The people who’ve entrenched themselves in the tent village at Henoko plastered the faces of local police officers like they were wanted criminals on public display.
So why won’t you folks release the photos of those bullying teachers?
So why won’t you folks release the photos of those bullying teachers?
October 29, 2019
The following is from an essay by Shigeki Miyajima, published in the October 24 issue of Sankei Shimbun under the headline “Why Are You So Soft on These ‘Bullying Teachers’?”
Seriously, what the hell is going on in my hometown, Kobe...?
Well, to be precise, I, the disgrace known as Miyajima, was born and spent 18 years in Akashi, which lies nestled between Kobe and the Seto Inland Sea.
What I’m talking about is the case of teacher-on-teacher bullying that was uncovered in Suma, Kobe—the very same city where the Sakakibara incident shook the whole country 22 years ago.
In some ways, this is even more horrifying than the incident back then—vile acts of violence committed by teachers themselves.
And among the four perpetrators, one of them is a woman.
What’s worse, this bullying had been going on since last year.
What the hell is the Hyogo Prefectural Police doing?
According to reports, they plan to investigate the case as an assault, but all the evidence is already there.
So when are they going to conduct interrogations?
If a yakuza group based in Kobe had done the same thing, they’d be arrested on the spot.
But these teachers haven’t even been arrested, let alone resigned.
They haven’t even shown their names or faces.
All we get is an anonymous, insincere “statement of apology,” and that’s the end of it?
Their empty words reek of no remorse whatsoever.
And now they’re enjoying paid leave?
Before long, once things settle down, they’ll probably waltz back into another classroom like nothing ever happened.
The Hyogo police may act tough on the yakuza, but they sure go easy on teachers.
Isn’t this a violation of the Constitution, which guarantees equality under the law?
If schools and the police won’t step in, then it’s up to the Japan Teachers’ Union (Nikkyoso) to properly discipline these teachers.
If they’ve got time to go all the way to Henoko in Okinawa to scream about “forcible removals” and “violence” against coast guards and police officers, then why don’t they condemn the extreme violence and bullying carried out by teachers?
The teacher who was targeted suffered unrelenting abuse beyond description.
And yet the same people who camp out at Henoko and plaster the faces of police officers like wanted posters—
Why won’t you do the same with the faces of those bullying teachers?
Well, to be precise, I, the disgrace known as Miyajima, was born and spent 18 years in Akashi, which lies nestled between Kobe and the Seto Inland Sea.
What I’m talking about is the case of teacher-on-teacher bullying that was uncovered in Suma, Kobe—the very same city where the Sakakibara incident shook the whole country 22 years ago.
In some ways, this is even more horrifying than the incident back then—vile acts of violence committed by teachers themselves.
And among the four perpetrators, one of them is a woman.
What’s worse, this bullying had been going on since last year.
What the hell is the Hyogo Prefectural Police doing?
According to reports, they plan to investigate the case as an assault, but all the evidence is already there.
So when are they going to conduct interrogations?
If a yakuza group based in Kobe had done the same thing, they’d be arrested on the spot.
But these teachers haven’t even been arrested, let alone resigned.
They haven’t even shown their names or faces.
All we get is an anonymous, insincere “statement of apology,” and that’s the end of it?
Their empty words reek of no remorse whatsoever.
And now they’re enjoying paid leave?
Before long, once things settle down, they’ll probably waltz back into another classroom like nothing ever happened.
The Hyogo police may act tough on the yakuza, but they sure go easy on teachers.
Isn’t this a violation of the Constitution, which guarantees equality under the law?
If schools and the police won’t step in, then it’s up to the Japan Teachers’ Union (Nikkyoso) to properly discipline these teachers.
If they’ve got time to go all the way to Henoko in Okinawa to scream about “forcible removals” and “violence” against coast guards and police officers, then why don’t they condemn the extreme violence and bullying carried out by teachers?
The teacher who was targeted suffered unrelenting abuse beyond description.
And yet the same people who camp out at Henoko and plaster the faces of police officers like wanted posters—
Why won’t you do the same with the faces of those bullying teachers?
