Great Ideas and Mediocre Minds
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by Tadahito Kato
Albert Einstein, the greatest scientist of the twentieth century, once said, "Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds." It will be arrogant for me to say that my plan of the Liberal Party is the perfect idea for eJapan, but for some reason, it is somehow receiving violent attacks from a fellow politician.
Hitoshi Makoto, the current leader of the United Bushi of Nihon (UBN), claims that changing the name of the party will not only paralyze the party, drive the party apart, it will also cause an unnecessary confusion. Apparently, my opponent in the party's presidential race has not been paying attention to my ideas.
Is it really true that we need the word "United" in our name to be united? To my knowledge, four of the five largest political parties in the eWorld do not contain the word "United" in their names. In fact, the people of the United States of America are not united because of the name of the country. They are united under a common cause: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
On another note, Hitoshi was the one who changed the name of The Bushido Party without consent of the party members. After becoming leader, he, who pledged to revive Bushido, instead changed the name to attempt giving the party a new start. In a way, the party did improve: member activity increased and congressional membership raised.
However, if the name change was to give the party a new start, it is hard to understand why it is still strongly associated with "Bushido." To this day, Bushido is still sometimes synonymous with the UBN. And without a clear direction, the party has gone down in size and public popularity. So why exactly would a person criticize me for something the person has done himself?
Liberal Party of Japan
I believe I have cleared up enough confusion above and now I wish to move on to the new party that hopefully everyone is looking forward to seeing. Today, I have officially become a candidate in the party elections.
I have also designed and created the logo of the new party. It is shown above and it contains a Shinkansen train. Not only does it represent progressivism, it is a symbol unique to Japan. Some people were afraid that the name will not be "Japanese" enough, so I hope this logo can be a solution.
As I have said before, voting for me will not result in a name change, it will cause the establishment of a brand new party. There will not be any "redoing" to do in the Wiki pages simply because the Liberal Party will be having a page to itself, and Bushido will be history. But remember, the end is always a new beginning.
Let the responsible take the responsibility. Thank you for reading and have a wonderful day!
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Yeah, It will be interesting election for UBN. I hope it all goes well, and it doesn't turn into dirt politics with personal attacks, and turn ugly. I hope it remains clean and honorable election with the best leader winning. Good luck.
Once again I echo Akki.
Though I'm not really opposed to a name change per sē, 'Liberal Party of Japan' seems a bit too much like a stock political party name, in the formula 'ORIENTATION Party of NATION'. I like UBN because it's unique. So I hope that if you do win, us (possibly former) UBN members can discuss alternative name proposals.
Like the Shinkansen idea though. Maybe we can be the Shinkansen-tou.
I don't think Liberal party of Japan isn't too bad, I mean we have Japanese Labour party (another common name for party in real life). I don;t think stocked names are bad... Though It is not my place to say anything, since I am not part of UBN.
I don't really have a problem with stock names, I just prefer uniqueness where possible.
Siveru, I really think the name does not need much changing. One idea though, is to give our mascot (the Shinkansen train) a nickname like Danganbushi (Dangan the Warrior).
Heh, Bullet Warrior. I kinda like that.
And yeah, I really don't have any problem with LPJ. Just a suggestion.
Haha, this is probably gonna get more interesting than the Presidential election, simply with the amount of mud being thrown.
I honestly cannot belief that the focal point of this election is whether or not to change a name, not that there's anything wrong with that. I, for one, like ORIENTATION Party of NATION better than UBN. This can reflect the large number of non-Japanese in this country who don't know what the parties are like.
"So why exactly would a person criticize me for something the person has done himself?"
Just like what I already said before for both of you...
Kettle
Black
Pot
"Can a new name destroy an old party?"
"Are the candidates gonna destroy each other?"
Don't miss the next episode of the UBN elections! 😛
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(I'm really liking these elections, btw)
Sorry, I just want to clarify something: I am not trying to rename the United Bushi of Nihon. If you vote for me, you are voting for the dissolution of the UBN and the creation of a new party. And no, I am not going to destroy Hitoshi. If anything, I am planning to appoint him as vice president if I get elected.
Yes, I understand your ideas. And those headlines were just for fun😉
Yeah, after two months of decline, the UBN is ready for radical change, not for of the same. Since Hitoshi made such a convincing article for his failure here, http://www.erepublik.com/en/article/well-i-tried-sorry-ubn-i-have-failed-you--731449/1/20, I think Kato is better suited to lead the UBN.
i like PIE!
"Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds."
Sometimes it's true... but not always... Sometimes a mediocre mind is thinking that he has a great idea... and the people just disagree... mostly because his "great idea" is something not thought thru...
(Not making ANY reference to this article... just some pointing out the bad way of thinking 😉 )