Is the pen mightier?

An editorial in the New York Times (featured here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/08/books/review/EParker-t.html?_r=1&emc=eta1) addresses the rapid advances in modern communicative technologies and their impact on the Japanese vernacular. Minae Mizumura laments that Japan "devotes less time to teaching their own language than to teaching a foreign language." On the other side, famed novelist Haruki Murakami takes a wonderfully refreshing perspective on the issue.

"My personal view on the Japanese language (or any language) is, if it wants to change, let it change. Any language is alive just like a human being, just like you or me. And if it’s alive, it will change. Nobody can stop it."

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