歩けぬ牛の肉６万５０００ｔ、米農務省が回収命令
【ロサンゼルス＝飯田達人】米農務省は１７日、米カリフォルニア州の食肉加工会社に対し、歩行困難になった牛に適切な処置をしなかったとして、２００６年２月以降に加工した牛肉約６万５０００トンを自主回収するよう命じた。
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米国で過去最大規模の回収命令という。
命令を受けたのは、ロサンゼルス郊外に加工工場がある「ホールマーク・ウエストランド食肉加工」。歩行困難になった牛はＢＳＥ（牛海綿状脳症）に感染した恐れがあり、獣医師の診察義務などが定められている。動物愛護団体が隠し撮りしたビデオにより、同社従業員が歩行困難な牛を虐待死させていたことが分かり、同省が調査を始めていた。
同社からの対日輸出はないが、日本の農林水産省は１月末、詳細な情報提供を米国政府に求めた。
（2008年2月18日23時48分 読売新聞）
1. It must be intrinsically motivating. A child who is playing hockey because he wants to win a trophy is not really playing for pleasure and is therefore not truly playing.
2. Participation in the activity must be freely chosen: if a child is building with blocks because his teacher told him to, he is not truly playing.
3. The child must find the activity fun and derive pleasure from it.
4. There must be a level of pretence: children must be using their imaginations in some manner.
5. The child must be actively engaged in the game: a child who is playing checkers while remaining disinterested in the game is, in essence, not playing.
１内発的動機であること
２自由に選択された活動であること
３それに、あるいはそこから喜びを得ること
４ある種の想像力、ごっこの要素があること
５没頭できるものであること
Japan probeが引用するスターアンドストライプではこんな感じ、米兵による犯罪は増えておらんーと。
Ａ：県内刑法犯検挙人員（在沖米軍人によるもの除く）
Ｂ：沖縄県人口総数
Ｃ：人口比犯罪率
Ｄ：在沖米軍検挙人員
Ｅ：在沖米軍人総数（軍属，家族含む)
Ｆ：在沖米軍人総数比犯罪率
Ａ Ｂ Ｃ Ｄ Ｅ Ｆ
平成10年 2282 1298139 0.18% 46 50336 0.09%
平成11年 2413 1308010 0.18% 59 48626 0.12%
平成12年 2538 1318220 0.19% 67 49502 0.14%
平成13年 3272 1326518 0.25% 72 49279 0.15%
平成14年 3734 1335871 0.28% 100 49346 0.20%
平成15年 3922 1344148 0.29% 133 50826 0.26%
平成16年 3904 1353010 0.29% 72 45354 0.16%
平成17年 4281 1361594 0.31% 65 42570 0.15%
平成18年 4125 1368137 0.30% 63 43550 0.14%
魚拓米軍占領下では想像を絶する婦女暴行事件が起こっている。沖縄女性のメイドがその家の主人から暴行され、それを知った米人妻がメイドに庭に穴を掘らせたあと、銃で撃ち殺して埋めた事件が発生したが、その夫婦は逮捕もされなかった。そのほかにも女性が被害を受ける事件は続発している。婦女暴行を働いたあと、虫けらのように殺害する事件がほとんどである。刑法が改正されるまでは、親告罪でなかなか警察に訴えるケースがすくなかった。その実数は公表された事件の数倍ともいわれている。嘉康文の沖縄通信魚拓
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Comment by Aki
2008-02-18 20:01:43
“The writing was on the wall a couple of years ago when the yutori kyoiku debate had simmered to a boil amongst conservative policymakers, even though test scores in 2004 showed an increase over the scores from 2002, when more reforms were put in place.”
Japanese Wikipedia describes the results of the test coordinated by OECD as follows. The numbers show the ranks of Japanese children in each year.
Mathematics: 1 (2000) -> 6 (2003) -> 10 (2006)
Reading: 8 (2000) -> 14 (2003) -> 15 (2006)
Science: 2 (2000) -> 1 (2003) -> 5 (2006)
“But, as with some other aspects of politics in Japan, statistics are no match for blaring out one’s message on loudspeakers.”
What aspect of politics in Japan has been affected by the loudspeakers? Are you talking about Japan in the 1930s? Does the black van demanding the return of the northern territories in the link has anything to do with the story?
Comment by moji
2008-02-19 02:47:33 To be honest, this article is filled with outdated stereotypes and irritates me. The era of “entry exam hell” has passed for more than 10 years because of the decreasing number of kids. OK? The most unexpected(though many predicted) result of the yutori kyoiku is the aggravationg disparity of educational chances. Now, everyone realize this stupid measure caused simply the destruction of public schools that brough about the “Only rich kids can enter the expensive private schools and enjoy high education” situation. So, the opposants to the yutori are not only conservatives, but also liberals. OK? This is not right-left ideollogical issue. Damn Uyoku! What the parents and teachers hope is “If they wish, even the poor kids can learn enough” situation.
Liberals see the state as a neutral arbiter amongst the competing interests and groups in society, a vital guarantee of social order. While classical liberals treat the state as a necessary evil and extol the virtues of a minimal or night-watchman state, modern liberals recognize the state's positive role in widening freedom and promoting equal opportunities.
Conservatives link the state to the need to provide authority and discipline and to protect society from chaos and disorder, hence their traditional preference for a strong state. However, whereas traditional conservatives support a pragmatic balance between the state and civil society, neo-liberals has called for the state to be "rolled back" as it threatens economic prosperity and is driven, essentially by bureaucratic self-interest.
Socialist ave adopted contrasting views of the state. Marxists have stressed the link between the state and the class system, seeing it either as an instrument of class rule or as a means of ameliorating class tensions, Other socialist, however regarded the state as an embodiment of the common good and thus approve of interventionism either in social democratic or state-collectivist from.
Anarchistsreject the state outright, believing it to be an unnecessary evil. The sovereign, compulsory and coercive authority of the state is seen as nothing less than legalized oppression operation in the interest of the powerful and privilaged. As the state is inherently evil and oppressive, all states have the same essential character.
Fascists, particularly in the Italian tradition, see the state as a supreme ethical ideal, reflecting the undifferentiated interest of the national community, hence their belief in totalitarianism. The Nazis, however, saw the state more as a vessel that contains , or tool that serves, the race or nation.
Feminists have viewed the state as an instrument of male power, the patriarchal state serving to exclude women from, or subordinate them within, the public or "political" sphere of life. Liberal feminists nevertheless regard the state as an instrument of reform that is susceptible to electoral pressures.
Fundamentalists have adopted a broadly positive attitude towards the state, seeing it as a means of bringing about social, moral and cultural renewal. The fundamentalist state is therefore regraded as a political manifestation of religious authority and wisdom.@age 192
