Japan is decidedly not the United States. In some European countries like Germany writing to one's representative damn works, and works well; in Switzerland the

Japan is decidedly not the United States. In some European countries like Germany writing to one's representative damn works, and works well; in Switzerland the situation is even better, the people decide directly and as the consequence the government is afraid of the people, which is as it should be. Looking at everything through the lens of how things are in the United States is dimwitted, to put it very considerately and politely.