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awake
01-23-2013, 07:10 PM
'Hurry up and die'. (http://www.torontosun.com/2013/01/23/japans-finance-minister-says-elderly-should-hurry-up-and-die-to-save-medical-costs)

He implied the elderly but its really a statement for all.

They made him apologize for letting the cat out of the bag, not because he was incorrect in his assessment.

I hate to quote a Churchill, but his smartest statement rings true here...

"Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened."

sailingaway
01-23-2013, 08:31 PM
Yep.

alucard13mmfmj
01-23-2013, 08:40 PM
Too bad japanese can live long. I guess it'll require more nuclear accidents to deal with that... or start a war with china.

emazur
01-23-2013, 08:42 PM
My favorite part of the article:

Aso, a former prime minister, has a history of making offensive remarks in public.

In 2001, he said he wanted Japan to become a country where "the richest Jews would want to live."