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markd@csl.sj.nec.com (Mark Dyer) writes:

>In article <2018@aegis.or.jp> davidg@aegis.or.jp (Dave McLane) writes:

>   Maybe so but from the kinds of things I was reading, I wonder if
>   these are really complaints or just stalling tactics (something like
>   electronic oxwalking :)

>Is oxwalking the same thing as filibustering? That's what I sometimes
>think is going on fj.news.groups when I read the articles. Of course it
>could be with my inability to grok the subtle nuances of the Japanese
>idiom. :-)

It's similar as I have seen it used for the same event in the Daily
Yomiuiri but when I think of a filibuster I think of somebody making
especailly long speeches as the delaying tactic while in the case of
the Diet, the opposition was walking e-v-e-r s-o s-l-o-w-l-y to cast
their votes. Same idea though; delay long enough and maybe the other
side will give up. 

Of course on fj there is yet another obstructive tactic and that is
to forge rmgroup control messages ... but that's another story :-)

Dave

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