakdowns." Japan, Shukan Post fears, is having one now. It sees signs of it everywhere -- at home, at work, in public places, notably trains. Manners are appalling, indifference is total, and crime, expanding to fill the vacuum, ranges from outrageous (buildings built with falsified earthquake resistance data) to grotesque (a 9-year-old boy thrown off a 15th-floor balcony). (http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fd20060507t1.html)