性奴隷とHerbert Ziegler

「日本の外務省は，米国の出版社であるMcGraw-Hillとプロパガンダを書いたハワイ大学の歴史学者である Herbert Ziegler教授に対して，教科書の記述をあらためるように申し入れたが双方から拒絶された．」

先月，ワシントンポストに対してZiegler教授は，「このような要求は言論の自由と学問の自由を脅かすものだ」と答えた．


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マイケル・ヨンからの忠告：下記に添付したZiegler教授のプロパガンダを読んだ．彼は学者の資格は無い．これが単に学問的知識の欠如から来たものなのか，あるいはなにか政治的意図があるのかは知らない．Zieglerとは話したことも無ければ連絡をとりあったこともない．

もしもZiegler教授が学問に対して正直であるとすれば，彼はプロパガンダは間違いだと認めるはずだ．Zieglerが説明するような方法で20万人もの女性が連れ去られたことを示す証拠は何も無い．彼は単に事実に基づかないことを延々と述べているだけだ．Wikipediaで勉強したのだろう．

これはMcGraw-Hillの評判を貶めるものだ．もしも出版社がこの間違いを訂正すれば，それはそれで良い．皆，忘れてくれるだろう．しかしもしも訂正しなければMcGraw-Hillは信頼を失い，その悪評は長く記憶にのこるだろう．


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Herbert Ziegler on Sex-slaves

"Japan's Foreign Ministry has already attempted to persuade both McGraw-Hill and Herbert Ziegler, the University of Hawaii professor who wrote the paragraphs, to change the wording, and was rebuffed by both. Professor Ziegler last month told The Washington Post that he viewed the request as "an infringement of my freedom of speech and my academic freedom.""
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Note from Michael Yon: I have read Professor Ziegler paragraphs and will include his entry below. 

His scholarship is off. I do not know if this is merely from poor scholarship, or if Professor Ziegler has some agenda. I have never spoken or communicated with Ziegler. If Professor Ziegler is academically honest, he will admit that his paragraphs are in error. There is no evidence that 200,000 women were taken in the way Ziegler describes. He is merely repeating talking points that have no basis in fact. He might have conducted his scholarship on Wikipedia.

This damages the prestige of McGraw-Hill. If the publisher correct this error, that is fine and can be forgotten. But if they do not correct this, McGraw-Hill will lose credibility, and that will be remembered.

http://www.smh.com.au/world/japanese-historians-dispute-us-textbooks-comfort-women-account-20150317-1m1m0l.html