Japanese will Never Start a War!

*Hiragana Times CIA(Cynically Insulting Agency)

On January 9, 2007 the Japanese Defense Agency was upgraded to a Ministry of Defense, while in the previous year, the Basic Educational Law, which included the “patriotism clause,” was also passed. These developments are very closely related to recent changes in the security situation around Japan that has included China’s military expansion and North Korea’s nuclear armament. Taking these developments into consideration, Hiragana Times CIA recently interviewed Dr. Phil WRIGHT, an American anthropologist who studies military powers from an historical point of view.

CIA: What have you found out through your studies?

Dr.: It is that humans have the same essence as animals. In order to have a better life human beings take even the lives of the weak. It is a truth seen commonly among not only nations, but also regions and even the business world. It seems people will continue to have conflicts just as they used to do so 5,000 years ago.

CIA: Human beings have created civilizations. Their science and technology have developed far more than people expected. I believe we can stop fighting at once if we make the best use of our wisdom.

Dr.: Impossible! Once upon a time people fought with stones, and then through the invention of iron, began to fight with swords and arrows. Later, armor and guns were also developed. The progress of science and technology has been developed to win wars, that is, for the purpose of killing and protecting people in the most effective way. If there were no wars in this world at all, many scientific and technological developments would not have been made. Ironically, our present civilization is a result of wars.

CIA: Well then, would you say that conflicts are unavoidable?

Dr.: That’s right. Human beings are animals after all. Like other animals which take the lives of other animals for their food, human beings eat cows and chickens for sustenance. To cows and chickens, human beings are more threatening than lions. Human beings killing other human beings can be seen as a form of cannibalism that is often seen in the animal world.

CIA: However, human beings are intelligent and have developed democracy to a certain extent. I’m sure there must be some ways to avoid wars.

Dr.: Look at America, the most democratic country in the world. They are still developing weapon after weapon to resolve world disputes with armed might, and yet are objecting to their own disarmament in order to maintain their superiority.

CIA: That’s why North Korea and Iran want to possess nuclear weapons to protect themselves from America.

Dr.: That’s wrong. In fact, dictatorial nations welcome this situation. They create imaginary enemies and stir up crises, and ask their people for unity, but their true purpose is to strengthen their dictatorships.

CIA: Do you mean that war will never become a thing of the past?

Dr.: Oh no, there is only one solution. It is that all the nations of the world follow Japan’slead.

CIA: Do you mean that the world should adopt Japan’s peaceful constitution, which forbids war, and the three antinuclear principles of not having nuclear weapons?

Dr.: Not only that, but in a world survey about peoples’ values, there was a question which asked, “Would you fight for your country if a war broke out?” The ratio of those who answered “Yes” is as follows: China 89.9%, Korea 74.4%, Russia 63.8% and USA 63.3%. Japan scored the least points for this question among 60 countries — only 15.6%. Even if the Japanese government asks people to fight for their country, war won’t break out because their people will run away. The Japanese are indeed wonderful people.

*Hiragana Times CIA(Cynically Insulting Agency)

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