【ニッポンの新常識】韓国、変わらなければ１０００年経っても先進国ではない
http://www.zakzak.co.jp/society/domestic/news/20150311/dms1503111140009-n1.htm
Common Knowledge Revisited ⑥
Mark Lippert, the U.S. ambassador to Korea, was injured on his face and hand when he was assaulted with a knife at a breakfast meeting held in Seoul.
The Korean terrorist attacked perhaps the most prominent member of the Pro-Korean American community. Americans were shocked, and at the same time realized once again how important the American military is for the still adolescent Korea.
The Korean media is attempting to portray this as “the violent act of a North Korean sympathizer,” but I think there is another important point that should be made in addition to looking at the motives for and organizational background of the crime.
Kim Ki-jong, the perpetrator, and the leader of a political organization, has a record of six other crimes. In 2010, he was arrested for throwing a chunk of concrete at the Japanese ambassador to Korea and received a two year prison sentence suspended for three years.
In other words, he is an “activist” whose name and face are well-known, a person who should be watched carefully because of his prior record of terrorism. However, after the previous incident, the anti-Japanese Korean media portrayed him as a hero.
Kim became the hero of an anti-Japanese nation because of attacking the Japanese ambassador. He published a book, became famous, and attracted more supporters. Perhaps he thought, “If I attack the American ambassador, maybe I can become an even bigger hero,” maybe even go down in history as the “new An Jungung.”
It is no stretch to think that he may have had such illusions given the unmistakable climate in Korean public opinion to the effect that “If the purpose or cause is right, then violence and lies can be tolerated.”
Just before being put in the patrol car after being detained, Kim reportedly shouted “Down with War.” The strange principle that people who are opposed to war and shout for peace engage in violence appears to be the same in Japan and Korea. How is it that they cannot recognize the simple self-contradiction? I find it very curious indeed.
Even supposing that one’s ideals and purpose are noble and lofty, that does not ever justify unilateral terror attacks on defenseless citizens. And by extension, accepting and praising such behavior is out of the question.
This common knowledge which is taken for granted in Europe, the United States, and other developed countries has not taken root in Korean society. In addition, the common sense that when one wants to advocate something he should reason based on facts and evidence rather than emotion also has not taken root.
Judging from the fact that Tatsuya Kato, former bureau chief of Sankei Newspaper in Seoul has been formally charged with a crime and prohibited from leaving the country, even the judicial sector of prosecutors and courts seems to have overstepped the bounds of what is common knowledge in developed countries.
If Mr. Kato were an American citizen and I were the President of the United States, I would claim against Korea consular jurisdiction (extraterritorial rights).
If the present system lionizing violent criminals, and where the application of laws, government handling, and the tone of the press depends on the nationality of the criminal or the victim, is not reformed, Korea will not be an advanced nation even in 1,000 years.