terrorism in London
Feel sorry for people who live in England, must be scared. Hope the number of lost and injured will not increase anymore.
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It is a bit long though, I will appreciate it if you leave your comment on this blog. I want to know what other people think about things and understand them. Thanks.
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I am hoping that this will not lead any exclusion on certain group of people.
I was raised in Hiroshima where the first atomic bomb was dropped in the world. One of the only two cities (both are in Japan, Hiroshima and Nagasaki) which have been dropped an atomic bomb.
The terrorism in London reminds me the attack of Sep. 11th 2001.
Last night I woke up around 10pm. I was tired after eating out for my Dad's birthday and took a nap from 6pm. I woke up and watced TV and found out about the terror.
On Sep. 11th 2001, I came back from work and turned on TV which I hardly did the time back then, and saw a terrible view of a plane about to crash into a tall building of World Trade Center, the anchor was saying something about rumor that it could be a terrorism but not sure about it at the moment, and then saw the 2nd crash.
After the terrorism, things were carried out so quickly. Speach of Bush, the president of the U.A. The stupid declaration of Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi of complete support of American action toward terrorists under any conditions. I am looking up internet right now to clarify what happened after 9.11. Following Oct 7th, America started bombing at the taliban controled area in Afghanistan. Shorter period than one month after the terror.
I talked with two very close friends in America. The both of them have said "there were no other ways but attacking (might have been a different word they used) Afghanistan", and I was very shocked and sad, I could not say it to them though. What I felt was "would you say the same thing if the terrorists were Japanese? Wouldn't you seek for other choices beside bombing? Did you try every possible ways before that (-- I did not feel like it)"
It would be definately different circumstances if the terrorists were Japanese, cos Japanese tops will hand in the criminals to America for no dought so....
If I were true friend to America and the prime minister of Japan, I would try every way to stop the President and seek for other options. Because I have many friends I love in America.
I have a friend whose father was a soldier in Viet Nam. He got the PTSD, became an alcoholic and got divorced. I believe that he being soldier at the war must left a huge amount of negative inheritance to my friend and her family.
I had a chance to see her dad when I was in the U.S. I tried to act friendly possible hoping that my being will affect any possitive ways to ease her dad's feeling from the war, it might sound stupid to others but I was quite serious and thought because Japanese and Vietnamese are look alike, that if he felt somewhat good with me, it might ease his pain he had.
Several years ago, I heard the dad is now economically well off and has good relationship with his second wife, so I am glad.
I had some chats with my brother how shock it was to me, when my American friends have said about Afghan attack carried out by US armies. Afterword, I addmitted that I expected too much on my friends wanting to hear what I wanted to hear back then (some like "should be some other actions taken"). Because it was in the U.S. it happened and not in Japan. I am not sure how I felt if that was happened in Japan, I probably got more apset and scared. Do not have confidence on that my opinion would be the exact the same one.
According to the experience I have with my friend's father, I wanted to stop sending people for wars. Nowadays, equipments are well improved and you may not have to see the people dying in a short distance though, it will probably enough to hurt people's feeling and plus it will definately succeed to kill people living on the lands being attacked and maybe also some from attacking. I want neither.
When I was 4th grader in the elementary school, I had a dream. Dream to become friends with people all over the world. One afternoon the way back from the school, I stopped at the top of the steps we have on the passage, I turned back watching the bottom of the stairs and thought, one day in the future I want to become friends with people from all over the world and talk and share a lot of things.
There maybe many reasons that wars have started in the past though, I am really really hoping that peaceful world and happiness of people throughout the world, no matter where they live, what they believe in and so on.
We have a wonderful constitusion that forbids any militant action of ourselves (article 9 of the Japanese Constitution). The article has been a big debate many times in Japan in the past and on the event of Afghan offense, the interpretation was changed so quick by the prime minister Koizumi and his party and has decided to send our Self-Defense Forces overseas.
It's been awfully long... so I will stop this right here.
If anyone thought my writing is upsetting, I am sorry. It is not my intension to upset others. And please do not take this as a opinion of Japanese. This is just what I think and feel, and not every Japanese think, so please do understand that. Thank you very much for reading.
P.S. To tell the truth, I am a bit scared to upload this. I do not want other people to hate me or anything like that by reading this... I am hoping that sort of things will no happen...
Peep at Japanese life?
?? I think, there are kinds of opinions on subject 'sex'. I have had an acquaintance that wanted to have sex as many people as possible. It was a man whom I worked with long time ago. When I lived in Hokkaido for four months, he came on business and we had tea together. He told me that he wanted to have sex with me then... 
He said he had a girlfriend in Tokyo who was 20 something back then (he was a married man just in case). He also told me if he had sex with me once, he would never interested to have it again with me (who asked you?!?! such a funny guy mentioning that even before having that? don't you think?? I never said yes to his suggestion ne..... weirdo!). Anyways he mentioned the word 'Sennin-giri'. It literally means killing thousand people by sword to see the skill of himself or to accomplish some prayer. It is commonly used to have sex as many people as thousand also. I hear some people say that. I would think what is the point to have sex with thousand people though, since the guy sounded so lonely when he had said that. As we grew up in this society of monogamy, I think lots of people would grow up hoping to find one special person to live with and have sex with. I assume there are many of other opinions as well though.
. But it did not really matter since I loved him. But luckily we got devorced and I had chance to have sex with someone else.... sex could be WONDERFUL!!!! Sex with Minoru evolves!! even after three years has passed after we met, it is improving and it is just fantastic! I just did not know this would get better and better this much. I think it is because Minoru and I communicate very much and very well. We feel very safe to each other plus we know how to tell each other what would make us feel good *blush*
