戦没者追悼式、天皇陛下の「おことば」全文
戦没者者追悼式 参列者、一層の世代交代 「妻」１％未満
「６６回目の終戦記念日を迎えた１５日、政府主催の全国戦没者追悼式が東京都千代田区の日本武道館で開かれた。菅直人首相は約３１０万人の戦没者を哀悼し、不戦の誓いを新たにした。高齢化に伴い、戦没者の妻は参列した遺族の１％に満たない。」
陛下も靖国ではなく武道館の方にお出ましか。
石原知事「あいつら日本人じゃない」 閣僚靖国参拝見送りに
2011.8.15 13:21
東京都の石原慎太郎知事は１５日、靖国神社を参拝した。石原知事は参拝後、報道陣に対し、首相と全閣僚が靖国神社に参拝しない方針を示したことに「あいつら日本人じゃないんだ」と激しく批判した。
この日は、都の戦没者追悼式典に出席後、靖国神社に直行。「国を救ってくれって言った」と話した
「国を救ってくれ」という祈りは尊敬に値するが、しかし、この人にとっての日本人の数はかなり限られてくるなあ。
Ａ級戦犯は戦争犯罪人ではない…野田財務相
野田財務相は１５日午前の閣議後の記者会見で、靖国神社に合祀されているＡ級戦犯について、戦争犯罪人には当たらないとの考えを示した。
野田氏は、２００５年の小泉政権当時に政府に出した質問主意書で、サンフランシスコ講和条約などで戦犯の名誉は法的に回復されているとし、「戦争犯罪人ではない」と指摘していた
この発言の意味がわからない。戦犯というのは戦争犯罪ということではないのだろうか？
小泉氏でさえ、東京裁判を受け入れている、としていたのに、かなり過激な発言である。
仮に首相になったらーーーあるいはならなくてもかもしれないがーーー問題になる発言だろうね。
いずれにせよ、靖国問題で大騒ぎしている時代ではもうなくなった。そんな余裕はない。
毎日社説
社説：大震災と終戦記念日 「ふるさと復興」総力で
抽象的な話はどうでもいいが、
日本は経済の長期停滞、少子高齢化、財政危機など構造的な問題を悪化させ続けている。年金・医療問題などを契機に自民党から民主党へと政権の主役が代わったのが２年前。だが、民主党には政治的な未熟さの上に衆参「ねじれ」問題が立ちはだかり、混迷を続けた。２代目の菅内閣もまもなく命運が尽きる。大災害からの復興に加え、円高や外交立て直しなど課題山積の中で、今度こそ政治の機能回復が急務である。
こうした大きな問題について常日頃大騒ぎしてもらいたい。こうした問題をめぐる議員の発言をおいかけて欲しい。
もう一つ大きな軸に安全保障があるのだが、毎日が言及していないのは、腑に落ちない。
その安全保障問題
イランの核兵器に対する考えについて
Nukes should be left in 20th century – Ahmadinejad to RT
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Published: 14 August, 2011
Nuclear energy vs. nukes
Recently, Iran has stepped up construction works on a new set of centrifuges to produce highly enriched uranium. The West describes it as a “provocative act.” However, the Iranian leader insists that his country’s ultimate objective is to develop peaceful nuclear energy, while nuclear weapons are prohibited by Islam.
Anyway, it is the means of the past century, he added.
“We do not want nuclear weapons. We do not seek nuclear weapons. This is an inhuman weapon. Because of our beliefs we are against that. Firstly, our religion says it is prohibited. We are religious people,” Mahmud Ahmadinejad explained. “Nuclear weapons have no capability today. If any country tries to build a nuclear bomb, they in fact waste their money and resources and they create great danger for themselves.”
The President of Iran insists that no country possessing nuclear weapons has benefited from it.
“The Americans have nuclear bombs and nuclear weapons and could they win in Iraq and Afghanistan? Could the nuclear weapons help the Israelis to gain victory in Lebanon and Gaza? Could nuclear weapons help the former Soviet Union from collapse?”he said. “Nuclear weapons are the weapons of the previous century. This century is the century of knowledge and thinking, the century of human beings, the century of culture and logic.”
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad pointed out that nuclear weapons are not going to be the determining force in the world in future:
“It is about the power of people, not weapons. Our goal in the country and the goal of our people is peace for all. Nuclear energy for all and nuclear weapons for none. This is our goal.”
He also pointed out that Iran’s activities in the sphere of nuclear energy are closely monitored by the International Atomic Energy Agency, IAEA:
“There have been no documents against Iran from the Agency. It's just a claim by the US that we are after nuclear weapon. But they have no evidence that Iran is diverting resources for that purpose."
核兵器をもつつもりはない、と。
アメリカは核兵器をもっていたがイラクやアフガンで勝利したか？ レバノンやガザで、イスラエルの核兵器が役にたったか？核兵器があったからといってソ連の崩壊を防げたか？ーーーと。
これはこれで一理ある。
で、もう一つの少子高齢化問題
ドイツ
シュピーゲル
08/12/2011
A Land Without Children
Why Won't Germans Have More Babies?
By SPIEGEL Staff
The Childcare Conundrum
Joy Denalane, 38, is a well-known German singer and the mother of two children. The fact that her husband, Max Herre, is also a famous singer means they are both spend a lot of time on the road. Such an arrangement isn't exactly conducive to raising a family. So, if they hope to continue pursuing their careers, having access to daycare is essential.
"I spent my first three years as a mother in (the southwestern state of) Baden-Württemberg," Denalane says. "They were shocking." At the facility her child attended, daycare was only available until noon and then for another two hours in the afternoon. "That's completely inadequate for a working mother, even if she has a partner who helps out."
Germany still suffers from a glaring paucity of childcare options, such as full-day kindergartens and daycare centers. Recently passed laws stipulate that every young child will have a legal right to childcare beginning Aug. 1, 2013. To meet that deadline, Germany will have to have 750,000 childcare slots, but it's still 280,000 slots behind.・・・・・
やはり、保育園などのサービスが不十分のようだ。2時くらいまでしかあずかってくれない、と。
これは日本よりひどい。
としても、先日取り上げたようなEconomist のような記事はドイツに対してでてはこないだろう。
それとも、German's sexist labour market Hit the road とかいう題名で、アメリカに移住したドイツ人女性でも探してくるかな？（アメリカでの居住費、授業料、ベビーシッター費を考えると、そんなことするひといるのかわからんが・・・）
Cornelia Dahlke, a consultant at an airline, has some experience in this matter. When she became pregnant with her first child, she says her boss said: "The good ones always get pregnant." When she announced she was pregnant with her second child, she says her boss was less friendly, telling her that "stopping at one child might have been a good idea."
When Dahlke first started at the company, her employer promised flexible working hours and moral support. But things didn't turn out that way. Although her employer agreed to her request for a 30-hour work week, the contract also stated that her hours could be scheduled to meet "business requirements."
After informing people at work that she was expecting a second child, the complaints of Dahlke's boss turned into actions: He cancelled an expected raise and ignored her promotion requests.
・・・・・
When it comes to money matters, however, the government does have some sway. But things aren't looking good in this respect, either. Many people still ask themselves whether they can afford to have a child because, for most of them, doing so would involve significant sacrifices.
・・・・・
Critics describe the proposed children subsidy as a "stove premium" because it creates an incentive for women to care for their children at home -- the traditional but long-outdated model. Still, this idea of the stay-at-home mother seems to be more deeply embedded in the minds of Germans than with residents of other countries held up as models in this matter, such as France, Sweden, Finland and Norway.
・・・・・
For example, housewives get their health insurance through their husbands, who in turn enjoy tax advantages by having wives without outside jobs. This only increases the disadvantages for families with two working parents.
・・・・・
According to Schröder, there is still "an extremely tense debate" in Germany. She believes that woman, in particular, are faced with a serious challenge. "No matter how they do it, they are doing it wrong," she says. "When a woman focuses completely on her children, she is the picture of the perfect housewife. But if she wants to keep working full time, she is seen as being selfish." And whenever a woman tries to combine the two, Schröder adds, "some call her a bad mother and others call her a latte macchiato mother."
あとは、働きながら子供をもつ女性に対する社会からの風当たり、さらに、専業主婦に有利な制度などについて言及。
ここらへんは日本と似ている。
報道も、くだらんことで大騒ぎしないで、託児所・保育園・学童保育などの拡充、子供をもつ働く夫婦に対する企業の対応などについて大騒ぎしたらどうだろうか？
同じくシュピーゲル
08/12/2011
Europe's Angry Youth
Flash Points Across the Continent
By SPIEGEL ONLINE Staff
ロンドンの暴動をうけて ヨーロッパの若者の失業率は高く、他人事ではない、と。
どうして日本のメディアは、ノルウエーの件にせよ、ヨーロッパの件にせよ、他人事のようでいられるのだろう。
日本の政治、議員や役人も悪いのかも知れないが、メディアもどうかしているようにも思う。
中国・大連で化学工場撤去求め１万人抗議行動
China orders petrochemical plant shutdown after protests
Tens of thousands protested in Dalian after protective dike around factory was breached by rain and high waves in storm
reddit this
Jonathan Watts, Asia environment correspondent
guardian.co.uk, Sunday 14 August 2011
動画: Protest forces China to close chemical plant euronews
民衆の声が役人を動かした、という点では民主主義に一歩近づいた、という感じ。
ただ、人民の声が力をもつ、というだけではやはり、まずい。人民裁判も人民の声ではあるが、私刑にちかい。
やはり、民衆の声に耳を傾けながら、それを議論して、決定するメカニズムが必要である。
今回の件でも、安全性の議論がなく、ただ、危なそうだから、どっかに持って行ってくれ、というだけでは、感情的な反応だけで、何が解決されたかわからない。
もっとも、デモは民主主義の正当な活動である。それに効果があった点は評価する。どんどん民主化を進めて欲しい。
一方、日本の議会や報道はもっと、民衆の声に耳を傾けて欲しい。議会や報道が底辺の人々の声をすくい取らないことから、暴動やテロなどいった社会不安につながる。
ロシアトゥデイ
Children are not jeans to be returned or discadred if they don't fit
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Published: 11 August, 2011, 23:37
Still, it’s a bit unclear to me. Did the continuous coverage mean to divert Americans’ attention away from the real issues threatening the country, or, has American society finally realized the importance inobserving children’s rights not only in words, but in deeds as well?
According to Children Advocacy Center statistics, more than 266.000 children in this country experienced ill-treatment last year. Among them 184,087 children reported sexual abuse and 44,029 children reported physical abuse.
A group of children who seem to be at extra risk of abuse are those adopted from Russia. Stories of children killed, injured or intimidated are frequently in the news. Since 1992, at least seventeen Russian kids were killed by their adopted parents. The real numbers might be much higher as thousands of Russian kids have been
brought into the US since the Soviet Union’s collapse, often without proper documentation and parental screening. Their fate remains unclear. The most cynical incident known, however, occurred last year,when Torry Hansen, a Tennessee woman simply sent her adopted son back to Russia. The 7-year old travelled all the way alone without luggage but with a note from the so-called mom, saying: “I return him”.
子供の虐待や性的虐待の数が多いが、養子になった子供もそのような虐待をうけることがある。ロシアからアメリカ人の養子になった場合でも虐待された子供のケースが数多く報告されている、と。
２年ぶり豚のロデオ 見事な手綱さばきに拍手
養豚業が盛んな西予市三瓶町で１３日、豚の背中に乗っている時間を競う「豚のロデオ」が行われた。昨年は宮崎県で家畜伝染病「口蹄疫(こうていえき)」が発生したことを受けて中止されていた
しかし、豚もいい迷惑。こんなことされて、あとは豚肉なっちゃうわけでしょ？
NPR
Comic Books' Secret Identity Revealed In 'Supergods'
by NPR STAFF
アメリカ漫画評論家へのインタビュー
And, he says, comic books provide valuable role models for a new generation of superheroes. "When new superheroes appear on the planet ― real superheroes ― they'll have all this material to study and figure out, 'What are we supposed to be and do?'"
漫画というのは、ロールモデルを提供してくれる、と。
Two children among six dead after knife attack in Jersey flat
By Richard Hall
Mr Thorpe said he believed all the victims were members of the same family, while a neighbour said she believed the family was Polish.
英領ジャージー島で６人刺殺の男拘束
2011.8.15
まだ、被害者の国籍はわからないのだが、ポーランド人である、という証言があるのが気になる。
CBS
August 12, 2011 3:43 PM
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Police: La. man exposed genitals because he "gets aroused" at Walmart
By Casey Glyn
スーパーにいくとムラムラして出した、と。露出狂。
August 11, 2011 8:50 AM
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Woman, 24, beat girl, 12, for eyeing boyfriend, say Conn. cops
By Barry Leibowitz Topics Daily Blotter
Candace Kiley (Credit: WFSB) (CBS/AP) NORTH BRANFORD, Conn. - You may need to read this one twice.
A 24-year-old Connecticut woman is charged with assaulting a 12-year-old girl.
Police say the 24-year-old woman believed the 12-year-old girl was eyeing her 30-year-old boyfriend.
12才の少女が24才の女性の30才のボーイフレンドに色目をつかった、と思いこみ、その女性が少女をなぐった、というので起訴された、と。
