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condemns the atrocity against humanity and civilization that took place in the USA on 11 Spt., 2001. |
I received an e-mail message from my friend in the United States that says
"If the following message
reflects your thinking, please sign and forward as
outlined at the bottom of the list. It has been
forwarded from others around the country. 'A great tragedy has befallen our nation. A catastrophe that leaves none of our lives untouched. Many innocent lives were lost due to a senseless act of terror and violence. Although this horrific event may outrage many, and rightly so, it cannot be justified or corrected through more violence.Another senseless act in retaliation will not repair the damage done, nor bring back those who were lost. It will only perpetuate a violent, barbaric cycle fueled by hatred and ignorance. The perpetrators of these crimes must be caught and brought to justice, but without the continued loss of innocent life. President Bush, Although many lives have already been lost, MANY MORE CAN STILL BE SAVED." |
To avoid double-countings of signatures, I asked my
friends in Japan to inform whether they like to sign this messge.
I received many answering e-mails of "agree," and some
of them were with their opinions on the subject. I thought these
opinions must be published. Receiving permissions of the authors,
here I open this page. I thank all of those who obligingly
permitted this attempt, which, I hope, must be one of significant
embodiments of "freedom and democracy." To avoid any
trouble may cause in the future, I withhold their names. The
original opinions are in Japanese and I translated into English.
So it is my responsibility if some expression in English sound
strange. The last one is original in English as it is from
another country.
An Opinion of Webmaster |
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As stated above, the affairs that took place in the
USA on 11, Sep., 2001 is the act of atrocity and the
perpetrtors of these crime must be caught and brought to
justice. But I think military actions of the retaliations/"sanctions"
must not be taken. An act of terrorism is the ultimate
weapon of those in despairing conditions like poverty and
depressions when they are cornered. The motive power of
the action is sorrow followed by anger. If it is true, as
media say, that their religion led to the act of the
atrocity, it is very symbolic: people in despairing
circumstances tend to find the way out in god, the
existance beyond human intelligence. And they committed
the suicide attack to the United States which has strong
forces and which used them so often as the act of
sanctions. This fact means that they realize that their
conditions will never be worse even if bombs rain over
their family and friends. From this point of view, the
military option like huge air-raid pose the following
problems:
The military option worsens the situations, even though it has a very short-term effects. We must not take the action that claims much more innocent lives. |
Opinions of my friends who signed |
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I agree with the idea of the messgae. I think the operations which the United States is preparing these days is nothing more than a war and the retaliation by military power will not lead to real conclusions. The United Sates seems to send her army and it brings tremendous number of casualities on the U.S. side. I suppose that the idea of "eyes for eyes" is not of the Christian faith that most of Americans believe. I think it is not the courageous way to take a military option. A peaceful solution is it. I will sign the message. (23 Sep) |
I agree with the idea. I wish the Japanese government advise the Bush administration to take composed and prudent response. And I think it is the Japanese role to act as go-between and provide opprtunities of peaceful solution since the Constitution of Japan is so peace-intended. (24 Sep) |
I am a captain of MD-11 jetliner. I was tremendously
shocked by the acts of terrorism. I have no words to
express my indignation raised by the actions in which the
civil-liners (my working place) with innocent passengers
and crew aboard were used as weapons. The mean terrorism
like this, which values human lives nothing, must never
be forgivable. This affair is marked in the human history
as a stain on the beginning page of the 21st century. It is impossible, however, to destroy a terrorism without persuing and making clear what led them to the corner and made them to take these actions. From this view point, the operations of retaliation that the United States is about to start leave nothing more than new casualities and bloody chain reactions of retaliations. Today Americans seems to be emotional with their anger toward the terrorism. I can understand their emotion, but they should react prudently. They should know only tragic result is waiting when they take the manner of "eyes to eyes, teeth to teeth." So President Bush should choose not the emotional retaliation but the solution through dialogues. (24 Sep) |
I agree with the idea of the message. So here I sign. (24 Sep) |
Without questions, I cannot accept the reaction of
the United States. The military actions cannot destroy a terrorism. I willingly agree to sign the message. (26 Sep) |
I will join you. A violent retaliation brings another violence. I definiately oppose a terrorism. But I cannot agree with the childish manner of President Bush's. There must be a reason why the United States was attacked. Without making clear why the United States was attacked and and without removing the root of the problem, a terrorism will never cease. My colleague came from America and told "Americans began to think coolly what they should do. The air is not same as two weeks ago. The number of those who unconditionally support the military option is decreasing." The longer they take time to collect evidence, the less probability that they take military action, I wish. (25 Sep) |
Thank you for the thought. I will definitely send to the thousand of people I know. Lets us all come together and pray for peace. (27 Sep) |