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The Japan Times reports:
[1063 plaintiffs, including lawmakers,] filed a lawsuit against the government on [May 15], seeking to halt Japan's involvement in 12-country talks on a Pacific Rim free trade agreement, which they called "unconstitutional".
[...]The lawsuit is led by Masahiko Yamada, 73, a lawyer who served as agriculture minister in 2010 as part of the Democratic Party of Japan government.
"The TPP could violate the Japanese right to get stable food supply, or the right to live, guaranteed by Article 25 of the nation's Constitution," Yamada, who abandoned his party in 2012 over then-Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda's push to join the TPP talks, said [May 14] before the court filing.
The envisaged pact would benefit big corporations but would jeopardize the country's food safety and medical systems, and [would] destroy the domestic farm sector, according to the plaintiffs.
The litigation is another twist in efforts by Japan and the U.S., the top economies involved in the TPP, to expedite talks on the agreement that would cover about 40 percent of the world's commerce.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday May 18 2015, @08:33PM
I'm going to tell him that I don't know whether to tell my legislators that I support it or that I oppose it, and that I can't determine which until I've read the treaty in its entirety.
So I'm going to ask President Obama to mail me a copy.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Monday May 18 2015, @08:51PM
Good luck with that.
Also, your method for getting things into your hosts file seems a little over-complicated. I might be missing something though.
Don't blame me, I voted for moose wang!
(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday May 18 2015, @08:52PM
I tried his method on my Windows system but it didn't work.
(Score: 2) by sjames on Tuesday May 19 2015, @07:11AM
So par for the course on Windows?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 20 2015, @02:14PM
M$ windoze? You don't need any privacy, obviously.
(Score: 2) by pnkwarhall on Tuesday May 19 2015, @03:58AM
Also, your method for getting things into your hosts file seems a little over-complicated.
Yup, you're missing something. Is it because you're looking at it from an overly-technical POV, or something else? Technology is __only__ a means to an end.
And if I seem irritated at your comment, it's because I am. Aren't tech-y forums like SN and /. the appropriate place for folks to make general statements using the patois familiar to the majority of users of the site? What is the point of your criticism of the 'grammar' of the statement? Why not respond to the statement itself?
Lift Yr Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
(Score: 2) by dyingtolive on Tuesday May 19 2015, @05:12AM
I did respond, with a particular amount of cynicism to his assumption he could gain any response from the president whatsoever, I didn't think you sounded that annoyed, and I figured tee was less portable (and less common) than other means, as (last time I used it) it's not present in at least Solaris. Granted it's been years since I've touched Solaris.
I'm sorry to have irritated you so.
Don't blame me, I voted for moose wang!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday May 20 2015, @02:11PM
His one liner to append hosts seems fine to me. (You can't just sudo echo something > file.) How'd you do it then?
(Score: 2) by sjames on Tuesday May 19 2015, @07:09AM
I'm just applying my usual rule of thumb: If they don't want me to see it, it can only be that they believe I won't like it.
That might not be ALWAYS true, but it's the way to bet.