Japanese Politicians Please Shut Up!
At last a campaign I can get my head, er, I mean my ears, around. 10 local politicians have announced that they have set up a campaign to stop the noise pollution caused by Japanese politicians. In what is certainly strong evidence refuting the theory of intelligent design, Japanese politicians and their myrmidons feel it necessary to drive around from dawn to dusk blaring out their names and little else.
It has always amazed me that people would actually consider it a necessity to do such a thing in order to gain election, but I imagine that as everyone else is doing it, no politician has seriously considered refraining from the “refrains”. Also the fact that more cash “slips” into their pockets as a result, may have a little to do with the continuation of the practice.
Here is the story from Mainichi:
10 local politicians set up anti-election noise campaign
Ten local politicians, mostly those running in the second round of the unified local elections next Sunday, have set up a network opposing the blaring of candidates’ names from loudspeakers on election campaign cars.
“I’ll launch a campaign without using a car that would create noise, emit exhaust fumes and cost taxpayers money,” a 37-year-old candidate, who is running in Tokyo’s Chofu Municipal Assembly election on the ticket of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ), said as he launched his campaign. [Read more]