Despite a few language problems, the recent meeting between Tony Blair and Shinzo Abe saw the British leader blatantly attempt to persuade his Japanese counterpart to adopt a more central, even left-wing approach. Blair’s bold and easy to understand gesture of a move to the left however was immediately countered by Abe’s forceful and uncompromising thrust to the right.
An approach that won’t have surprised Japan’s neighbours, although the Japanese PM’s unexpected Star Trek-like finger formation has caused more than a little concern, with many analysts believing it represents Abe’s goal to boldly go where no leader has gone before and revise the country’s pacifist constitution.
A voyage into the unknown, and one that if not completed by Abe himself, could well be continued by the next generation…
mark says
That could also be The Shocker…
Mark says
lol I thought you curl in your ring-finger for that!
Bunny says
Oh, you must be referring to the Vulcan hand gesture, which infers ‘to live long and prosper’. This gesture was, in fact, a Jewish ritual gesture, adapted by Leonard Nimoy.
….Tut, and to think I get called a “geek” from time to time! Geez!!! 😉