Reply #20: You are the first to be so honest.

[kristopher]

Thank you. I would urge you, however, to be a little more tolerant of the japanese. If what I suspect is happening is true, they can no more change their thinking than you can. They can, however, change their actions; and I believe that effecting this change is mostly a matter of making the request of them in a way that both addresses their anger at our perceived arrogance and dishonorable manner of negotiating on this topic, and makes them understand the validity of the belief structure we hold as one that is reasonable.

I'm pretty sure I know the message, what I'm having trouble with is the means of delivery.

Is anyone interested in forming an online working group to discuss this?