AO試験の過去問で、死刑の是非について問われる問題がありました。
いろいろな資料とかもみてみたのですが、とても難しい問題ですね。
ちょっと考えてみますか・・・。
There was an essay question to do with whether the capital punishment (dealth penalty) should be abolished in Japan or not. I did some research about it but... well it's such a hard question.
But let me do this....
死刑が廃止されるべきかについて、
賛成派、つまり廃止されるべきだという人たちの意見としては、
The opinions for those who support the statement, those who argues that the dealth penalty should be abolished say:
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<For the Dealth Penalty>
１、死刑の恐怖により、殺人が減る
Threat of the death penalty setves as a deterrent for future murder
死刑がなくなれば、凶悪犯罪や殺人の数も増えるという考え。
If the threat of death penalty disappears, there will be an increase in homicide rate.
２、犠牲者が死を免れることができなかったのに、犯罪者が死を逃れることができるのは不平等である。それは正義ではない。
That criminals are given a chance to escape the death while the victims never had a chance to do so is totally unfair. The victims never receive a full measure of justice.
３、死刑囚には遺書を書いたり、死への準備時間まで与えられるのに、犠牲者にはそんなことはない。それなのに法律はその犯罪者を人権の名のもとに守ろうとする。犯罪法が、犠牲者とその家族か死刑囚か、どちらの立場を守るべきなのか考える必要がある。
A criminal on the death row even has a chance to make his will and prepare for death while the victims can never do it. All the same, the criminal laws even protect the criminal in the name of his constitutional rights. We must ask ourselves which actions serves the true humanitarian justice: to protect the murderer or the victim and his family.
４、目には目を、歯には歯を
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
５、殺人者が社会復帰することは、危険であり新たな凶悪犯罪につながる可能性がある
It takes lots of risk to let the murderers return to the society and he may cause another violent crime.
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うーん３番がだいぶ難しかった！日本語にも英語にも上手にできなくて時間かかった。
でもざっとこんな感じですかー
Damn the second one was really hard! It took me so much effort and time putting my thoughts into words. But yeah I guess I'm done.
では次は死刑反対派の意見です。
Now we'll move on to the arguments against the death penalty.
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<Against the Death Penalty>
１、死刑は加害者の更生、社会復帰を阻害する
The death penalty fails to rehabilitate the assailant.
これは、大体の殺人は加害者が論理的思考を失っているときにおこるため、訓練すれば安全に変わってしっかり社会復帰できるという考えです。
The murders mostly take place when one cannot think rationally and therefore he can be rehabilitated and return back to the society given certain trainings and lessons.
２、冤罪の可能性
Possibility of false accusation
冤罪で死刑になったら取り返しがつかないし、それは国家による殺人である。
When conviction of the innocent occurs, it is a murder by the nation and nothing can be done to revoke the innocent.
３、過去の死は新たな死で償えない
The victim is already dead, and nothing would be accomplished by killing anohter.
４、一生牢屋の終身刑のほうがよい解決策
To imprisons the killer in jail for his entire life would be a better solution as an alternative.
死刑囚を殺すのではなく、損害賠償を一生被害者の家族へ払うのが正しい償い方である。
It is a better option to put the criminal to work instead of putting him to death, and make all the money he makes go to the family of the victim.
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とっても難しい問題ですね。
英語や日本語にするのも難しいですけど。笑
英語で読んだことも日本語で読んだこともあるので、どちらも中途半端で・・・
どう思いますか？
This is such a difficult issue.
Not to mention putting them into English and Japanese in my head. lol
Since I have read about this matter in both language, I only know partially and by halves.
But what do you think??
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個人的に、私は死刑はあったほうがよいと思います。
犠牲者は突然何の予告もなく死をもたらされるのに、
加害者は死の恐怖から逃れられるというのが納得できません。
もちろん、殺されるだけの理由があったとしても、です。
しかも、死刑までは長い道のりだし、冤罪は起こってもそれが
死刑廃止にまでつながるほどひどく頻繁にはないと思います。
あとは、私の少ないお小遣いからも、終身刑になった犯罪者へ
食糧代からあたたかいベッド代まで払うのは、いやです。
世界では無実な子供が貧困で苦しんでいるのに・・・。
In my opinion, I don't think the dealth penalty should be abolished.
It's really not fair that the killer gets to escape the dreadful death while victim doesn't even receive any advance notice of death or anything, he is killed on the spot all the sudden.
Even when the killer did have enough reason and the victim did deserved it.
Also, the false accusation doesn't take place often, not often enough to eventually lead to the abolition of the capital punishment.
Another reason why is because I dislike paying from even my little pocket money for the criminal's food, shelter and his warm bed.
A fortiori, knowing there are many innocent children suffering from poverty....
まあ、これが大体の私の立場かな。
けどこういう風に考えるのは、自分が実際にそんな凶悪事件にも巻き込まれたことがなくて、どこか遠いところの話のような気がしているからなんだろーな。
Well so that's basically my standpoint.
But I'm sure I can say this becuase I myself have never been involved in such serious crimes, and I feel it's still a story of somewhere else unrelated to me.
もちろん、なくていいんだけど！笑
And of course, I don't want any thank you! lol
あと加害者、犯罪者、死刑囚という日本語と、
Assailant, murderer, killer, criminal,
よくわかんなくていろいろ使ったけど特に深い意味
はないです。
ただ、犠牲者の反対語っていうだけです笑
ほかにも表現あるのかな・・・
And I used diffrent words in terms of explaining the 'criminal' but their synonyms are just for my vocabs and they don't mean anything special. They are just the opposite of victim. :P
I wonder what other synonyms there are...
*Checked*
ちょっと違うかなー・・。泥棒の意味のほうが強いのか。。 manslayer は殺人者っていう意味だけどね。criminalじゃなくてmurdererってやってみたらいいのかな。
Hmm... I guess these are not exactly what I wanted since it seems they are more of the synonyms for bandits. I guess I'll try to google 'murderer' instead of 'criminal' then.
でた！語彙強化して、今日はこれでおしまい！
Hey there you go! Just for the enrichment of vocabs. I'm done for today!!
Thanks for reading, if anyone is. ;)
Please feel free to leave any comment, that'll totally make my day
いろいろな資料とかもみてみたのですが、とても難しい問題ですね。
ちょっと考えてみますか・・・。
There was an essay question to do with whether the capital punishment (dealth penalty) should be abolished in Japan or not. I did some research about it but... well it's such a hard question.
But let me do this....
死刑が廃止されるべきかについて、
賛成派、つまり廃止されるべきだという人たちの意見としては、
The opinions for those who support the statement, those who argues that the dealth penalty should be abolished say:
-------------------------------------------------------
<For the Dealth Penalty>
１、死刑の恐怖により、殺人が減る
Threat of the death penalty setves as a deterrent for future murder
死刑がなくなれば、凶悪犯罪や殺人の数も増えるという考え。
If the threat of death penalty disappears, there will be an increase in homicide rate.
２、犠牲者が死を免れることができなかったのに、犯罪者が死を逃れることができるのは不平等である。それは正義ではない。
That criminals are given a chance to escape the death while the victims never had a chance to do so is totally unfair. The victims never receive a full measure of justice.
３、死刑囚には遺書を書いたり、死への準備時間まで与えられるのに、犠牲者にはそんなことはない。それなのに法律はその犯罪者を人権の名のもとに守ろうとする。犯罪法が、犠牲者とその家族か死刑囚か、どちらの立場を守るべきなのか考える必要がある。
A criminal on the death row even has a chance to make his will and prepare for death while the victims can never do it. All the same, the criminal laws even protect the criminal in the name of his constitutional rights. We must ask ourselves which actions serves the true humanitarian justice: to protect the murderer or the victim and his family.
４、目には目を、歯には歯を
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth
５、殺人者が社会復帰することは、危険であり新たな凶悪犯罪につながる可能性がある
It takes lots of risk to let the murderers return to the society and he may cause another violent crime.
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うーん３番がだいぶ難しかった！日本語にも英語にも上手にできなくて時間かかった。
でもざっとこんな感じですかー
Damn the second one was really hard! It took me so much effort and time putting my thoughts into words. But yeah I guess I'm done.
では次は死刑反対派の意見です。
Now we'll move on to the arguments against the death penalty.
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<Against the Death Penalty>
１、死刑は加害者の更生、社会復帰を阻害する
The death penalty fails to rehabilitate the assailant.
これは、大体の殺人は加害者が論理的思考を失っているときにおこるため、訓練すれば安全に変わってしっかり社会復帰できるという考えです。
The murders mostly take place when one cannot think rationally and therefore he can be rehabilitated and return back to the society given certain trainings and lessons.
２、冤罪の可能性
Possibility of false accusation
冤罪で死刑になったら取り返しがつかないし、それは国家による殺人である。
When conviction of the innocent occurs, it is a murder by the nation and nothing can be done to revoke the innocent.
３、過去の死は新たな死で償えない
The victim is already dead, and nothing would be accomplished by killing anohter.
４、一生牢屋の終身刑のほうがよい解決策
To imprisons the killer in jail for his entire life would be a better solution as an alternative.
死刑囚を殺すのではなく、損害賠償を一生被害者の家族へ払うのが正しい償い方である。
It is a better option to put the criminal to work instead of putting him to death, and make all the money he makes go to the family of the victim.
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とっても難しい問題ですね。
英語や日本語にするのも難しいですけど。笑
英語で読んだことも日本語で読んだこともあるので、どちらも中途半端で・・・
どう思いますか？
This is such a difficult issue.
Not to mention putting them into English and Japanese in my head. lol
Since I have read about this matter in both language, I only know partially and by halves.
But what do you think??
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個人的に、私は死刑はあったほうがよいと思います。
犠牲者は突然何の予告もなく死をもたらされるのに、
加害者は死の恐怖から逃れられるというのが納得できません。
もちろん、殺されるだけの理由があったとしても、です。
しかも、死刑までは長い道のりだし、冤罪は起こってもそれが
死刑廃止にまでつながるほどひどく頻繁にはないと思います。
あとは、私の少ないお小遣いからも、終身刑になった犯罪者へ
食糧代からあたたかいベッド代まで払うのは、いやです。
世界では無実な子供が貧困で苦しんでいるのに・・・。
In my opinion, I don't think the dealth penalty should be abolished.
It's really not fair that the killer gets to escape the dreadful death while victim doesn't even receive any advance notice of death or anything, he is killed on the spot all the sudden.
Even when the killer did have enough reason and the victim did deserved it.
Also, the false accusation doesn't take place often, not often enough to eventually lead to the abolition of the capital punishment.
Another reason why is because I dislike paying from even my little pocket money for the criminal's food, shelter and his warm bed.
A fortiori, knowing there are many innocent children suffering from poverty....
まあ、これが大体の私の立場かな。
けどこういう風に考えるのは、自分が実際にそんな凶悪事件にも巻き込まれたことがなくて、どこか遠いところの話のような気がしているからなんだろーな。
Well so that's basically my standpoint.
But I'm sure I can say this becuase I myself have never been involved in such serious crimes, and I feel it's still a story of somewhere else unrelated to me.
もちろん、なくていいんだけど！笑
And of course, I don't want any thank you! lol
あと加害者、犯罪者、死刑囚という日本語と、
Assailant, murderer, killer, criminal,
よくわかんなくていろいろ使ったけど特に深い意味
はないです。
ただ、犠牲者の反対語っていうだけです笑
ほかにも表現あるのかな・・・
And I used diffrent words in terms of explaining the 'criminal' but their synonyms are just for my vocabs and they don't mean anything special. They are just the opposite of victim. :P
I wonder what other synonyms there are...
*Checked*
| Main Entry: | bandit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | thief |
| Synonyms: | brigand, criminal , crook, desperado, forager, gangster, gunperson, highwayperson, hijacker, holdup person, hooligan, marauder, manslayer, mobster, outlaw, pillager, pirate, plunderer, racketeer, raider, ravager, robber, villain |
| Antonyms: | law, police |
Hmm... I guess these are not exactly what I wanted since it seems they are more of the synonyms for bandits. I guess I'll try to google 'murderer' instead of 'criminal' then.
でた！語彙強化して、今日はこれでおしまい！
Hey there you go! Just for the enrichment of vocabs. I'm done for today!!
Thanks for reading, if anyone is. ;)
Please feel free to leave any comment, that'll totally make my day
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who kills |
| Synonyms: | assassin, butcher, criminal, cutthroat, enforcer, executioner, hit person, hit-and-run, homicide, killer, manslaughterer, perpetrator, slaughterer, slayer, soldier, trigger person |