To be fair to the EFF, it isn't like your ACLU example at all. Lawmakers have only been grappling with the internet and it's implications for a relatively short

To be fair to the EFF, it isn't like your ACLU example at all. Lawmakers have only been grappling with the internet and it's implications for a relatively short period (historically speaking). And there have been some bad decisions/policies. Sometimes culture plays a part, sometimes it doesn't. So it's fair for the EFF to say: "we feel this has worked for other people, and this hasn't. please take it into consideration, including chilling effects and technical pitfalls", especially for a global resource like the internet. (It's also fair for Japanese lawmakers to ignore them, which is the most likely outcome.)