tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35894930.post7850130966148947703..comments2023-12-31T15:40:06.675-08:00Comments on Peace Philosophy Centre: What is happening in "Peace City" Hiroshima - Report by Muneo Narusawa Part IPeace Philosopherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03884294048618803206noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35894930.post-53665395785420683582009-11-21T12:14:21.831-08:002009-11-21T12:14:21.831-08:00Satoko,
Thank you very much for translating and ...Satoko, <br /><br />Thank you very much for translating and summarizing this crucial article (and for all your communications at your blog). <br /><br />I am linking to this article and your blog. <br /><br />I still believe Hibakusha keep their prophetic, truth-telling power alive--a bond they share with their fellow nuclear "test" bomb Hibakusha worldwide. And second and third generations are renewing the peace mission of the WWII generation.--as we see in the Global Article 9 Movement. <br /><br />But it is shocking to realize the erosion created by ultra-rightists. I knew that in certain localities (such as Tokyo) they have more power than elsewhere. I did not realize the extent of ultrarightists in Hiroshima--I wonder if they are descendants of Hibakusha. <br /><br />Thank you again. <br /><br />Jean Downey, Kyoto JournalTenThousandThingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01364179920975074197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35894930.post-58713578502454137652009-11-05T12:15:37.004-08:002009-11-05T12:15:37.004-08:00Thank you for your comment, Father Bob.
When th...Thank you for your comment, Father Bob. <br /><br />When this article was written, it was just before the landslide defeat of Liberal Democratic Party in the General Election of August 30th. LDP was behind all these nationalistic trends in the recent education, symbolized by Shinzo Abe's changing of the Fundamental Law of Education. Hopefully with the new DPJ-led government, things like reduction in peace education and promotion of patriotism in education will subside. However, it will be hard to gain back what has been lost. Educators and policy makers in Hiroshima should know the global consequences of such moves. If we don't even teach the children of Hiroshima about Hiroshima, how would we expect children in other areas to? <br /><br />SatokoPeace Philosopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03884294048618803206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35894930.post-81120473100775423142009-11-05T12:01:12.277-08:002009-11-05T12:01:12.277-08:00Thank you for this report which is so painfully im...Thank you for this report which is so painfully important. I am so sorry to hear this disappointing news, but will pass along the fact that Japan is loosing its prophetic edge and is no longer committed solidly to peace, even in its education of its youth. Are we then "de-volving" into the fearful tribalism of the past that evoked so much bloody conflict? Have we learned so little since WWII? Must nationalism and ethnocentricism remain our original sins forever?<br /> Respectfully, Fr. Bob Cushing<br /> Pastor with Pax Christi Georgia, USAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com