Kirk here with some thoughts on the cognitive dissonance I experienced yesterday. This article is from the Nishi Nippon Shimbun but I saw a similar piece on RKKs evening news announcing that over 3,000 people had lined up to get into Amu Plaza (AMUPLAZA?) on opening day. The governor and mayor and other important people were there for a tape cutting ceremony. That was the top story. After that I saw the governor again looking more solemn to announce that Kumamoto had moved back into level 5, the highest level of alert regarding the spread of COVID-19.
I’m sure the governor was in a difficult position and, politically, he may not have felt that he could handle things differently. Still, the governor’s two different media appearances and the way that RKK put them together in their broadcast made me think of a driver hitting the brakes with his left foot while continuing to step on the accelerator with his right.
P.S. I posted this earlier this morning but I realized later that, for some reason, I hadn’t posted as “Kumamoto International” but as myself. When that happens, the Facebook algorithm doesn’t show the post to many people. So, I’m reposting the same content.
