Thursday, March 19, 2015

性奴隶神话是毁损日本的企图 UPDATED


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2015.3.18


(Translation from English to Chinese)


The Sex-slave myth is meant to damage Japan


性奴隶神话是毁损日本的企图





The comfort women narrative is true.


慰安妇的讲述是真的。


The world is filled with prostitutes and nobody denies this. 


世界充满买淫妇,什么人都不能否定这个事实。


The world's oldest profession. 


世界最古的职业。


Comfort women are simply prostitutes. 


慰安妇只是买淫妇。


This is not complicated.


这个事实不复杂。


The sex-slave accusations against Japan are contrivances used in the information war, which war is designed to divide and conquer the civilized nations.


对日本的性奴隶指责是,情报战争中的手段,这个战争是为了分裂和征服文明国家而策划的。





Bottom line. Another person gets it:


下行。有个人上载想法。:






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2015.3.18
(Translation from English to Chinese)Chinese company pledged $2 million to Clinton Foundation in 2013中国公司曾在2013年承诺向Clinton基金会提供2百万美元

(I always pick that side that does NOT pay. Must be a bad businessman.)(我总是选择不支付的一方。一定是一个糟糕的商人)

"A CBS News investigation has found that at least one foreign company with close ties to its government has been giving generously to the foundation run by Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton.
一个CBS新闻调查已经发现至少一个外国公司与它保持亲民关系的政府一直慷慨的提供支持给Bill, Hillary and Chelsea Clinton经营的基金会。

"Since its founding, the Clinton Foundation has invested millions each year for work in fighting AIDS and empowering women, but its recent uptick in donations from foreign governments has been raising questions about the potential influence on Hillary Clinton, as she gets ready to run for president.
自成立以来Clinton基金会每年投资数百万美元给与AIDS的斗争中和赋权妇女的运动中,但是最近从外国政府得到的捐赠上涨正在向Hillary Clinton提出潜在影响的问题,因为她准备竞选总统。

"The foundation has raised at least $42 million from foreign governments - and according to an analysis by CBS News - at least $170 million from foreign entities and individuals.
基金会从外国政府得到捐款已经提高至少4200万美元。根据CBS新闻的分析——至少1亿7000万美元来自外国实体和个人。

"One donor - Rilin Enterprises- pledged $2 million in 2013 to the Clinton Foundation's endowment.
一个捐赠者——日林集团公司——2013年承诺了2百万美元给Clinton基金会。
The company is a privately-held Chinese construction and trade conglomerate and run by billionaire Wang Wenliang, who is also a delegate to the Chinese parliament. 
该集团公司是一家从事建筑和贸易的私营企业集团,他的经营者是王文良,其本人也是中国的人大代表。
Public records show the firm has spent $1.4 million since 2012, lobbying Congress and the State Department. 
公开档案表示从2012年以来已经支付1400万美元来游说国会和国务院。
The firm owns a strategic port along the border with North Korea and was also one of the contractors that built the Chinese embassy in Washington.
该集团公司该集团公司在北朝鲜边境拥有一个战略港口,而且该公司还是在华盛顿的中国大使馆的承建商之一。

That contract is a direct tie to the Chinese government, according to Jim Mann, who has written several books on China's relationship with the U.S.这个合同直接取决于中国政府,根据Jim Mann,他曾写过几本关于中美关系的书。

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(Translation from English to Chinese)
Disgusting Behavior by Some Americans -- they do not represent us all
令人厌恶的一部分美国人行为——他们不能代表我们所有人

There are comments on my page and on the internet in general wherein some Americans actually laugh and celebrate using atomic weapons on civilians in World War II. 
通常在我的网页和网络上的一些评论中,竟然会有一些美国人对于2战期间对平民使用原子弹而发笑和庆祝。
Whether it was right or wrong to do this at the time is not the question at hand. 
这样的行为是不是正确并不是现在要讨论的问题。
But celebrating mass annihilation of civilians is sickening. 
但是庆祝大量的平民被消灭是令人作呕的。
These are the sorts of people who constantly say "Nuke the bastards" every time we do not get our way with something.
每当我们不要用某些东西一意孤行的时候,他们就是那些嘴里不断的说:“用核武器干掉这些杂种!”这样的人。


If Pakistanis were dancing around yelling "allah u akbar" and "nuke the Americans!", this would not sit well with most Americans. 
如果巴基坦人一边跳舞一边喊叫“真主最伟大”和“用核武器攻击美国人”的话,大部分美国人恐怕就坐不住了。我也会坐不住了。
It would not sit well with me. 
我也会坐不住了。

Many Americans seem to have forgotten that we are not the only ones with nuclear weapons. 
很多美国人似乎已经忘了,我们并不是唯一一个有核武器的国家。
The bombs dropped on Japan are small by comparison to thermonuclear weapons today. 
投到日本的核武器与今天的氢弹相比是很小的。
              
The USA is far from immune to attack by nuclear weapons. 
美国并不是对核武器免疫。
It would be a simple matter for a country with a suicide wish to flatten at least one American city, or to attack Israel and kick off a serious nuclear war.
至少被抹平一个美国城市,或者攻击以色列和开始一个严重的核战争,这些对于一个想要自杀的国家来说,是一个简单的事情。
It seems that too many Americans view the nuclear weapons as an abstract. 
很多的美国人似乎把核武器看作是一个抽象的概念。

Imagine 15 years down the road. 
想象一下15年以后。
Iran has atomic weapons. 
伊朗有了核武器。
Since Iran has atomic weapons, Saudi Arabia, UAE, and Kuwait all acquire nuclear weapons. 
由于伊朗有了核武器,沙特阿拉伯,阿联酋和科威特都要也要有核武器。

They might just buy the weapons from someone, such as North Korea because we backed down and let the NORKs develop atomic weapons. 
他们也许会从某些国家买,比如北朝鲜,因为我们让步而且让NORKs发展核武器。

By then Iran controls large parts of Iraq and is conducting increased terrorism against Israel and Saudi Arabia. 
那时候伊朗控制大部分伊拉克而且正在指挥增强了的恐怖主义去对抗以色列和沙特阿拉伯。
Saudi Arabia faces an existential threat, and feels that it has nothing to lose. 
沙特阿拉伯面对一个存在的威胁,而且感受到再无可失了。

China has hydrogen bombs targeted at all the major cities in Japan, and the USA. Pakistan and India are on the brink. 
中国有氢弹,并对日本和美国的所有主要城市进行了瞄准。巴基斯坦和印度是下一个。

A leader in Iran brags that they can and will destroy Israel to unite Muslims around the world. 
一个伊朗的领袖自夸说:他们可以将以色列毁灭直到穆斯林遍布世界。
You are the Prime Minister of Israel. 
如果你是以色列首相,
What would you do? 
你会怎么做?
You are the King of Saudi Arabia and your entire clan and country is about to be wiped out. 
如果你是沙特阿拉伯国王而且你的整个宗族和国家将被彻底毁灭,
What would you do? 
你会怎么做?
An Iranian religious nutter hears voices in his head, and he thinks it is God telling him to destroy Israel. 
如果一个伊朗的宗教疯子在他的脑中听到了声音,他认为是上帝告诉他让他毁灭以色列的,
What would you do?
你会怎么做?



2015.3.18
(Translation from English to Chinese)
Mindy Kotler the anti-US, anti-Japan, pro-PRC and pro-communist weighs in
Mindy Kotler,抗美人士,抗日人士,亲中国人士,亲共产主义者,加入辩论
Interesting how they deny the truth on so many levels, including pushing the sex-slavery myth which they cannot support with evidence.
他们如何的在很多标准上否认事实非常有趣,其中包括他们力推的没有什么证据的性奴隶神话。

But let's not look so far back in time. 
但是我们不要看很久以前的事。

The current statement by Earl Kinmonth is easily debunked: 
Earl Kinmonth先生的最新声明很容易地被揭露。
"In contrast Yon who seems a fringe figure who has not been given much if any attention in establishment press..." 
“相反,Yon先生似乎是一个边缘人物,如果是在体制报纸里他不会得到更多的关注。”

Earl has established that he has no credibility. 
Earl已经证明了他没有什么可信性。

A simple web search of my name will show at bare minimum a thousand articles/interviews in "establishment press." 
在体制报纸里对我的名字进行一个简单的网络搜索,将展示出最小1千个文章/采访。
Thousand is a low number. 
一千是一个很低的数字。

Just yesterday I did an interview in Thailand with a mainstream station that reached out. 
正好就在昨天我在泰国做了和主流电视台做了一份采访,该电视台伸出了援手。

Then Asahi Shimbun reached out from Japan. 
然后朝日新闻从日本伸出援手。

And Al Jazeera published some of my work under the hand of Michael Penn.
半岛电视台也在Michael Penn签发之下发布了我的一些工作。

That was just yesterday. Thailand. Japan. Al Jazeera. 
就在昨天。泰国。日本。半岛电视台。

Also in the current issue of Bungei Shunju is an article getting positive attention. 
在杂志“文艺春秋”的最新版也持有积极的关注。

There are more. The web shows much of it but not all.
还有更多。网络里有很多但是不是全部。

Some of these people like Mindy Kotler have problems with simple truth and facts.
像Mindy Kotler这样的一些人,对于简单的真理和事实还有一些问题出现。

To his credit, Michael Penn actually accurately summarized my work. 
他值得赞赏,Michael Penn实际上正确地总结了我的工作。
Mr. Penn is probably opposition, but I must give credit that his summary in Al Jazeera of my work was accurate.
Michael Penn可能是反对派,但是我必须给他赞扬,他在半岛电视台里对我工作的总结是正确的。



2015.3.18
(Translation from English to Chinese)
The Sex-slave myth is meant to damage Japan
性奴隶神话是毁损日本的企图

The comfort women narrative is true.
性奴隶的讲述是真的。
The world is filled with prostitutes and nobody denies this. 
世界充满买淫妇,什么人都不能否定这个事实。
The world's oldest profession. 
世界最古的职业。
Comfort women are simply prostitutes. 
性奴隶只是买淫妇。
This is not complicated.
这个事实不复杂。
The sex-slave accusations against Japan are contrivances used in the information war, which war is designed to divide and conquer the civilized nations.
对日本的性奴隶指责是,情报战争中的手段,这个战争是为了分裂和征服文明国家而策划的。

Bottom line. Another person gets it:
下行。有个人上载想法。:




2015.3.17 from English to Chinese

Thai Lady reviews Rude Chinese Tourists
泰国女士评述了粗野的中国游客

That a Thai lady makes and publishes such a video is stark evidence of the growing dislike of PRC-Chinese behavior. 
一位泰国女士制作并公开了一个视频,该视频是对中国人行为的不断厌恶的铁证。

Not Chinese race -- most are very good people -- but specifically from the PRC: People's Republic of China. 
并不是针对所有的华人 -- 大部分华人是好的 -- 特指的是来自PRC(:中华人民共和国)的游客。

PRC is breeding uncultured bullies. And this plays out on the international stage.
PRC正在培养没有教养的恶霸份子,并且还出现在国际舞台上。

They bully entire countries such as Philippines and Vietnam and Japan. 
他们欺负所有国家,比如菲律宾,越南和日本。




2015.3.17 from English to Chinese
US Army -- Female Soldiers used as Sex-Slaves 
美军 --女性士兵被充当性奴隶使用

Wait...this title might be misleading.
稍等...这主题肯定是个误解。
Apparently only some US Soldiers were using subordinate Soldiers as sex-slaves.
明显是只是几个美军兵士迫使下级兵士做性奴隶。
Not the entire Army. 
不是美军全体。

But wait...that also can be misleading. 
但是稍等...那也是可能个误解。
Were the women sex-slaves or prostitutes?
那个女人是性奴隶或卖淫女?
One said she needed food, and so basically according to this she was having sex for food.
有人说那个女需要食物,所以基本上是基于此,那个女性是为了食物而发生性行为。

But wait...that can be misleading too. 
但是稍等...那也是个误解。
US Soldiers are paid very well, and if she is short of food, maybe she has money problems? 
美军兵士给了很多钱,如果那个女人缺少食物,也许她有经济问题?

But wait some more...maybe the reports themselves are all wrong?
但是还要稍等...也许那个报道本身就全部是错误的吗?

This gets complicated. 
这件事情变得很复杂。

In any case, if the Japanese reportedly did this it would be simple. 
总之,如果报道说日军做了这件事,那就是很简单的问题了。
We would call them sex-slaves.
我们称她们为性奴隶。
But since this is the US Army, well, let's just call this a criminal organization that broke the rules.
但是因为是美国军队做的事,好吧,那我们就称它为违反规则的犯罪组织好了。


●2015.3.17 from Japanese to Chinese
慰安婦についての記事
关于慰安妇的报道
アルジャジーラの記事から:
根据半岛电视台报道:

「この件に関して参入してきたおそらく最も高名なアメリカ人はマイケル・ヨンだ.
「对于这个事件,参与过的人中最有名的,恐怕是美国人Michael. Yon了。
受賞ライターであり写真家でもある.
他是个获奖记者,也是摄影师。
イラクとアフガニスタンにおける米国軍陸上戦の実況で卓越した評価を得ている」
他以前在伊拉克和阿富汗的美国军陆上作战的实况方面得到过超群的评价。」

「最近ヨンは中国に固執している.
「最近他对中国很执着。
アジア地域と究極的には世界を支配するためには中国は何をしても良いと思っているだろうとみている.」
他认为,中国为了支配亚洲地区和最终支配全世界,什么样的事情都能做出来。」

「彼によると慰安婦の件は,歴史を直視し正義のなすための偽りの無いキャンペーンなのではなく,日本国内の世論を分断させ国力を弱くするための戦略的な「情報戦」なのだそうだ.」
「他说安慰妇的事情,不是为了正视历史实行正义的真诚的活动,而是为了让日本国内的舆论分裂、以日本国力衰弱为战略目的的「情报战。」」

「ヨン氏は彼のフェイスブックで,
「Yon先生在他的Facebook里,
日本を愛するように憲法を改正しなければならない,
日本国民为了爱日本必须改正宪法,
まちがっても中国が日本を飲み込んだり小突き回すことを試みないように,日本は強くあらねばならない.
不论如何为了不让中国吞并日本或者小规模冲突不断,日本必须强大,
究極的に言って,もしも日本が弱ければ平和は訪れない.弱い日本は戦争を招くだけだ,
归根结底的说,日本如果弱小并不会招来和平,弱小的日本只能招来战争。
と述べている.」
这样说。」




2015.3.16 from English to Chinese
If Japanese did this, we would call them War Criminals and hang them:
如果日本人做过这样的事情,我们会称他们战犯,并把他们绞死:
Comment on my Facebook from Charles E. DiSipio 
E. DiSipio写的Facebook评语。

"The combatants in WWII, in this instance, the Americans and our Allies, conducted what has become known as total war. 
在这种情况下,2战中的美军和我们的盟军指挥的,所谓的全面战争。
Nothing was off the table: 
没有什么是不能讨论的:
enemy combatants were mutilated, tortured, summary executions performed on wounded and those immediately taken prisoner, heads displayed in a variety of ways (typically of dead Japanese), and civilians killed by the ...tens of thousands via bombing, etc. 
敌人的士兵被致残,虐待了,受伤的人和那些关押的战俘被临时处决,人头被用各种方式陈列展览(典型的死日本人),轰炸杀几万市民了,等等。

Some of these acts were indeed gross excesses, but in the big picture, that's how WWII was fought and won (and the press and the high brass swept as much of this as possible under the carpet), and I've never interviewed a veteran from WWII who felt any guilt about the way we prosecuted the war.
这些行为中的一些才是真正野蛮无耻的行为,但是从总体上看是,如何战斗取胜(新闻报纸和军方高层尽可能的掩盖事实),我从未采访到过任何一个2战老兵对我们在战争时期贯彻的行为而感到过内疚。

My father's task force passed several hundred Japanese sailors floating at sea whose ship had been sunk and every U. S. vessel was ordered to depress their guns to the lowest elevation and fire into the human mass as they passed by. 
我父亲的特遣队从几百个在水里漂流的日本海军士兵身边经过,他们的战舰已经被击沉了,每一个美军战舰上的美军士兵都被命令把自己的机枪压倒最低位,当这群水中的日本海军士兵经过的时候,向他们开火射击。
Dad, to this day, feels absolutely nothing about that event, saying that everyone on his destroyer just did their job knowing the enemy would have done the same to us in a similar situation. 
我的父亲,直到今天,对这个事件也不以为然,并说,在他的战舰上的每个人,只不过是做了日本人在同样情况下也同样会做的事情而已。
What mattered was winning at all costs, and that we did. You can indulge a sense of remorse, if you choose, and go back to being civilized once your enemy has been unequivocally obliterated and has lost all will to resist."
重要的事情是,不惜一切代价胜利,而且我们做到了。如果你选择,你可以沉浸在后悔之中,也可以回到文明,一旦你的敌人已经明确的被彻消灭和完全失去抵抗。
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I republish this comment without judgement. Simply an observation for reflection.我没有判断评价,重新发表了这个文章,仅作为反响的观测。

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Moguro氏のコメント

Mr. Yon quoted the comment in his FB.




Here are some comments and replies.

  • Mike Howard  Michael Yon, this is the most meaningful point I have read on your page in regard to WWII. This is not about criticizing old ladies who remember being abducted and treated poorly during the war. This is about what the war then says about us today.
  • Michael Yon  PRC Chinese government loves people like you. They call them "puppets" and "suckers." The encourage Koreans to encourage old ladies to lie about their past, knowing that suckers will believe it, and will be afraid to challenge lies coming from old ladies because that will look like thrashing old ladies. But a reality is that some older people actually do lie. Believe it or not, it is true. Do not be a sucker.

Mike Howard マイケル・ヨンへ,これは第二次世界大戦についてあなたが書いた記事で最も意味がある.戦争中にさらわれてひどい目に遭わされたおばあさん達,慰安婦を批判しているのではない.戦争についての話,つまり現代の我々についての話だ.

Michael Yon 中国政府はお前のような人物を好む.操り人形とかカモと呼ぶんだ.カモたちは信じやすいからと,おばあさんに過去について嘘を言うようそそのかせと韓国人に肩入れをし,おばあさん達を鞭打つようなものだからと彼女らが言う嘘に反対することを恐れる,しかし現実には嘘をついているおばあさんもいるのだ.信じようと信じまいとそれが事実だ.カモになるな.

  • Kurt Woody Laduron   I just want the Japanese to know THEIR WW2 history...by the numerous posts of denials, its clear their government and Education Ministry has been complicit in keeping the actiions of WW2 Japan from the general population..but with the internet, that is slowly changing...Japanese people continually deny these attrocities:

    Bataan Death March - Philippines..
    Palawan POW Massacre - Philippines
    Alexandre Hospitol Massacre - Singapore...
    Massacre at Lipa - Philippines...
    138,000 Allied POW deaths in Japanese Prison Camps...

    Just to name a VERY few...
  • Michael Yon   Kurt -- Your burning hatred for Japenese has blinded you. Unless you went to school in Japan it is hard to take your opinions serriously about what Japanese students are taught and not taught. This is also 2015 -- schools have no monopoly on information.

    Your hatred is blinding you but others see it for what it is.

    Someone could easily make a similar list against us, the USA:

    1) Genocide against native americans
    2) Slavery
    3) Trail of tears (our own inconvenient 'Bataan Death March')
    4) Lynchings 
    5) Japanese put into prison camps
    6) Firebombings against civilian targets too many to count
    7) Atomic weapon dropped on civilian center in Japan
    8) Another atomic weapon dropped on civilians in Japan
    9) Americans laughing at it
    10) Americans EVERY SINGLE DAY saying we should nuke someone else (imagine Pakistanis saything that about us)
    11) Bombing Laos -- zero threat to USA -- until it looked like the moon with all the craters
    12) Supporting terrorism in Thailand in 2013, 2014, 2015.

    Let's not start the list game. We lose. Last 70 years, Japan has been one of the finest countries on earth. Japanese do not owe us or anyone else apologies.

    And if China or Korea want to see the list of their ongoing crimes against humanity, it will take pages. That you constantly side with China against Japan is disturbing.

Kurt Woody Laduron 日本人に知って貰いたい.彼らの第二次世界大戦の歴史は...歴史否定者の多くのポストによるが,政府と文部科学省が共謀して....(途中略) 日本人は次の虐殺を否定している ・バターン死の行軍 フィリピン  ・・・ (以下リストは略)

Michael Yon  お前の猛烈な日本嫌いはお前自身を盲目にしている.日本の学校に行かない限り日本の学生が何を習って何を習ってないかなんてなにも言えない.今は2015年だ ― 日本の学校に情報操作なんて無い.(略) 我々に対しての同じ様なリストなんて簡単に作れる:1) ネイティブアメリカ人に対しての虐殺 2) 奴隷 ・・・ (以下略)


Discussion is still boiling.
https://www.facebook.com/MichaelYonFanPage?fref=nf


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Monday, March 16, 2015

戦争犯罪

もしも日本人がこれをやったのだったら,それを我々は戦争犯罪と呼び,絞首刑にしただろう: Charles E. DiSipioによる私のフェイスブックへのコメント

「(here are the first few sentences of the comment)

    第二次世界大戦で,アメリカと同盟国は完全なる戦争を実行した.
    例外など無い.敵は殲滅有るのみ,拷問にかけ,集団で処刑する.
    負傷兵も例外では無い...... 以下略

 (and the details are left out.)
」

このコメントについては何も言わない.
反応を見るためだけに.



If Japanese did this, we would call them War Criminals and hang them:

Comment on my Facebook from Charles E. DiSipio 

"The combatants in WWII, in this instance, the Americans and our Allies, conducted what has become known as total war. Nothing was off the table: enemy combatants were mutilated, tortured, summary executions performed on wounded and those immediately taken prisoner, heads displayed in a variety of ways (typically of dead Japanese), and civilians killed by the tens of thousands via bombing, etc. Some of these acts were indeed gross excesses, but in the big picture, that's how WWII was fought and won (and the press and the high brass swept as much of this as possible under the carpet), and I've never interviewed a veteran from WWII who felt any guilt about the way we prosecuted the war. My father's task force passed several hundred Japanese sailors floating at sea whose ship had been sunk and every U. S. vessel was ordered to depress their guns to the lowest elevation and fire into the human mass as they passed by. Dad, to this day, feels absolutely nothing about that event, saying that everyone on his destroyer just did their job knowing the enemy would have done the same to us in a similar situation. What mattered was winning at all costs, and that we did. You can indulge a sense of remorse, if you choose, and go back to being civilized once your enemy has been unequivocally obliterated and has lost all will to resist."

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I republish this comment without judgement. Simply an observation for reflection.





慰安婦についての記事

アルジャジーラの記事から:

「この件に関して参入してきたおそらく最も高名なアメリカ人はマイケル・ヨンだ.受賞ライターであり写真家でもある.イラクとアフガニスタンにおける米国軍陸上戦の実況で卓越した評価を得ている」

「最近ヨンは中国に固執している.アジア地域と究極的には世界を支配するためには中国は何をしても良いと思っているだろうとみている.」

「彼によると慰安婦の件は,歴史を直視し正義のなすための偽りの無いキャンペーンなのではなく,日本国内の世論を分断させ国力を弱くするための戦略的な「情報戦」なのだそうだ.」

「ヨン氏は彼のフェイスブックで,日本を愛するように憲法を改正しなければならない,まちがっても中国が日本を飲み込んだり小突き回すことを試みないように,日本は強くあらねばならない.究極的に言って,もしも日本が弱ければ平和は訪れない.弱い日本は戦争を招くだけだ,と述べている.」

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Al Jazeera on the Comfort Women issue:

"Perhaps the most high-profile American recruit to the cause is Michael Yon, an award-winning writer and photographer who gained a degree of prominence for his on-the-ground coverage of the US military in Iraq and Afghanistan. 

"Recently, Yon has become fixated on China, which he describes as a "criminal state" bent on regional and, ultimately, global domination.

He views the comfort women issue not as a genuine campaign for justice or the proper recognition of history, but as a strategic "information war" meant to keep Japan divided and weak.

"As Yon explained on his Facebook page: "Japan must make a Constitution that is pro-Japan. Japan must be a powerful fish that is far too dangerous for China to try to swallow or push around.
"Ultimately, there will be no peace if Japan is weak. A weak Japan will eventually lead to war.""

More:

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/features/2015/03/japan-comfort-women-battle-spills-150311082100873.html



Saturday, March 14, 2015

日本について

タイ国にてイギリス人の友人とランチをした.

今日のランチでは,中国と日本の状況と,それがどのように米国とその他に関係するのかについて話し合った.

良識有る人物と靖国や慰安婦,また中国がたくらんでいることについて話すとき,目から鱗がおちるようにすぐに理解してくれることは興味深い.

多くの場合たった5分から10分で十分だ.例えばたった数分間,いくつかの事実と常識的推論を説明するだけで多くの人々がセックス奴隷の物語についての見解を変える.まるでそれまで暗かった白熱電球が突然ともるように.

IWGリポートやReport49,その他の情報がオンラインで簡単に手に入ること,背後には中国がいて,それらは実際に日本国憲法九条に関係していていること,なぜなら中国の謀略が進行中であるからと伝える  —  人々の目に光がともる.刃物を預けることなどできない残忍なけだものとして日本をけなしているのだ.

中国は人々が記憶している限りナチスよりも多くの人間を殺害している.ホロコーストと並ぶ,あるいはそれ以上の大量殺戮は人類史上無い.中国はそれをやってのけた.日本は大量殺戮には一切関与していない.

それらのことを説明すると人々は本質を見るようになる.私は,よく,私の言葉を真に受けるなと言う.ただ注意深くしていてくれと,そうすればいずれ自分の考えにたどり着くのだ.

どうして靖国が中国人や韓国人を立腹させるかについての話になると会話は興味深くなる.

実のところ中国のプロパガンダは,日本が死者を呼び起こし戦争に熱狂しようとしていると多くの人に信じさせるほどうまくいっている.

しかし私が神道と神道の神官や他の人々から学んだこと,および靖国は数万ある神社のうちの一つに過ぎないこと,また最も有名な神社というわけでもないことなどを説明すると,次第に人々の目は開かれ,それがあるままの現実を見るようになる.だれも戦争犯罪者を崇拝などしていない.

それからアメリカのために戦った第442部隊について話を進める,彼らは米国軍の歴史上,最も勲章を得た日本人から構成される部隊である.ロサンゼルスにある彼らの聖廟を訪れたこと,そこに祭られた日本人の名前の横には何の階級も書かれていないことについて話す.

神道の精神から全ての死は同等なので階級など必要が無いのだ.死者には犯罪歴や将軍などの上下関係が無い.そこでは単に魂が祭られる.

靖国も同じだ.我々は戦没者を祭る権利がある.日本人にも同じ権利がある.

米憲法修正第1条が信仰の自由を保障していることや,どのように参拝すべきかについて平和な日本人に教えてやる権利は我々にはないと言うことを説明してやると,皆,はっと気がついて納得してくれる.

我々には信仰の自由がある.日本の文化と心の平安のために信仰している平和な日本人に干渉することはない.

たとえ毎日いろいろな国のムスリムたちが互いに虐殺し合っていても,我々の政府はムスリムにモスクに行くななどと言っていない.

私自身は多くのムスリムは平和的であると強く信じている.いろんな国で多くの時間をムスリム達とすごしてきたが何の問題もなかった.数日前にムスリムとランチをしたくらいだ.実際は一握りの過激なイスラムによって数万の人々が死んでいるのだ.これは否定できない.しかし神道の聖戦や神道ジハードに直面したからと言ってだれも死なない.

我々はムスリムやヒンズー,ユダヤ教徒,その他に対して信仰を捨てろと言うべきではない.それは彼らの自由だ.彼らの人生だ.

我々の政府は靖国に対してこれ以上なにも言うべきでは無い.

今日,私がイギリスの友達にこう言った.米国大統領がアーリントン墓地に敬意を表すことに対して米国駐在の日本人大使が不満を述べること想像してみろと.

そのような抗議をしたらすぐに数百万のアメリカ人が怒り狂うだろう.我々は日本人の大使に対して自分のことだけを考えろと言うはずだ.

日本駐在のアメリカ人大使は,実際,そのようなことを言ったのだ.これは大勢の日本人を怒らせた.今,私はなぜ多くの日本人の友人たちが怒ったのかわかる.それは実際,我々の関与する話ではない.

しかしちょっと離れて見ると,中国は,まるで日本がトラブルメーカーであるかのように見せつけることにに対して素晴らしい仕事をやってのけている.よくよく見ると日本はトラブルメーカーではないことは明らかだ.

もしも我々がタイの首相に仏教徒が戦争犯罪に関わったので寺院を訪れるべきで無いなどと言えば,世界中のタイ人が怒るだろう.多くの国籍の仏教徒が怒るだろう.(もっともよく訓練された仏教徒は怒ることもしないだろう.知識が無いと,かわいそうに思うかもしれないが)

イギリスの友人にこれらのことを説明すると,彼は現状をもっと良く理解してくれた.

一般にアメリカ人や西洋人にそれらについて説明するときのカギとなる点は,背景となる文化について解説することだ.人々の心を開くのに数時間もかからない.みんな常識的なことを聞く準備もちゃんとできているし,実際,ちゃんと聞いてわかってくれる.



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On Japan: Lunch Today with a British friend in Thailand
Over lunch today we discussed the situation with China and Japan, and how this relates with the United States and others. 
It is interesting that when talking with sensible people about Yasukuni, Comfort Women, and what China is up to, the sensible see the light almost immediately. Just 5-10 minutes is enough with most people.
For instance, with just a few minutes of explaining some facts and common sense reasoning, many people will change their view on the sex-slave narrative. 
Suddenly the lightbulb goes on that it actually does not even make sense. Offer that people can easily find the IWG report, Report 49, and others online, and point out that China is behind this and it really is about Article 9 in the Japanese Constitution -- because China is on the march -- and peoples' eyes light up. 
This is about painting Japan as a ferocious beast that cannot be trusted with scissors. Even while China works on its submarines and aircraft carriers. 
China killed more people in living memory than the Nazis ever killed. Few genocides match or overshadow the Holocaust, but the Chinese managed to do this. Japanese have never committed a genocide.
When these things are explained, people start to see it for what it is. I usually say don't take my word for it. Just start paying attention and you will come to your own ideas. 
When I mention Yasukuni, and how this makes the Chinese and some Koreans throw tantrums, the conversations become interesting. 
Chinese propaganda has been so good that many people actually think that Japanese are trying to raise the dead into some war frenzy. 
But when I explain what I have learned about Shinto from Shinto Priests and others, and that Yasukuni is just one shrine out of tens of thousands, and not even the most popular, the people light up and see it for what it is. Nobody is worshipping war criminals. 
I tell them about the 442nd, the Japanese who fought for America and became the most decorated unit in US military history, and that I visited their shrine in Los Angeles. No ranks were listed beside the names of the fine Japanese enshrined there. 
No ranks because in death everyone is equal, by Shinto philosophy. In death, there are no criminals, no generals, no upper or lower class. Just spirits who should be honored. 
And so it is at Yasukuni. We have a right to honor our fallen. Japanese have that same right.
When I explain that the US First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, and we have no business telling peaceful Japanese how they should worship, again people light up with recognition. 
Yes. We have freedom of religion. It is not our business to interfere with peaceful Japanese who should worship as befits their culture and hearts.
Our government does not tell Muslims to stop going to mosques even when Muslims in various countries are slaughtering each other daily. 
I still strongly believe that most Muslims are peaceful. I have spent huge time alone with Muslims in many countries, and have no problems. I just had lunch with a Muslim a few days ago, but the fact is, millions of people die at the hands of radical Islam. This cannot denied. Nobody dies in the face of a Shinto Crusade or Jihad.
We do not tell Muslims or Hindus or Jews or anyone else that they should not worship as they wish. That is their business. Their lives. 
Our government should make no more statements about Yasukuni. 
When I said to my British friend today, imagine the Japanese Ambassador to the United States complaining that a US President paid respects at Arlington. 
If the Japanese Ambassador made such a protests, the protests likely would instantly anger millions of Americans. We would tell the Japanese Ambassador to mind his own business. 
Likewise, the US Ambassador to Japan actually made such a statement in Japan. This angered millions of Japanese. And I understand now why so many Japanese allies were angered. It really is none of our business.
But from a distance, the Chinese do a fine job of making the Japanese out to be the troublemakers. Up close, it is clear that the Japanese are not the troublemakers. 
If we told the Prime Minister of Thailand that he should not visit temples because some Buddhists have committed war crimes, Thais around the world would become angry. Buddhists of many nationalities would be angry. (But the most well trained Buddhists would not be angry. They more likely would feel sorry for us for being so ignorant.)
When I explained these things to my British friend, he understood more of the real situation. 
The key to explaining these issues to Americans and westerners in general is to make these cultural translations. It does not take hours to open peoples' minds. When you talk common sense, people sense it, and they are ready to listen.












Friday, March 13, 2015