A very Japanese failure of diplomacy
For a culture obsessed with politeness and a country that wants to raise its diplomatic clout, it's amazing how Japanese politicians offend everytime they speak about their neighbours .
It's great to know that the country has sharpened regard for human rights after perpetrating some of the worst crimes against humanity (WW2) and spending 60years in denial .
As for military expenditure ; it's like a criminal with a record of assault with a deadly weapon questioning an ex-victim's application for a gun licence.
As for the Japanese citation of the USA as the model of ideals like freedom and human rights ; learning from a country whose political leaders re-defined disregard for human rights and wants to spy on its citizens ; who else better?
As long as the Japanese diplomats conduct Janus style diplomacy , no one's gonna respect them .
It's great to know that the country has sharpened regard for human rights after perpetrating some of the worst crimes against humanity (WW2) and spending 60years in denial .
As for military expenditure ; it's like a criminal with a record of assault with a deadly weapon questioning an ex-victim's application for a gun licence.
As for the Japanese citation of the USA as the model of ideals like freedom and human rights ; learning from a country whose political leaders re-defined disregard for human rights and wants to spy on its citizens ; who else better?
As long as the Japanese diplomats conduct Janus style diplomacy , no one's gonna respect them .
posted by J at 11:42 PM
1 Comments:
Thank goodness there is a good proportion of Japanese folks who do not think like Tokyo mayor Shintaro Ishihara for example.
Unfortunately with his political clout and position what he says rings out more than the civil folks and that side of the argument gets more media coverage since it sells papers. And that's what most of us in the rest of the world hear.. sigh..
In something more distantly related..
Just went through my Haloscan commenting system today and found a couple of your comments caught up in the moderation list.
Long story short.. I've cleared the back list of comments for moderation and your blog post regards Japanese citation of the States as the model of ideals like freedom and human rights is coincidentally related to to my reply of finding a video clip about American mentality towards pre-emptive strikes to your comment about linear and twisted thinking.
How coincidentally spooky! (^.^;;)
To add to that I think there are other countries that look to the West as a model or excuse for their adoption of regulations that limit human rights and invade personal privacy.
For instance I heard about the officials of a country at the tip of a peninsula commenting that since London already has all these close circuit cameras around town protecting the safety of the folks, that should be ample reason that they adopt it as well.
"Excellent" line of logic..
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