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War history and contemporary literature, beget images of the cruelty of the Japanese, the ‘banzai’ charge, the mass executions, the obsession with the Emperor and nationalism. It created a picture of a fanatical people. It reduced us to an understanding of generalizations, stereotypes and mockery of the Japanese. No one,... 

I suspect that this government, its Ministers and its policy makers do not have a good enough grasp of how high cost of living is wrecking havoc on our working class and poor citizens at the ground level. Government grants and subsidies are welcoming and heartening gestures to help our citizens cope with the rising costs of... 

Democracy is based on "one man one vote". At each general election, the voters vote for a person to represent their constituency in parliament. The candidate with the most votes is elected. However, this system of electing the representative of the voters does not appear to work well in many countries. Why? I perceive that this...