Monday, August 29, 2005
ELECTION CAMPAIGN
▼ After the official announcement of the Lower House election on August 30, the general election will enter the main course. Candidates will begin to call their names repeatedly over the loudspeaker in the lingering heat. Just imagining the scene will make me hot and perspiring.
▼ Meanwhile, one of the political activities is totally suspended by tonight. To be accurate, after midnight on August 29, the public office election law orders not to operate the Internet for a political campaign. Candidates are forbidden to renew their websites. They are not allowed to deliver e-mail newsletters to report their activities. On the other hand, they can ask for voting limitlessly by telephone. It is a law to prevent money politics that hinders effective means of transferring vast information swiftly and inexpensively.
▼It is a matter of common sense in the United States to promote an election campaign on the Internet. “Blogger” caught people’s eyes in the presidential election last year. Bloggers are those who express their personal opinions on the “weblog.” They were invited to the Republican and Democrat conventions. Finding President Bush’s bulky back in the presidential debate, those people released “wireless suspicion” against him.
▼ South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun actually gained victory by organizing his fans on the Internet. On the Election Day, mail was busily exchanged among them. They asked each other if they had already finished voting, showing the latest percentage of voting each time the rate was announced.
▼In Japan, an election research group affiliated with the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications advised to remove partly the ban on the Internet three years ago. But the Diet has not revised the law yet. “Using the Internet is disadvantageous to a party with many elderly supporters.” “It might be used to speak ill of others.” So saying, mainly Liberal Democratic members are reluctant to lift the banning.
▼ It is intriguing to read the commentary on each party’s public commitments or candidates’ practical opinions on the Internet. Voters will search for a certain candidate’s web site, which will eventually have them involved in election positively. “One more push! This is the last appeal to you.” Even such a shouting will not be noisy if it is delivered by e-mail.
▼ After the official announcement of the Lower House election on August 30, the general election will enter the main course. Candidates will begin to call their names repeatedly over the loudspeaker in the lingering heat. Just imagining the scene will make me hot and perspiring.
▼ Meanwhile, one of the political activities is totally suspended by tonight. To be accurate, after midnight on August 29, the public office election law orders not to operate the Internet for a political campaign. Candidates are forbidden to renew their websites. They are not allowed to deliver e-mail newsletters to report their activities. On the other hand, they can ask for voting limitlessly by telephone. It is a law to prevent money politics that hinders effective means of transferring vast information swiftly and inexpensively.
▼It is a matter of common sense in the United States to promote an election campaign on the Internet. “Blogger” caught people’s eyes in the presidential election last year. Bloggers are those who express their personal opinions on the “weblog.” They were invited to the Republican and Democrat conventions. Finding President Bush’s bulky back in the presidential debate, those people released “wireless suspicion” against him.
▼ South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun actually gained victory by organizing his fans on the Internet. On the Election Day, mail was busily exchanged among them. They asked each other if they had already finished voting, showing the latest percentage of voting each time the rate was announced.
▼In Japan, an election research group affiliated with the Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications advised to remove partly the ban on the Internet three years ago. But the Diet has not revised the law yet. “Using the Internet is disadvantageous to a party with many elderly supporters.” “It might be used to speak ill of others.” So saying, mainly Liberal Democratic members are reluctant to lift the banning.
▼ It is intriguing to read the commentary on each party’s public commitments or candidates’ practical opinions on the Internet. Voters will search for a certain candidate’s web site, which will eventually have them involved in election positively. “One more push! This is the last appeal to you.” Even such a shouting will not be noisy if it is delivered by e-mail.
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