What Must Be Examined Is Not ISIL— The True Process Behind the Installation of Comfort Women Statues in the U.S. —
Rather than superficial coverage of ISIL-related incidents,
this essay argues that the truly critical issue for Japan lies in examining how and why comfort women statues were installed across the United States.
2016-10-14.
The following is a paper that I disseminated to the world last year.
For example, if テレビ朝日 still has time, even as of last night, to examine the process by which ISIL came to murder Japanese citizens, then there must surely be something far more urgent that it ought to be doing.
For instance, examining why Koreans began installing statues of young girls in the United States and presenting them as so-called “comfort women” statues is a matter far more important and far more serious for Japan and the Japanese people.
With regard to this issue, those who, like myself, have subscribed to 朝日新聞 for many years should purchase—indeed, must read—the current issue of the monthly magazine WiLL (820 yen).Because it is precisely there that hidden truths and concealed facts lie piled up like mountains.You will, like me, be utterly stunned.
And just as I have repeatedly stated, it will sink deep into your heart that one of Bob Dylan’s signature songs, The Times They Are a-Changin’, is exactly what is happening now.
This has nothing to do with my own classmates, but when you consider those who, like the middle-to-lower half of my classmates, were merely exam-elite students and chose Asahi Shimbun as their workplace, you will be left at a loss for words at their appalling state.
Possessing nothing more than the intellect of exam excellence, they merely parrot secondhand knowledge obtained from interview subjects such as the Ministry of Finance or academics, yet have spoken as if they themselves were omniscient embodiments of justice—and upon realizing that all of it was nonsense, you will again be struck speechless.
No wonder that when I first read the so-called written dialogue conducted in a weekly magazine between a prominent Asahi Shimbun reporter and Professor Fujioka, I thought, “What is this—this man is nothing but a thug,” a sentiment you will surely share.
You too, like me, will be left utterly speechless upon realizing that you knew absolutely nothing about how things truly unfolded.
