I&#x27;d hoped it wouldn&#x27;t need to be stated, but I&#x27;m definitely glad they&#x27;re doing <i>something</i> valuable with the resources. I was just pointing out an alternative reaction to the article. Of course it&#x27;s far far better than if the money was being spent in a worse way - e.g. funding some irrational government policy to further some incumbent&#x27;s chances of reelection. (Not living in Japan I&#x27;m not aware of a good relevant example from that country.)<p>I&#x27;ll skip inundating the thread with some personal defense of whether I&#x27;m a hypocrit or not. I agree with what TeMPOral said about it being a positive symbol, and was just pointing out another way that it&#x27;s a negative one. &quot;We&#x27;ve come a long way but we still have a long way to go&quot; sort of thing.