It's probably my love for strategy that's making me so angry in this case, because it reeks of "damage control" wrapped in a smokescreen, and I don't like politicos trying to fool the sheeple.
The story is:
Step 1: lady in politics is heckled by sexist male politicos.
Step 2: the story spreads a bit and makes the boys look like decerebrated Neanderthals (of the cliché-esque variety; I can't believe that actual Neanderthals would have been this petty and low, but that's me).
Step 3: one of the boys comes forward, spouting pretty stereotypes about not realizing that he'd hurt his female colleague's feelings - Oh, and he's very, very sorry, and he won't do it again (here's a novel idea: don't be a sexist bully in the first place!).
*short pause to barf*
Step 4: he swears that he's going to force the other boys to behave and respect the gals.
All together now: Awwwwwwwwwwwwww! The sexist bully doesn't have a clue and can't spell "respect", and he's just sorry that the rest of the world didn't side with him when he insulted his colleague.
Oh, and since he was kind enough to apologize on camera (nice piece of PR, boys; is Malcolm Tucker working for you now?), the other culprits will probably get a free pass. How cute!
*keeps barfing*
The brave boy is Hakihiro Suzuki:
If you want to read more about the case, go there.
There's also a video there (in Japanese).
2 comments:
*lol* Well if he can be sexist.....at least he's got a pretty face? Apparently his brains won't get him far?
I *really* hope his wife is making him sleep on the balcony or something.
Some Japanese boys badly need some massive spanking... to begin with...
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