Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Thank you all!! xoxo
Today was the last day of Freshman ELP! I can't believe it actually finished....Even though I had hard times doing all the homework, I really enjoyed ELP classes.On the last day of ELP, we continued to watch the movie "This is What Democracy Looks Like". I was wondering what was the position of the police side. We have to listen to them before making judge of the movie. I also thought that Japanese young people do not demonstrate because we do not know about what is going on in the world, we do not care what is going on because we are busy with personal problems and we know that only people on the top can control the world. I personally feel that the world exists somewhere else, I mean I feel it is far away from us. I also got surprised that demo against the Iraq war, only 30,000 people out of 30million did demonstration , although there are much more around the world. Iraq war is not directly related to our life in Japan, which can be the reason for not having demo in Japan. have to thank Rab for giving us many useful knowledge, especially computer skills. I'm sure that those skills will be used in my future work. Also, thank my section mates! Even though we had SEKUKON once in the spring term, I really like you guys that you always go your own way! Best wishes to you all<3Have a great fall break!
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You do know the police side - you saw their interviews in the movie where they lied on TV and said they did not use teargas and said only 20 people were hurt. You saw their instructions in the van - hit hard and fast. And with your own eyes you saw them beating peaceful protestors, much more than 20 and using teargas. What more do you need to know before making a judgement?
ReplyDeleteI disagree that only people on top can control the world. Only people on top can control the world in a way that only benefits the people on top - that is a more accurate statement. But are you happy with that state of affairs? As to the world outside Japan not affecting you - well if you go anywhere and get less than friendly treatment from Arabs because the Jeitai was in Iraq you would see that everything has an effect on everything else. And everyone has personal problems but many still make the time to protest injustice - but why not in Japan? You need to think deeper on this point maybe.
Anyway enjoy the well earned break.