"PL" as in "Product Liability".  Since Japan passed product liability laws, people have gotten stupid about a lot of things they think are related, but aren't.  Western influence here is often a disaster.  Take the term "sexual harassment" - people here confuse "sexual discrimination" for "sexual harassment.  Certainly both are areas that needed to be improved, but a comprehension of the difference between them would be good!  One is one thing and one is another - they're not identical!

And then just the usual thing that people are people, nothing is totally static, and things are always changing.  The conformity thing is actually quite a bit less compelling than it once was, still it's a real factor....

Lyle

The shortest way home is the longest way 'round....
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