Rev Dark Wrote:The Administration has done a very good job of using diplomatic jiu-jitsu in regards to the event. They denied the faithful a shrine, while still following reasonable practices in regards to showing respect to the religion (whether real or percieved) of the deceased. By not releasing the photos they are denying the opportunity for manufactured outrage - or rather that in the event of the manufactured outrage surfacing, they are perceived as the calm and reasonable ones; not the outraged. Releasing the graphic images of the flow-through-ventilation would damage this.Agreed. Glen Beck and his ilk would have a field day with something like that. (IMHO, however, they're probably having a field day with it anyhow. I dunno because I'm at home with like minded people that prefer to watch a combination of CNN and BBC World News. I'm thinking about adding NHK to that list, too, if only to keep up on all things Japanese and how they see current events.)
Very smart. Very civilized.
Dealing with sensationalists and conspiracy theorists sucks. The rational ones are few and far between. I have recently seen a documentary about 9/11 being a conspiracy that makes an alarming amount of sense, but I'm not about to go running out to start buying tin-foil hats. I will say that I find a lot of things about the Bush Jr. administration to be questionable, at best.
In all fairness, however, each administration has done things that are questionable. That's all I have to say on the matter without going into more detail and off-topic.