□■ 明日(9/13)は私が出演する「そこまで言って委員会ＮＰ」の放送日！■□
【ニッポンの新常識】 Common Knowledge Revisited(32)
世界中が認識 ＰＲＣは平気で大嘘をつく恥知らずな国 World Realizes: PRC Not Bashful about Telling Lies
http://www.zakzak.co.jp/society/domestic/news/20150912/dms1509121000004-n1.htm
On the 3rd of this month, the People’s Republic of China (PRC) held an event under the name “70-Year Celebration of the Victory in the War Against Japan and Fascism.” The title ignores history, and the whole world realized that the PRC is a country not bashful about shamelessly telling lies.
However, this was a warning issued intentionally, a loyalty test.
I recall the children’s song “The Other Day I Met a Bear.” In the Japanese lyrics, after the bear warns “run away!” it picks up some seashell earrings, and then chases the young maiden to give her back her lost earrings. In an almost shocking expression of the Japanese penchant for believing in the fundamental good nature of all men (or bears), the song has been transformed into a song of peace.
However, in the original U.S. version, the bear says, “Why don't you run? I see you ain't got any gun.” It is intended as a song about a bear that checks whether the human has a gun and then has fun chasing that person around.
Leaders of European countries which had expressed interest in the AIIB (Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank) were also invited to this event, but they realized the danger from the bear, and beat a hasty retreat. They refused to take the loyalty test to “become comrades with a prevaricator.”
In contrast, the young maiden from Korea, with some misgiving, took the test and cozied up to two bears. As a result, she threw down the drain not only the truth about history, but the good will she had with the free world. It remains to be seen how the U.S. will react.
Incidentally, it was wonderful that the Secretary of the United Nations also attended this event. It should help to break down the Japanese faith in the United Nations.
Personally, I think both the U.S. and Japan should withdraw from the U.N. and work toward creation of a new international organization. This would be the proper “postwar regime.”
Many people were shocked by the lies of Xi Jinping and other PRC leaders, but the PRC holds the view that “Those who believe lies are more at fault than the liars.” Telling unabashed lies is not shameful, but rather a necessity for advancement and an exercise of privilege.
Japan, the U.S., and European countries subscribe to ethics and morals, such that they cannot accept what is normal for the PRC. Xi must have been feeling some stress about this conflict.
So, Xi embarked on an audacious strategy. He single-handedly proved to the whole world that he had no compunction in ignoring historical facts, reinventing history, and acting outside accepted norms. A part of that was his “left-handed salute” in contravention of military custom.
So, if in the future someone believes the PRC and is deceived, the person who was deceived is at fault.
In this way, Xi upgraded this PRC local norm to an international norm. Take a little wound to break the bones of your enemy. Hats off to this tough strategy!
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