tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11587256.post8398375022348351381..comments2024-03-05T18:52:45.093+09:00Comments on Kurashi - News From Japan: Press freedom in AsiaMartin J Fridhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14537556834410284837noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11587256.post-75152009861605850742007-10-23T23:01:00.000+09:002007-10-23T23:01:00.000+09:00Thanks robin.I think we can choose to go without m...Thanks robin.<BR/><BR/>I think we can choose to go without media for days and weeks and months, and find that nothing much has changed.<BR/><BR/>I was training zazen at a temple in Okayama, and on a day off, I was reading the newspaper. I found some article that I felt I should show others, and I made some silly comment (as one does).<BR/><BR/>One of the seniors at the temple later quietly pointed out to me, that reading the news was fine, but only after a few years of practice. You don't really need that kind of constant excitement, do you. <BR/><BR/>Freedom to not care about the daily headlines...Martin J Fridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14537556834410284837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11587256.post-6481633289537370942007-10-22T11:24:00.000+09:002007-10-22T11:24:00.000+09:00Thanks for this post.I always wonder .. how import...Thanks for this post.<BR/><BR/>I always wonder .. how important is press freedom.. Does press freedom also leads to press garbage?<BR/><BR/>Reading some of the news headlines sometimes frighten me, to such a stage that I don't read some of the news anymore.<BR/><BR/>But then again, some people think that press freedom has a lot to do with freedom of choice. Of which, I will choose not to read the press.Robin CHANhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12980108678986165599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11587256.post-75008044553056109592007-10-20T14:33:00.000+09:002007-10-20T14:33:00.000+09:00"...and good luck."We all need it."...and good luck."<BR/><BR/>We all need it.Martin J Fridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14537556834410284837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11587256.post-30556618176628662352007-10-19T16:03:00.000+09:002007-10-19T16:03:00.000+09:00The country with the largest economy and a militar...The country with the largest economy and a military budget larger by magnitudes of the rest of world (the USofA) ranks 48th. Just above "Togo" and below "Nicaragua" (which it tried to annihilate in the 1980s). Good night, and good luck.Pandaboniumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08352197350806179930noreply@blogger.com