National leaders crying in public
Daistallia 2104
16-09-2004, 02:49
I just came accross this article (http://japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=9&id=312302):
http://japantoday.com/dbfiles/news/cry.4D67.jpg
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi cries during a speech to members of the Japanese community in Sao Paulo on Wednesday.
While I think it would be OK, I don't think most people in the US would find it acceptable for their president to cry on national TV.
Opinions?
I just came accross this article (http://japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=9&id=312302):
http://japantoday.com/dbfiles/news/cry.4D67.jpg
While I think it would be OK, I don't think most people in the US would find it acceptable for their president to cry on national TV.
Opinions?
Some say he is trying for the sympathy vote next election.
The Island of Rose
16-09-2004, 02:55
Hey, I wouldn't mind if Presidents cried. I cry too, though I keep this secret so my lack of "manliness" is not discovered...
i don't have a problem with nation leaders crying. It'd be a bit worrying if they did it all the time but it would show that they might, after all, somewhere deep down, be...human!
i don't have a problem with nation leaders crying. It'd be a bit worrying if they did it all the time but it would show that they might, after all, somewhere deep down, be...human!
Which is precisely why they can't.
I mean, can you imagine what would happen if Bush cried? His whole motherboard would crash and Cheney would have to shell out for a new one :D
(j/k ;))
Druthulhu
16-09-2004, 03:20
I just came accross this article (http://japantoday.com/e/?content=news&cat=9&id=312302):
http://japantoday.com/dbfiles/news/cry.4D67.jpg
While I think it would be OK, I don't think most people in the US would find it acceptable for their president to cry on national TV.
Opinions?
You're all missing the point: this happened in Sao Paulo! Can anyone who does not live there spend a day there without their eyes watering? ;)
j/k ... ;) maybe
Galtania
16-09-2004, 03:32
i don't have a problem with nation leaders crying. It'd be a bit worrying if they did it all the time but it would show that they might, after all, somewhere deep down, be...human!
Exactly, and it would depend on why they were crying. Because they lost an election (ahem, Gore)? Not good. Because of 9/11? OK.