Upon being drawn here, to this very 'Reply to Thread,' I find that I am muddled by the haunting emotion of great dissapointment at the number of those who had, and do, either miss the offer I had provided for this sub-forum, disagree with it (but life no fingers to more properly defend their disagreement), or simply had, or do, ignore it.
While this sub-forum had been re-set with the intention of basically being for discussion that would not fall under the more 'Japan related' sub-forums, the idea of serious, is clear best to be understood as that of intellectual. Thus, as much as, if not even more than, the topic of discussion, the form, order, and quality (from a more academical standpoint) of the discussion, are what make for the SERIOUS in Serious Discussions.
I have simply failed to prevent my attention from getting stuck by the slackness of effort to more carefully understand, appreciate, and apply the arguably better position--namely, that by encouraging all participants to more carefully present and discuss things here, a real serious discussion sub-forum that can lead to growth in understanding will have been achieved; and that is surely a higher and more noble goal, is it not?.
