2010-9-6
I reflect on the following

Every day, on my journeys to and from the subway　not only inside the subway trains　but on the way to and from the ticket gates
While walking　so many people　that it would hardly be an exaggeration to say most people　are typing emails
On their mobile phones　reading them

I had thought disapprovingly　is it really necessary to go that far　until yesterday

That it is precisely because they train their fingers like that every day　that they become those overwhelming voices
In the live reporting from the scene
Please　go right ahead　train your fingers without wasting even a spare moment　so that whenever the need arises
You can let us experience the full joy of democracy as we did yesterday

For having criticized you　from on high　from a position like that of an Asahi editorial writer until now
I am ashamed.

For I　who cannot even photograph a shrike perched on a cherry-tree branch（despite having bought a mobile phone called “Instant Shot”）
Cannot convey the sense of being there at the scene.