Korea, Gilded But Inwardly Rotten

There is no more problematic country than Korea in the view of it's history.  Their modernization and independence wasn't attained by myself, so they depressed the fact under the subconsciousness.  To be the fact, Korean hasn't known the essence of modernization yet. 

   People who knows nothing about fundamentals of everything, is always very snobbish and delirious. and NOW Korean are  infamous for prostitution and racism against black people in the world, although they has been  condemning PAST Korean console women hired by Japanese Army and discrimination in Japan.  

   The prosperity of Korean economy has depended on Japan, but now they are about to abandon the obligation. Takeshima problem is only the beginning. 

  The more scarcity in the mentality Korean feel , the more vanity compensate for it.  The recent forgery of Lee Myung-bak might be the beginning of the end of gilded Korean history.

The Golden Age Of Pop Music

  Music sales have fallen dramatically and music business is in a predicament. What's wrong?  I splurged much money for modern Jazz, but I hardly listen to even it now.  A heyday of pop music had already gone long time ago.   New faces on a music billboard in apple store don't look so attractive and the trial listening disappointed me anytime. After all I look for old hit songs.  History never repeats itself. The Golden Age of Pop Music won't come again.

 Well,  I used to listen to soul music. Now I sometimes listen to 60's France Gall.  She hardly sang  in English, although she sang her repertoires  in German and Japanese.

Will Turkey Go To War With Syria?

  Now, Many people might afraid of the next phase in the middle east. Syria have already declared "Total War" and shot down Turkish warplane.  Turkey is mobilizing and assembling it's military troops near the Syrian Border.     
 Turkey is a member of NATO, and it's air force is the most powerful in NATO.   But Syria has the crafty defense system, so Turkish air attack against Syria might get many damages. If Turkey enter the war, Hezbollah will inevitably attack Lebanon, and Israeli will be dragged into the battle. After this, Shiite Armageddon might be looming.

Why Does Syria Matter?

 Syria seems to be plunged into a terrible war. Bloods seep into a ground from fallen citizens . Many horrible scenes were captured , and they are on air in the world. I'd rather be bored or thrilled  than feel sympathy with uprisings in Middle East.
  I live in Japan, and almost people might have nothing to do with Syria.  Of course I can do nothing definite for Syrian people.
  What is the reason why peoples in the other nations feel so much care?  Is a sublime felling of ethic or humanism? Perhaps "No".  Inquisitive and curious mind? "Yes all right."
 If unconsciousness is connected with  a world changing or happenings, it is quite natural that we feel much care or fear about world misery. Because we watch the scary footage as a reflection of ourselves on TV news.
   I have just reminded the famous novel "For Whom The Bell Tolls" This is story about "Spanish civil war" Spanish Civil War incurred Nazi's Military intervention after all. That was a beginning of rising Hitler power. Assad might looks as if he were Franco in Spanish civil war.
   Syrian matter, it matters for thee.

Non Compos Mentis ,Breivik

 Japanese law system is a written law system. Especially, the criminal law is based on exact  written statutes. Every legal punishment needs satisfying conditions that a crime and it's assessment are defined by written law beforehand. And statutes concerned are ready for various cases. These systems like Japanese law, generally are called the continental law system, which are discerned from common law system.

  In Japanese criminal code 39 clause provides "not guilty by the reason of insanity". Crazy, lunatic person has no ability to take responsibility for his act. He is regarded being ill of mind rather than a criminal. Origin of this principle in Japanese law system is very old, "Yoro statutes (AD 718)"provided insanity clauses.  In Meiji era, Japan reformed law system, but insanity still remained to be legislated. 1891,in Otsu, Russian prince was stabbed by young lunatic man. Japanese government apologized Russia ,and made insanity clauses concerned.

  Non compos mentis is a legal term, meaning "mentally having no capability of managing one's own affairs". Norwegian massacre incident last year, it was scary event, and the defender Beirvik's attorney alleged insanity, and he was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia. Usually a trial like this case is impossible. He could have avoid the trial. But Breivik trial began.

  Depending about reported details about him, probably he is suffering from serious mental disease. "Not guilty by the reason of insanity", this phrase must made Norwegian outrage. Judges might be very afraid to be condemned. Although his testimonies are crazy,and dreadful, but his opinions are coherent, and indicating  weak points  in our normal world. But this is a typical pattern of insanity crime.

 Judges won't be able to find a moderate reason to blame him for. Should he be charged in mental clinic before the tragedy? If he had been charged, the massacre wouldn't have happened. And then , mental hygienic authorities might be blamed for their negligence. After all , he will  be punished not for his act but for his dangerous spirit. He should be erased in our memories.

 In fact ,Since 1980's, insanity problems like Breivik incident, have refrained many times. and many people were dead.  1989, Tsutomu Miyazaki incident was one of these insanity crime too. 
After uproar and sensationalism in TV news,  What changed?

Ring Of Fire ,Annual Solar Eclipse

Today, I successfully took a photo of the annual solar eclipse in Kanagawa, Japan am 7:34.
It was cloudy, but eclipse was visible. Soon later, it will be seen in a part of North America.

Heil Heidegger

Heidegger, Martin. Do you know this German Philosopher's name?  You might know something about Plat,Kant , Marx , Freud, Nietzsche, so on. But Heidegger is not known so well among people.
 In 20th century, He is estimated as the most influential philosopher among Japanese scholars. In spite of high reputations in France or Japan, his name is not so famous even in Germany.

(Victor Farias,Heideger and Nazism)

 Though his book"Being and Time(Sein und Zeit)" is too difficult to be read without sleeping. his eccentric phrases must obsess readers. He  insists "As for being itself, we have all forgotten this basic problem. Existence itself is not obvious."

When the terror incident occurred in Japanese subway,1995 ,I realized the seriousness of a fact that Heidegger had existed  itself .  His idea contained essentially the terrorism against Western civilization.



P.S.
I found Jonah Goldberg had written about Heidegger three years ago.(an author of the book "Liberal Fascism")


www.nationalreview.com/corner/189047/heil-heidegger/jonah-goldberg