tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post3895268191165283926..comments2024-03-14T07:32:30.141+09:00Comments on Marketing Japan: Currency Wars: Japan China Fights Over Islands More Than Just Nationalism?mike in tokyo rogershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04977446676243085409noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-76300772151681012442012-05-06T11:16:14.483+09:002012-05-06T11:16:14.483+09:00Protectionism increases costs for everyone, includ...Protectionism increases costs for everyone, including the "protected". Currency wars is mercantilism in modern clothing. It was <a href="https://mises.org/daily/4304" rel="nofollow">unsound economics then, it is unsound economics now.</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2207076947655236975.post-24286323357723882662012-05-05T01:43:04.634+09:002012-05-05T01:43:04.634+09:00When it comes to one's own country, there is u...When it comes to one's own country, there is usually a lot of pride... and if there isn't, others say get the eff out.<br />Nationalism vs pride vs economy. I suppose it all depends on the personal perspective of the one discussing it. <br />If Russia says that some of the northern Canadian isles are theirs, Canadians will get off their ass once the hockey play-offs are over and kick Ruskie butt! <br />It's good to be proud of one's country, while noting that there is always room for a lot of improvement. Always. There is no such thing as utopia. <br />As for Japan and China and its pissing match over a bunch of islands - well... as long as someone wants to look after the people on them, that should be a primary concern. Ancient rights to property change with the tides of history. Hey, wasn't Palestine there a minute ago? Israel? Again? <br />U.S.S.R. to smaller States. Whatever. <br />The average Japanese person doesn't really care about the hunk of rocks at all, but only does because it believes that taking away the land would be like taking away a part of them. It's like Japan's right to kill whales... whenever the topic brooched, all of sudden people start eating whale sashimi - they rest of the time, you'll never see it on a menu. It's only important to people because others have told them it's important. <br />Want to avoid a nuclear war? Let's start taking about... oh, how about the shortage of wild salmon?! Yes... see... islands? Power shortages are now passe. <br />Don't worry. Both China and Japan are far too sensible to come to blows in a war, let alone a nuclear war. I hope.Andrew Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15063234777548462157noreply@blogger.com