politics and religion

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Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Parenticide and suicide occurred

Tragic murder cases occurred today killing one's parents and oneself at one time.In my younger days the only parenticide I remember was that one prep school boy killed his parents using his baseball bat that caused much sensation to the society at that time, while in these days it's becoming not rare perhaps because of the society being more confused than before.From religious standpoint,suicide is believed to be the worst sin in this world while parenticide ranks the second.Therefore,it's beyond imagination how unearthly crime it is.Following recent such situation,today it was announced that a new law regarding suicide case was established to take precaution measure against such cases.I think every member of our society should be involved to reduce such tragedy as much as possible.

Monday, May 29, 2006

Japanese Anthem Kimogayo has lyric in English!?

I happened to find a funny story that someone created a lyric in English to our Japanese Anthem Kimogayo.It's not literally translation but a play on words by transforming every Japanese syllabic sound into English ones that sound similarly.Therefore, people may not able to make out whether it's sung in Japanese or English.Besides,its newly invented English meaning has their thought against patriotism.This mischievous trick was intended by those who protest against new Japanese regulation forcing students and teachers to song Kimigayo at its school ceremonies,so that they who used to refuse singing can sing their ironic song with pleasure by getting around the authority.Though I myself am sitting on the fence about this issue,I can't help clapping hands for this marvelous trick.Here it is.

kiss me, girl, and your old one(kimi ga yo wa)

a tip you need, it is years till you're near this(chiyo ni yachiyo ni)

sound of the dead "will she know(sazare ishi no)

she wants all to not really take(iwao to narite)

cold caves know moon is with whom mad and dead"(koke no musu made)

Thursday, May 25, 2006

China

Continued from yesterday.I read the story about China's outlook of politics and economy to the future based on the past history.It says Chinese citizen especially low income families have few benefit from the past revolution which only widened the gap between riches and poors.THen what the writer worries most is that China's dictatorial government may also dictate its economy that restricts the chance for private companies to develop,driving itself way to collapse.

The IT industry that I'm also involved is also being threatened by China's rapid economic growth.You know,IBM's PC business was sold to China's company.What I was surprised most about China,however,is that it still has very conventional dictatorial government in spite of its having more advanced technologies in many fields.

When we look at this fact,there seem to exist another wide gap besides what the writer indicated.That is wide gap between their old fashioned government and their having brand new techonology.I'm afraid it may cause some additional negative influence in the future that we've never expected.

I hope we Japan should be wiser by learning a lesson from them,though we already seem to have something in common like wide income gap and our dictatorial political leader.

P.S.I like China and I feel very sorry our Yasukumi problem offended them.So I don't wish my article offend them.