Sociology of wearing leggins

Wearing leggins series the third article.

Wearing leggins related to the influence of global warming and current economic recession.

These days winters are not so cold than ten or twenty years ago. Therefore women keep on wearing a mini skirt till late autumn, even in the midst of winter we have much warmer days than before when it's sunny, therefore women doesn't like to buy a long skirt in order for them to just endure a couple of colder days in winter.

So women came upon an idea that they can still wear a mini skirt by wearing leggins in it to spend a little bit colder days in winter.

They don't have to buy a long skirt, it's not useful to buy one since no extra money for it. 

What was the language Jesus spoke in his preachings?

They say it was mainly Aramaic, sometimes Hebrew. But I want to think it Koine. Here's my article based on my mere assumptions.

I think Jesus was able to speak, use, understand workable Koine, not to say standard Greek.

I admit his native tongue was Aramaic, though, he must have understood Hebrew, at least what is written in Scriptures.

The reason he had to establish new religion somehow must have been related to his native tongue. He must have felt alienated from Hebrew dominated Pharisee society and Koine dominated Levant world.

That said, however, I assume his entire preachings were basically held in Koine.

What he wanted must be preaching as many people as possible.

His choice of universal language must have been the reason his teachings had dominated in Levant world, and his teaching itself matches the universality of its language.  

God and the name of him

Hello ***,

 

I was confused myself...  Read especially Acts 2:21 more carefully. Both Acts and Joel 2:32 says ' the name of Jehovah'. I have to check the grammar of 'of' in original language, but it seems not 'the name' is 'Jehovah' and it's more likely that means 'Jehovah's name'  

 

If his name is Jehovah, these passages ought to be written as 'Jehovah, the name of God'.

It seems Jehovah simply means God in these passages. I can read these passages as 'the name of God is unknown but call him in our mind'.

 

Probably more in passages at Joel, Jehovah is used like a proper noun. Basically Jehovah is the name of God in Hebrew scriptures.  I can't believe Jesus used the term Jehovah in early Christianity.  Jesus might not have used the term Jehovah because we can imagine that he wanted to establish a different religion from Judaism in his teachings.  

 

Please examine more on this. Because we've been discussed it many times.

 

 

                                                              Mer

Cause of his death

Pilate asked Jesus only whether he was a son of God. Jesus didn't deny and said as he said so. Virtually he admitted that he was a son of God. At that time a title son of God was only used for Caesar or more specifically for Epiphanes. Pilate must have known Jesus was guilty for high treason judging from the way he replied.

Marriage -its ideal & reality

Many years ago I thought I'd better marry not so pretty woman because I don't have to worry about her being another's love after we married.

Many years later I realised I can't divorce her. If I did so, she would have no another husband. Certainly she has not loved by many guys, but also from now on she will not be loved by others but me. I would divorce a woman if she were very pretty. I wouldn't have married a pretty woman and I would divorce a pretty woman. It was really a right decision to get married to not so pretty woman in many aspects.

Ghost mansion

I went to the university festival near my house. I entered the ghost house by myself. It was a spot so popular that many young couples were waiting for the room. It was very well devised and completely dark. It was a very good place to confirm the love between couples. They must have spent too much money for making a house. The place was one of the main attractions in their school festival.

Devisers know how to nourish love more than how to accumulate their knowledge.

Some university today became certainly a ghost mansion of knowledge.

Divine wind

Many university students were enlisted just before the end of the Pacific war in 1945. Almost all were dead in a desperate attack. One commander of them sent them saying that he surely come after their death. Just too many youngsters around age 21 were dead before the end of war, but the commander survived.

He kept his promise at age 95 long after he made a promise

Automatisation of death penalty

Many inmates are waiting behind the death row, but their penalty has not been carried out yet. It's necessary to have the permission of the Minister of Justice to carry out the execution in each cases.

Also the Minister of Justice Kunio Hatoyama declared that there oughtn't to be any waiting for the permission of the Minister of Justice to carry out the execution.

He said death penalty automatically be carried out.

I think this is insightful.

Friend's friend?

Japan's Minister of Justice! Kunio Hatoyama confessed that his friend's friend is a member of al-Qaeda.
What he wanted to point out was 'probably' that terrorists hide themselves beside us as he clarified today in his constituency, so be careful. But believe me...it's too difficult to interpret so. Just too many people interpreted that he -Minister of Justice Kunio Hatoyama himself is a friend of terrorist group.

Theoretically speaking, neither enemy's enemy nor friend's friend means anything. He was not wrong. Just he should have needed to make allowances for the gap between his intelligent level and that of the general public.

He should have rightly confessed that his enemy's friend is a member of al-Qaeda since many people tend to get an impression that friend's friend must be a friend.

Difference between pro and amateur

Pro tends to think evaluator couldn't evaluate him well when he was not evaluated well.

Poincaré conjecture

The attempt to confirm Poincaré conjecture is a useless act.

Covenant with God

Humans made a covenant with God two times, one time in Moses' times and the second one was made in Jesus's times. Humans have had no success in this world if they exchanged the contract with God.

On the other hands, Faust made a contract with Mephistopheles in exchange for his soul, but he had regained his soul after his death even he succeeded in acquiring tens of interesting experiences in this world.

You know Devil was one of archangels in heaven. He was a fallen angel. Devil symbolises the true figure of ambitious humans who succeeded in this world by opening a new frontier.

Nothing happens if we kept on walking the path someone made.

Art & Porno

One day I thought about what the difference between art and porno. Between art & porno solely depends on how a watcher feels, not a photo itself.

Conversation with a visitor

Religious situation in America is very different from that of other countries. Almost all people believe in Christianity. Almost all people in America are Protestants. But the problem is there are tens of millions of denominations among American Protestants. Episcopal, Presbyterian, Evangelicals, Baptists, Anglican, Mormon, etc. It is somehow taken for granted that all people believe in God, Christianity in America. Which denomination that matters.

You see in a country virtually all people believe in Christianity, people tend to believe in Christianity formally, not substantially. Some need to pretend to believe in God because only somebody next to them supposedly believe in God. I must say some people just pretend to believe in God as a pose.

Jehovah's Witnesses were different among those might be pretending to believe in God as a posture.

Situation here in Japan is very different from that in America. Usually I found almost all Christians here regardless of their denominations are very religious and faithful people. Many Jehovah's Witnesses are true Christians. I agree, but I regret to say that some Jehovah's Witnesses are not. At the same time many Catholic believers, Protestants are true Christians. Again some Catholic, Protestants are not.

You often say there's only one God's earthly organisation, though you don't clearly say which is so. Also you mention lots of times about Apostasy. But what is important is not an organisation. It is very beneficial to learn and keep in touch with organisation as long as it helps strengthen your faith. Most important thing is your relationship to God, not organisation.

Now as to New World Translation. This translation was thought to be the work by one man with the help of other four members of committee in Watch Tower. In other major translations more than 100 scholars involved in the work of translation in order not to be biased in a particular idea. Important thing is Bible is a word of God and this book was written in very old times in ancient Hebrew and ancient Greek. We need some interpretation for that reason. Ancient language must be very different from current language. Of course English is very different form Hebrew and Greek in the first place. So what we need to know is what message God really tried to send us humans. All translation of Bible are a result of how we interpret it from original text. Important thing is what God really wanted to send us, not merely what is written. There are many literal expressions as well as figurative expressions. Prophecy is basically figurative. We need to look into what was His real intention.


It is very acceptable for us to use New World Translation in our daily study, but if we felt some questions as to what really God wanted to say, it is strongly recommended to refer to other version of Bible as well as what original language meant.

You don't salute national flag or sing national anthem. You don't accept transfusion. I think national flag, anthem, transfusion have nothing to do with right or wrong. What matters is whether you feel it sinful or not. Jehovah's Witnesses usually feel those conducts violate God's command. Therefore you ought not to do them. Otherwise those have nothing to do with your faith.

As to God's name. I am not sure whether God has a name though your supreme God, Almighty God is called Jehovah by Jehovah's Witnesses. But if some one who has different faith calls his God in different names like Deus in Catholicism, you ought to admit their God is the same as your God. God Himself is the same, but how to call Him that differs.

These are the impressions that I had through conversations with Sister. 

Acceptance & tolerance. Most important factor in religion.

Whisky & Life

'What does he think deep in his blue eyes? Rimbaud - the highest poet in literal history.'

'Nietzsche or Sartre, Socrates or Plato.. all raised up fighting with their inner trouble. You are a big shot. You and I are big shots.

'Do you like whisky, don't you? Shall we play a little bit more?'

-All are taken from commercial messages of whiskies in TV.'

Meaning of sacrifice

As you know Abraham was about to kill his only son Issac with a request of God to offer as a sacrifice.

Somebody told me his interpretation that Abraham was so staved that he had to ask his God if he could kill his only son to feed himself. God said Ok only anyone can kill their kids on the verge of their starvation. Abraham didn't have to kill his only son only because he was fed by something other than his son.

I don't think it's not likely though anyway Abraham thanked God as a result.

Let me hear your interpretation.

El Alamein

In a movie a young volunteer soldier who is a student of philosophy and history back in Italy abruptly uttered looking at the strange signs scratched on the surface of the big rock asked whether the rock was at the time of Roman rule by his comrade that the ruins then they are dates back to 10,000 years ago before Romans came.

The author probably suggested that El Alamein was neither Briton's, Germans nor Italians.

By the way, no women appeared in the movie.

The result he never imagined

Hess flew to Scotland with the hope of negotiating peace with his counterpart. He was arrested. He was never released till his death at age 93. The last release was done by himself. It was the only freedom he was allowed.

Hess's confession

He said as if all were indicted for nothing but accusation created falsely. Hess was arrested in 1941. Throughout the war he was out of sight. Everything after he was arrested was out of his sight. Hess's analogy Nuremberg trial & Great Purge in Russia interests me a lot. He was inappropriate for Nuremberg trial at all. Yet the reason it was done was pure political, not criminal at all.

War criminals

They ought to be hung, not shot. Why? Because they need to be executed as criminals.

Victim of his fate

A man who killed 33 young guys confessed at the moment of his execution that he will be the 34th victim of his murder.

I am neither a serial killer nor want to know the mind of murderer though presumably what he wanted to say was that he killed 33 people with inevitable force as he is about to be executed by it.

Or inevitable fate I should say.

Hess & Hoess, two different figures

Rudolf Hess and Rudolf Hoess... Rudolf Hess was a deputy Fuehrer and fled to Scotland before Barbarossa to negotiate peace with Britain. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and he kept on custody from 1941 to 1987.  He was not released even in a short time. It was natural if we thought about the position of Russia, Russia was about to face hypothetical German-Britain Allied.  Rudolf Hoess was a commandant of Auschwitz concentration camp. He was sentenced to death in Poland, 1947.

In Japan's phonetic system, two names are completely the same, but the roles in war was very different. We were told not to confuse when we first encounter two names in our school. I took him for another one when I saw first in more than twenty years in a documentary program. I had been not always aware of those two differences.  

 

 

Charisma

After sentenced in 20 year imprisonment, being asked by one of his prosecutors in Allied countries what was the key to succeed, Speer replied that it is to make the most of your charisma.

Speer won the last opportunity whether he was sentenced to death or reduced his charge. Probably his prosecutors started thinking he is too charismatic to be killed.

Photo again in English circle

Farewell party of another member.

Restructure -that leads to war

Restructure ...the word seems nice but in reality it means dismissal from someone's job.

As a result of restructure, the number of the unemployed increases.

War offers perfect situation for the unemployed to a job by becoming a soldier and construction or manufacturing opportunity for the damage. 

War occurs usually after the major change of social strata.

Hornucopia

Hornucopia appeared at the pinnacle of happiness.  

Hornucopia must be representing the moment of happiness.

Chore

Chore...it's not a nice word.

Many people believe usually housewives do chore but I don't believe so. I do chore.

But more and more I've been changing my opinion, especially after I had love with a girlfriend.

Women are usually passive in love affair in our case, I don't know as to your case though.

After the banquet,  I am as if I run through long distance race. Instead she is like a woman who were flown by the very rhythmical tide.  She looks very vigorous. All the more I am exhausted.

She is doing chore, like washing glasses and cleaning tables.

I am temporarily at a lost.

United States of East Asia

I think you know Toshiba is Japanese company. But my Toshiba is made in China.

'Toshiba' was written in Chinese characters. We Japanese think it's because Toshiba is a Japanese company since Japanese use 2000 Chinese characters.

But I think people will learn to think at a glance of 'Toshiba Co, ltd. Made in China'  that 'Toshiba' was written in Chinese characters because it's a Chinese company naturally.

As a matter of fact, right now many office jobs as accounting, etc are transmitted electronically to China and many Chinese people are transacting tens of Japanese office work in China.

They will be forming the United States of East Asia spontaneously.

Militarism & Democracy

Japanese photo journalist Kenji Nagai was shot dead by Burmese security forces in Rangoon. He was one of few people who were shot dead at demonstration. Probably he was shot because he carried a camera, taking some pictures. It is bad to gun unarmed people. It is worse to gun a photo journalist who tried to take pictures of them. 

China and Russia still support the military regime in Burma. Other democratic nations support democratic movement. Peaceful demonstration is not a bad thing, but it often leads to revolution. That's why military regime suppress the demonstrator.

I must reminds you that basically state power established under the strong influence of armed forces. Japan was so, many other nations were also so. It is only a couple of decade ago that the democracy became most important in politics.   

Non nationality pop culture

I am rarely surprised at the sight of any one except Dj Ozma. Beforehand, Gackt and Shiina Ringo was the only musicians that attracted me a lot.

Very borderless? Eh?

Marxist Hacker 42 - Slashdot User

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Vitamin L

Love is workable when a little is applied like a vitamin. That's why she cancelled our date, I had to spend a miserable night alone last night. But the expectation to have date at night kept me conscious a lot to myself during the day yesterday. I feel rejuvenated thanks to that. That's why I call love a vitamin L. 

Old , elder, eldest

I have two girl friends. One is one year older than I and the other is one year younger than I. For those who don't feel distinction among 47, 46, 45, this blog entry is irrelevant. But that matters a lot especially to me.

A woman one year older than I is kinder, nicer, more dedicated, more self-restraint, more sacrificial. She takes care of me more than I can expect her to do.

On the other hand, a woman one year younger than I is meaner, less dedicated, more selfish, more capricious,  less sacrificial to me. She takes care of herself before she does something for my sake.

I love senior woman. We are all old and among older ones I choose oldest.  

 

Friendship Visit

Ah my friend dropped in at the last moment before leaving Japan. Temporarily he was in Osaka for about a month.

He's leaving Japan for the Philippines for good. Of course it's gonna be very difficult for both of us to see one another.

But I was very lucky for he visited us. He's leaving Japan from Osaka on 25nd of September.

Nice friend makes our pleasure double and our sadness a half. 

Anyway, see you on line. By the way, I became old. 

Signs in elevator

K >|   means open
>| K   means close

Basis is unclear.

Liquor & Love

I found an interesting phrase while I was walking downtown on the street. The name of the restaurant was ' Those who only use their jaw' which means 'talker restlessly without serious thinking'.

Liquor gives us freedom Love robs freedom of us.Virtually no meaning at all, though I admit it's an interesting expression.

Crime's advertising effect

Crimes are heinous act, but also it is true that by the crimes some unknown company becomes well known. The name of companies appears in news, newspaper for free and repeatedly.  This is the only positive side in the negative incidents.

We miss someone

When someone is in presence, though we accept overall him, we tend to find fault with him. Instead if he is in absence, we miss him. What we recall is only all his good things.

Hostess & a writer

Last night I took two pictures of her in a food stall called yatai. The third picture was taken 3 years and 4 months ago in Karaoke bar .

Actually I met her for the first time in 3 year 4 month.

I got different impression from 3 years ago. 3 years ago she was just like a young mischievous girl. But the one last night I saw was just a very graceful lady.

I proposed her to go out with me under the premier of marriage.  She accepted and our relationship started.

She is a hostess in Nakasu, a nationally famous red district. She's 45 year old.

The one beside her is a strange person according to her.

   

 

Land ownership and the concept of figures

For those who take it for granted that the land they live belong to no one, it would not be acceptable for them the idea of land ownership.

They would have gladly accept three thalers in exchange for the land they live and see in front of them. For them three means simply a lot and the land means just nothing.

They didn't expect themselves to be expelled from the land after exchange was made.     

Double standard

If murderer is rich, the defence lawyer defends him in view of his mental incompetence.

 

If murderers are poor, the defence lawyer defends him describing how his childhood was miserable. 

 

Nature of sexual desire

When desire is satisfied, we lose sight of what the nature of sexual desire is.

Someone who asks what he was asked

Recently I noticed some politician never express his idea. Instead of replying directly, he asks his interviewers what he was asked by them like 'How do you think about that?

Then we have to reply to our questions. We are always perplexed by his ridiculous counter-question.

We were not supposed to ask those who ask back. They are not deserved to be authorities.  Small fish never be able to reply, what they can do is just 'ask'.

But he is a politician, that is a problem.

Charm

If I were asked whether I like younger or older women, I would reply that I like older women. Older ones have charms younger ones don't have.

Crystallisation of love

On the last Sunday I went to realtor's office to find a room for a daughter of my girlfriend. She's 47 years old and a very woman of the photos in my site above. Her daughter's 18 years old and working already.
 
Her daughter's going to move to the new room on 25th of September.

From living together to marriage, our marriage got closer.     

Tags

crime, god, marriage, war 
Those terms appeared to be in bold letters in tag section.

Those must be my centre of interest that I haven't noticed.

Marriage & religion

In some religion a believer has to find a spouse in the same believers.  That makes easier to find a spouse. But once they got married they have to keep on follow the same way of life according to the religion. If one abandoned the belief, the two has to separate.

It seems true marriage lies in different place than religion.

Son of man

Jesus... he was a son of Josef and Mary so naturally he was a son of man. And he described himself as a son of man many times, he didn't say he is a son of God even one time. If I remember correctly he was asked by Pilate whether he is a son of God, he said just 'as you said so' . This is a form of negation.
Christianity was started by people who believed Jesus is a son of God.
At that time the title son of God was used to refer to Octavianus, Emperor of Rome.
Actually a son of God is as good as the alternate name for king.

But if you think the title son of man is a humble expression, you are misled.

Is any ordinary person claim on purpose he is a son of man?

What Jesus wanted to connote was that he was originally a son of God but he was born from human parents.

Thus a son of man is more glorious than a son of God in meaning.

Dementia

Concept of figures

One of uncivilised people used to count the number as 1, 2, many. For them three and one hundred didn't make difference. They would have agreed to exchange three silver coins and almost unlimited land.

We ordinary people grasp the numbers of one to nine in each different figures. But one genius can grasp the number in each different shapes, and he can calculate answer by multiplication done by their shapes. So he can automatically calculate like 78623 X 1984778 by forming two figures together.

I assume some might be almighty.

Mono culture

Monopoly or oligarchy in economy is so common. How about monarchy?  United Kingdom & Japan's political system are constitutional monarchy. How about monotheism? Overwhelming people around the world are believers of monotheistic religions. How about monogamy? Monogamy is only allowed form of marriage in Western civilisations.  Virtually one party - Liberal Democrats has been ruling Japan's politics for half a century. The influence of one language has been expanding a lot.

Privilege

Religious people often say 'it's our privilege to serve our God'. So I asked him if the use of the word 'privilege' is strange. After a second he replied, saying ' actually it's not a privilege, because nothing gain from it.

Honest.

Religion and tolerance

I think most important teaching in religion is being tolerant.Yet I found religious people are not tolerant.
They only accept the world according as they believe in.

They try to exclude other than what they believe.I want religious people to know what the essence of religion is.

Maybe it's possible because they are 'religious'

Between scylla and charybdis

Labour cost in China is much cheaper than Japan. Japan's company has them do many manual jobs. American products are more excellent than Japan's product. More and more people are inclined to start using American products.

Japan as a country has already disappeared. Although it might take some time for people to realise it.

Double agent

Nothing more heinous than the crimes committed by those who ought to control crimes. They ought to be punished more severely. Because they not only damaged people or property but directly gained profits from them.

Privilege and right

To admit somebody's privilege follows the infliction of other's right.

Psychology of wearing 'leggings'

Today I noticed leg-ins are a part of undies. Probably she's eager to show her undies to attract men, but in reality of course she can't. Instead she makes her desire satisfied by showing her leg-ins, which is a extension of her undies.

Death of French cinema

My wife and I went out to watch the movie. We were watching Taxi 4. That's a Luc Besson film. In my understanding he was a good director who is good at making an interesting film.
We left the theatre after 45 minutes. 

Cohabitant Trouble

One of my relatives came to my house and keep on staying for a couple of months, without working. She said she can't work because of illness.

No. You can't work. That's your illness.

Raison D'etre

Wicked people find their raison d'etre to be wicked, and ordinary people find their raison d'etre to be ordinary.

Therefore they never cross. The wicked keep on doing harm on ordinary citizen.

Bureaucrats versus ministers

In Japan unfortunately the real power is firmly gripped by bureaucrats.
Ministers change, bureaucrats never change.

Bible harmonises

Bible harmonises because not harmonised parts were excluded from Bible.
Bible harmonises, which is tautology.

Baptism by fire

It occurs to me baptism might correspond to destruction by God. Baptism by water corresponds to Deluge and baptism by fire might correspond to Armageddon.

Just the thought.

Literal translation

Literal translation doesn't work.

English term 'Good morning' is literally means 'yoi -good, asa -morning'
But nobody here understand if someone say 'yoi asa', which literally means 'good morning'

Instead we use the term 'Ohayo' which literally means 'It's early'
But nobody in America would understand if one of them said 'It's early' instead of saying 'Good morning'

Translation requires meaning to meaning, not word to word.

I feel it's derisive when someone insist some translation is accurate because it's word to word.

True Superstition

20 years ago in America.

One very old woman told me someone who opens umbrella in a room will be suffered from unhappiness for three years and it's true.

True superstition?

She must have wanted to say that the superstition is true. Not the contents of the superstition is. 

The truth about Asashoryu

Asashoryu is a Mongolian Sumo wrestler who got a highest title.

He was absent from one trivial series and Sumo association accused him of not attending the series, prohibiting his playing two important series.

He was reported as mentally ill, and this is said to be the absence from the trivial series.
This is not true. He is completely sane.
What makes him nervous was the decision of Sumo association that prohibited his playing two consecutive series. It was Sumo association that made him sick.

Angel of light

In two different parts of Japan -Oga peninsula and Yokohama, the scene of unidentified flying object was video-recorded. One recorded in Oga peninsula was like a rolling sphere of light, and the other taken in Yokohama was like a stingray swimming in the sky and the size of the shape changed one to five times bigger. I recall the shape of Seraph's flying. 

Farewell party

Top; Head of the group and his wife

From left to right

up;missionary, missionary, researcher(he's leaving for the Philippines),high school teacher, writer, teacher, teacher

down;I don't know their profession. Sorry.

English circle; 28/Aug/2007

 

Pleasure Boat

On the last Sunday I went to one university where test for social insurance solicitor took place with a friend who took this teat.
We arrived at 8:30 in the morning. She's going to take this test until 16:40, so I needed to kill time until then. I went to the famous Wajiro lagoon near the university. I walked and walked along with the lagoon under the extremely strong sunshine. I was the only who dared to do under such a extreme sunshine. I got tanned very much.
I was the only one on the land side, but on the bay there're three pleasure boats that were playing ski on the water. Some of a young girl wearing bikini shouting very loud, which was of course seemed very fun.
It takes nothing to walk along with the beach. It takes a lot of money to play on the water. I felt envious, to tell the truth.
Back in my home, I learned one of the people who were playing ski on the water accidentally drowned to death. He was drunk and dropped from the pleasure boat accidentally when someone cut the direction sharp.
The news report revealing that he was a member of self defence force.

Total eclipse

One of my friends let me know that we had a total eclipse for a couple of hours. It was till 20:30. I was unable to observe though. I thought it symbolises his leaving from our sight soon.

Famous last word

Tonight we had a farewell party for one of our colleagues who came here a year ago for exchange scholar from the Philippines. He's about to leave here soon.
'This is the beginning of our true friendship.' This word came to be my famous last word to him.
Men and women are physical relationship. The relationship is likely to cease when they leave. Between men and men are of course spiritual relationship. Spiritual relationship will start strengthening itself as they left.

Matter of comparison

Take my word for it, the silliest woman can manage a clever man, but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool. -- Kipling

Now I understand why I've been needing a clever woman.

Death Toll

Hitler sent Jews to death camp, eliminating 6 million. The same number of Germans were killed at the end of war.

Hitler eliminated 10 million Russians. The same number of Russians were killed by their leader Stalin.

Japanese troops are said to kill 10 million Chinese. 2 million Japanese people were killed at war.

In battle of Okinawa, 200 thousand people were dead in 80 days. In Nanking Massacre, 300 thousand people were killed in 42 days.

In atomic bomb, roughly 70 thousand people were dead in each two cities instantly. About 100 thousand people were dead in Tokyo incendiary air strike at one night.

Crime doesn't pay, let alone war.

Hirota & Hitler, one common point

Hirota was the only civilian politician among 7 executed war criminals in Far East War Tribunal held after the WWII. Other 6 were all military commanders.

This tribunal was held under over lawful considerations. Under the Constitution at that time Emperor was the supreme commander of all military forces and adminislative body couldn't possibly interfere any decision military forces determined. Military was where no political power could reach. Hirota, prime minister in time of war was not guilty if they applied existing laws at that time to him, but he was charged and hung to death in the end.

In Germany, Ribbentrop was executed though he was a civilian politician. General Headquarters of Far East wanted to execute Matsuoka too, he was a foreign minister and civilian politician. He was dead in natural cause during the trial. Some civilian politician had to be hung in this trial at least to reinforce the justification of political forces in Allied by denying the political power in Axis countries. In my opinion, Hirota was chosen to act for this justification. Hitler was of course a civilian politician.

Cultural Revolution

In China 1960s.

Chinese leader Mao Zedong made use of two traditional very useful tactics. One is to make a scapegoat. The other is Divide and Rule. Many regional leaders made targeted as counter-revolutionary and two different sects were struggling whether they were revolutionary or counter-revolutionary.

Red Guard led the struggle and People's Liberation Army settled the conflict, or semi-civil war.

War Crimes

In Japan August is a season of war. Two atomic bombs were dropped in two cities in August. Japan surrendered in August. Besides they have usually bon festivals which celebrate the return of ancestor's souls as well as the souls of the dead at war.

Dead people are free from any discriminations they had while still they were alive. Even though executed crimes ought to be treated just as the deceased souls as ordinary citizens. War criminals are a strange word. For those who think war is nothing but a crime, war crime just sounds like capital punishment death penalty, or automobile car, submarine undersea boat.

Seven war time leaders were executed as A class war criminal in International Military Tribunal for the Far East held in Tokyo after the World War II. One out of seven was a civilian official. They were charged at their role of war in three parts, war crimes, crimes against peace, crimes against humanity.

Some insist that they ought to be payed respected in a different shrine other than one particular shrine that specifically designated for soldiers who were dead at war. Is there any meaning to discriminate even after their death?

About those who pretend to be evil

There are some people who pretend to be evil. What's their psychology?

Probably their moral standard is extremely high and they realised their behaviour cannot possibly meet their supposedly very high moral standard. Their claim is humans are so sinful and they themselves feel as if they are committing some crime. According to God's standard, humans make error. According to ordinary humans' ordinary moral standard, humans are perfect.

Cross culture

Many people believe cross means Christianity. How come it came to be a symbol of Christianity?

Jesus was believed to be crucified on the cross, that is one reason. The fish mark was used to represent Christ, and cross might be the simplified form for fish or Christ. The first Greek letter for Christ is X as the abbreviation form Xmas suggests and X became the representation for Christianity. Cross had been used to represent Seraph, or angel, cross came to represent Christ after people started believing Christ became angel after resurrection.

In Japan there's very few church and many people here don't know the relationship of cross and Christianity. For almost all people here cross is just a decoration of some design. Probably I think cross was used to indicate an important target as a bull's eye, this could have meant simply an objective of life.

Economic aspect of war

In ordinary times it's hard to decrease population drastically. People cannot kill other people in legal manners. Population tend to increase. The more population grows the harder they feed themselves. War occurs when systematic culling was necessary. At war innocent people kill one another. There's no more effective way of culling of population other than war.

Did St Paul meet Caesar?

He insisted he meet Caesar when he was talking to local authority or he asked this local ruler to make him see Caesar. But I think he didn't see Caesar. There's no direct description as to him seeing Caesar.

I believe in God

One of my best friends pointed out pointing one of the famous Bible account that is God is love. He said God is love, not God has love. That means God is a personification of love as well as wisdom, power, justice.

We must believe in God or at least we ought to.

Where is the Red Sea?

I read Exodus in New International Version and in the description of crossing the Red Sea the note says that is the Sea of Reed located at the lower Nile that has an ebb, so I understand Moses was well versed in astronomy and he made use of his knowledge and he crossed the Sea when the land appeared from above the sea.

But one of best Christian friends insisted that he as well as Jewish people crossed the Red Sea and he thinks it is well in accordance with Bible descriptions. But I think it's hard to cross the Red Sea, because it's too deep the seabed lies. Do you really think Moses really crossed the Red Sea or Sea of Reeds? Also it's too circumnavigating way to take the route across the Red Sea when Canaan is just next to lower Niles.

Defrost

Dacha in Mt Aso

I took holiday from 8th of August to 11th and I spent a couple of days in dacha, I mean second house. I must emphasise I don't have a second house,  I rent it for one night. 

Mt Aso is 1500 metre high and it was of course cool. I went there by my car via express way. 

Nice refreshing time.    

Psychology of wearing leg-ins

Psychology of wearing leg-ins is obscure. They wear a mini-skirt, they don't have to wear tights to hide their legs, yet they do probably because of shame they tend to feel when they wear the mini-skirt. This is, I think, a sign of another movement of women's lib. They are eager to wear the same cloths as man's so that they feel they all are the same as men in appearance as well as the work they usually do.   

Atomic Bomb

62 years ago today one atomic bomb was dropped under the sky of Hiroshima. 400 thousand people were terminated at one second.

Many US articles justify dropping the atomic bomb saying it accelerated the end of war and made lessen the number of casualties both in US army and Japanese nationals who were likely to resist in the event of US army landing and they also introduced the number of casualties who were dead at the time of Tokyo incendiary carpet bombing,  that is 100 thousand civilians.

Many Japanese people and newspapers accused of dropping the atomic bomb in humanity perspective. But I think it was inevitable to use the ultimate force to put an end to the war no matter how many people were victimised by this act. 

 

Excursion II

Right, the path of philosopher, in the shrine of noble ship.

Huge rocks supposed to be used to fasten the ship rope. 

Excursion

I found this figure in front of the house located at the next to my girlfriend's house. This is very similar to Seraphim.

Left, in front of the gate I found those famous gatekeeper called Hoo Dog. This is so similar to Cherubim in role.

Mudflow, deluge, bridge collapse

We are alarmed by mudflow, deluge. This is not a drill. All our news are about typhoon No.5 except the news from Minnesota bridge.

Natural disasters

Only several weeks ago intermediate quake hit northern Japan. Some weeks ago one typhoon, typhoon No, 4 hit our area. Now we are under severe attack from typhoon No.5. In south Sakhalin, intermediate quake hit the area. Lots of people stay in refugee shelter. As if our country were cleansed. IAEA is coming to investigate whether nuclear power plant in northern Japan was safe on 5th of August. They will stay in the area for four days. We can't easily get out of the house.

Letter from Noah's Ark

Now typhoon hit our region. Our region is under very heavy rainfall. It will be clear tomorrow. I'm on a short trip tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.  See you on Sunday night. 

Interesting Psychology

There are some people who start boasting someone as if he were themselves. 

Polytheistic reality in Monotheism

There are many Monotheistic faiths which hold only one God. Those feature is similar. He is absolute and omnipotent being. Ahura Mazda in Zoroastrianism, YHWH in Judaism, Lord in Christianity, Zeus in Catholicism. Are they all the same God whose names only differ or are they all different Gods who claim to be only one God?

Repent, the end is nigh

A 75-year old man was arrested for asking two people to kill his third son, who was killed at 26-year old five years ago. He got 100 million dollars from life insurance.

His wife was at age 42 also killed in an accident inside their house 30 years ago. She was fallen from staircase. He got 8 million dollars at that time from life insurance. Whether she was killed by him wasn't questioned.

In his garden I saw a statue of St Maria. Did he place it in memory of his love to his wife or a remorse he had by a crime over his wife.

Repent, the end is nigh is a phrase for those who committed some crime, for ordinary people repentance doesn't exist anywhere. St Maria might be his confession of his crime in his inner voice.

Heat Wave

Our archipelagos was hit by extremely hot weather 34c highest these two days and nights. Due to this, my computer showed some malfunction and I was unable to open it a couple of hours. Now heat wave's gone. My computer was unhurt.

Korean Hostages

Out of 23 Korean hostages held by Taliban, one was killed. He was a pastor. I understand Taliban are a group of religious teachers. Do teaches kill a pastor? It's hard to understand.

Marriage of Inconvenience

This marriage was suspiciously made between homosexuals. But not between same sex but different sex. This marriage was made between a man who likes a man and a woman who likes a woman. The woman was a famous figure so I guess she needed to hide her sexual preference from the eyes of general public.

What she didn't realise was what her husband said soon after they got married. He revealed simply that he is gay.

Crime and No Punishment

Aren't people who just followed the order of state power and committed some serious crimes guilty after the state lost its political power?

Report of Earthquake

American Army contributed 96 air conditioners to refugee camps in Niigata earthquake occurred some one week ago.

One nuclear power plant there decided to accept IAEA's investigation, not inspection some time after IAEA offered.

Ten Minutes Supper

We usually have a regular meeting of English circle on Tuesday from 8 pm to 9 pm. I finish working in 7 pm and I need to move, so usually I have no time to eat supper before the meeting. But today I had some time to eat supper, the time was limited though. It was only ten minutes. But ten minutes was enough for me to finish having supper, so I felt strange when one of our members said it's very short.

Ten minutes supper, is it strange?