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

Judo France

Hollande or Sarkozy? French presidential runoff is coming soon. By the way, I have tried Judo long ago, but I gave up it at once. Why does French like such the clingy sports? Once Salkozy mocked Sumo, and Japanese Sumo association canceled French titled prize as a protest.  French must be clingy person. and might... I'm too. I heard from a German  "French is very very clingy". Now Judo is no less a French martial Arts than a Japanese budo..
 Well,  depending on American conservatives, Islamic power is bringing devastating changing over Europa. Nordic country will become a Islam country from a welfare country because of their difference of birth rates. French presidential election came to be moved by "Far Right". Le Pen is neglected among medias but she famous even in Japan too. She might be True Winner.  A Japanese Budo like Judo has some aptitudes of politically right. In occupied Japan under America, Judo was banned because of it's nationalism. In France, subconsciously  Judo might be anti-Islamic identity too.
 Can I see both presidential candidates try to handle the "Newaza"( pinning attack or throttle technique)?

P.S.
 American conservatives often speak ill of French, but I had not so sympathy with them. I respect  French philosophy and enjoy France Gall, and Paris is the best city I want to go in the world.

Eclipse

 Soon an annular eclipse of the sun will  be seen in many area of the world.  If it isn't obscured by clouds, I will see it May.21in my area.
 As for Eclipse,　Mitsubishi motor company had discontinued it's coupe "Eclipse" last year. I can't understand why it had such the name. But Mitsubishi motor company was eclipsed. Probably,it maybe means "supersede". Three Diamond Mitsubishi were famous for "Zero Fighter WWⅡ". Mitsubishi is a weapon maker too. Eclipse might be a solar weapon. Legendary Ancient Queen "Himiko" fell from power because of  a total eclipse. It is thought that traitors devised this ultimate weapon. Since then, Eclipse happens by this mystic weapon.
 Of course this story contains a joke. Joking aside,  an eclipse would be associated with supernatural power by ancient peoples. it is true that an annular eclipse will be visible soon. Don't see  the sun directly  without eye protections.

Let's Try "How many megapixels?"Negative Film

"Maybe 5or6 megapixel digital camera, 135 film equals to"We often heard and listened to such the review or a sales promotion for digital cameras . To say the fact, I had no interest in photograph until a few years ago,  I didn't know in practice how resolution a camera film has.
 Having been bored with digital camera, (digital camera photography don't need the skill so much, mastering PC imaging aside.) I began to use film cameras. I have no film scanner, but I got to substitute digital cameras for a film scanner.  And I found negative film have far more performance than what digital camera promoters had said.

 This film is Kodak PORTRA160.(135 negative film)  Lens ; Cosina Zeiss PLANAR *T 50mm
Can you see the black rectangle line? This area became to the next image.

This image's resolution is far better than  a common flat head scanner.  This image has less area than one hundredth of original. One line equals to 2 pixels. This image seize is 487×328, and depending on lines in the image. Perhaps this image maybe equals to 200,000pixels.

 In conclusion, This trial shows 35mm negative film's resolution estimated 20 megapixels or more over. .

 Left image is a set for microscope digital photo made by myself. (Nikon Pronea Lens and Canon S95, light box, anti-newton ring acrylic plate, so on)












I didn't know how small detail a film can capture.  When I knew the real performance of negative film, it was due to be dismissed in any place I went.　And now digital camera are getting superiority of the resolution to a film.
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   This blog is not always camera topics. Perhaps camera topics are few in usual.  My interests and aptitudes mainly are based on a cultural science or philosophy. Miscellany about Politics will sometimes be uploaded..

The more pixels, the less business

For many photographers, as a matter of fact, digital camera performance might not be so important topics. Day by day, new digital cameras show up and implemented higher performance we have never seen before.

 But unfortunately, many pro cameramen are losing their jobs in Japan. Especially, publishing and advertising business are reducing needs of photograph and can't afford to pay cameramen. How about web business? It's almost child errands. I have not heard "Web business is lucrative"at all. Digital camera enable us to take photo easily, and client often do without extra cameraman.

 I got a nice idea! How about being paid from a cameraman? Nowadays even many girls want to be a camera(man or girl?). They should pay clients to take photo. Do you know a self publishing? Photo publishing will do same as it.

 In a used camera shop, I often convince that some cameraman closed their business. Tools of his trade is on sale together.
 May the glory of 80's  come back to photograph business ?