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Is he that busy, or does he not want to meet with me? Listening to someone who has a different viewpoint from his own is what it takes to be a real leader, doesn't it?

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Atomic bomb survivor and anti-nuclear activist Setsuko Thurlow, saying she will return home to Canada frustrated after being turned down for a meeting with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe whom she has been trying to see for months.

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Is he that busy, or does he not want to meet with me? Listening to someone who has a different viewpoint from his own is what it takes to be a real leader, doesn't it?

My dear- you are under the impression that this sliver-spoon fed poor excuse of a PM is a real leader. He isn't.

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Aly Rustom: "My dear- you are under the impression that this sliver-spoon fed poor excuse of a PM is a real leader. He isn't."

Exactly. He may have inherit the reigns he pulls on, but someone who leads, he is not. There is no legitimate reason for him to stand behind his beliefs and not be able to meet and talk to this person and explain why.

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..."Isn't it?" or "Doesn't it?" She is assuming that they will disagree, before they have even met. I would not want to meet with someone like her, on any subject. I wonder what she wanted to tackle him about?

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I agree with the other posters. Abe is not a leader. Of course he doesn't want to listen to you. He doesn't have the moral fibre to stand up to any different opinion. He just covers his ears and shouts. He might listen to you if you were to praise him or back up "his" policies.

You obviously don't, so he is not going to listen.

What you say is completely correct. “Listening to someone who has a different viewpoint from his own is what it takes to be a real leader, doesn't it?” He can't do that. Ergo he is not a leader. He doesn't lead. He follows the voices in his head.

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As if there was even a shred of a chance that she herself would be open to considering any opposing opinion the PM may present. Hypocrite.

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