Japanese Surgeon's Daily Life

What I think about Ukraine

　　I have no other words to say sorry concerning the people in Ukraine and soldiers from Ukraine and Russia. I wonder why wars have been repeated in this area. Hearing the news about the sinking of the Russian Black Sea Fleet's flagship of Moscow, I recalled the mutiny of the battleship Potyomkin, which used to be the newest and strongest one in the Fleet and I rented a book related to the mutiny from the community library to learn the social conditions of those days. There's a research field called geopolitics. Is it inevitable to repeat conflicts even though the time changes?
　　As far as I know, the Japanese media recognize Ukraine as good and Russia as evil, but I don't think so. The following evidence will show you remarkable facts; there was surely a slaughter of Russian or pro-Russian people in eastern Ukraine, and there are also neo-Nazi groups.
　　It was Russia that started to invade Ukraine, and so Russia is responsible for the miserable outcome. However, the opinions of Russia should not be hidden. They should also be precisely reported to everyone for their better judgement. Just making sure, I don't mean to champion Russia. I'm writing about just facts.
　　This article seems to be going to become incoherent and I'll put an end to this argument.

reference

　　The UNHCR lists the cases of the infringement on human rights in Ukraine and those cases contain lots of victims of the Russian related people in the Donbas district in eastern Ukraine.

[The victim 2016/2/15-5/15]
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Countries/UA/Ukraine_14th_HRMMU_Report.pdf

[UN Report 2020/2/16-6/30]
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Countries/UA/30thReportUkraine_EN.pdf

[UN Report insists that the number of victims soars up to 13200 in the Donbas district.]
https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/Documents/Countries/UA/29thReportUkraine_EN.pdf

　　With these reports the UN says that more than 5600 Russian related inhabitants were killed by the end of last year. Those cases include the Ukrainian attack on the homes of the pro-Russian people. They included also
murders and torture, that is an apparent genocide.

The world-wide and biggest international human rights NGO, Amnesty International, criticizes the Ukrainian Government that these cruel acts are blamed on the Ukrainian government.
https://www.amnesty.org/en/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/eur500402014en.pdf

The OSCE also reports about the air-attack on the Donbas district by the Ukrainian Air Force.
http://www.osce.org/ukraine-smm/119479

The OSCE elaborately reports about torture by the neo-Nazi groups of the Azov Regiment in Ukraine.
https://www.osce.org/files/f/documents/e/7/233896.pdf

You can easily find this kind of evidence on the net.

(Vocabulary)
mutiny (兵士・海員の) 反乱
geopolitics 地政学的な条件;地政学
research field 研究分野
incoherent〈政策・考えなどが〉一貫性のない, 支離滅裂な; ろれつの回らない, しどろもどろの,〈話・返事などが〉わけのわからない, つじつまの合わない[＋incoherent with]
reference 参考［引用］文献
infringe 〈法律など〉に違反する. 〈権利･自由など〉を侵害する.
OSCE 欧州安全保障協力機構（Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe）

What becomes of 2020 Tokyo Olympics

　　The recent poll says that more than a half of Japanese people want to re-postpone the Tokyo Olympics one more year. Japan's government is going to shut out international spectators and tourists during the Olympics. Without international guests, can the Olympics be livened up? To tell the truth, the increasing number of would-be volunteers appear to back out of their tasks. I'm for the postponement though it might be a considerable hardship for athletes and people who are concerned to wait for the Olympics one more year.
　　By the way, do you know where the 2022 Winter Olympics is to be held? It's in Beijing. The U.S., Canada, and EU acknowledge China's policy for Uighur people as GENOCIDE. Naturally their policy doesn't go well with the Olympic Charter. What becomes of this Winter Olympics? Even if China pushed to hold the Games, would the Olympics, in which lots of countries from the northern hemisphere don't join, be completed? Does such Olympic Games make sense?
　　Japan has the experience of holding two Winter Olympics in Sapporo and Nagano. How about Japan's taking on the substitute of China and holding two Olympics of Winter and Summer in the same year, 2022?

 

Resignation of the Chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Preparation Committee

　　The former Prime Minister, Mr. Mori, stepped down as the chairman of the Tokyo Olympic Preparation Committee, being criticized for his remarks, which allegedly looked down on women. I wondered what remarks on earth he had made. I searched for his full statement and was surprised to read it. There was no intention in his remarks to despise women. The media cut out a part of his comments and criticized him taking no notice of the full context. What could be happening? Are there some forces which want to interfere with the Tokyo Olympic Games?
　　What the hell are these malicious acts by the media for? I saw the same scene in the last U.S. presidential election. Unspeakably autocratic movement by the leftist media and IT giants is beyond description. People who don't deliberate by themselves are easily influenced or captured by the current of thought. I feel something dangerous in those people.
　　I remember a philosopher's words: Democracy works only when ordinary people are smart. I realized his words are right seeing the resignation of the chairman.

(Vocabulary)
despise …を軽べつする, 見下す, 嫌悪する
take notice (of sb/sth) （＜…＞に）耳を傾ける, 気を配る
take no notice (of sb/sth) （＜…＞に）見向きもしない, （＜…＞を）無視する
not take any/much notice (of sb/sth) （＜…＞を）まったく［あまり］気に留めない
current (ある集団内の) 思想, 意見, 風潮
a current of thought 支配的な思想［考え方］, 思潮

　女性蔑視発言の責任を取ってオリンピック会長が辞任した。一体どんな発言をしたのだろうかと発言記録を読んでみた。なんと驚くことに、彼の発言の文脈に女性蔑視などと言うものはない。前後を切り取り、ごく一部の発言を取り出して批判している。東京オリンピックを是が非でも中止させたい勢力が存在するのだろう。
　いったい、マスコミのこの悪意に満ちた行動はなんなんだ。先のアメリカ大統領選挙でも見てきたが、昨今の左翼メディア、大手ＩＴ業界の横暴は筆舌に尽くしがたい。また自分で考えることをせず、世の流れに、マスメディアに流されてしまう、考えない人たち。
　民主主義とは、民がまともであるときだけに機能するシステムだと誰か哲学者が言っていたがその通りだと実感している。

What I Think About the U.S. Presidential Election

　　The U.S.A. Should it have been the leader of democratic nations? The dignity as the leader has fallen down. I'm so sorry. Most of the media are rotten. Lots of evidence for election fraud has been exposed on the net. Nevertheless, the media keep silent. Why? The pursuit of the truth should be the mission of the media, shouldn't it? I no longer trust the mainstream media and if I want to know something, I seek for the information on the net. I hope that President Trump will win the election, but now, it's not the main issue. I hope that justice will beat the evil.

 

アメリカ大統領選挙に想う

アメリカと言えば民主主義国家群のリーダーとも言える存在。それが今、地に墜ちている。選挙不正は一体どうしたことか。今、大手メディアは報道しないがネット上では確実な証拠がどんどん挙がっている。僕はもう既存メディアを信用していない。必要な情報はネット上で探し、既存メディアから流れてくる情報は必ず、ネット上でも確認することにしている。トランプ米大統領に勝って欲しいが、もうそんな話ではなく、真実を突き止め、この混乱を起こした組織を潰して欲しい。

My Opinion about the Ongoing Riots in the U.S.

　　A black man was killed through the crackdown in Minneapolis. Sorry to hear that. By the way, what do they want to do who join the riots across the U.S.? They threaten the country's security, destroy private or public estate and commit robberies. Does their conduct commemorate the victim? According to the follow-up reports, the deceased man with a background of robbery and drug abuse seemingly had just got out of prison and was carrying a counterfeit $20 bill when he was detected by police. He was ordered to get out of the car, but he resisted arrest. That's why he was forcibly taken out. The act of policemen, which led to his death, was surely overdoing it, but they were also human beings. They might have had a kind of fear that they wouldn't put anything past him if they relaxed their attention. The victim was reported to be Wohan virus positive. He might have been under the influence of the Wohan virus infection. I wonder if the policemen aren't allowed to speak in vindication of their conduct. Their act was just law enforcement. I'm worrying about the decrease of applicants for the police and other security personnel due to over-accusation against police.

 

警察官の行為により一人の黒人が亡くなった。残念なことだ。ところで、暴動に加わっている人たちは一体何をしたいのだろうか？治安を乱し、商店を壊し、品物を略奪、、、これが亡くなった人を追悼する行為だろうか。

いろいろと調べてみると、どうやら亡くなった黒人は２０ドルの偽札を持ち、窃盗や薬物使用の前歴があって、警察官の取り調べに応じず、車の外へ自ら出てこなかったというではないか。無理矢理３人の警察官に車から引きずり出されたのはそういう訳だ。警察官の行為が度を過ぎていたことは間違いないが、彼らも人の子。油断をすると何をされるかわからないという恐怖はあったのでは無いか。武漢ウイルス陽性だったとも報じられており、息が出来ないという訴えにはその影響もあったかも知れないと思う。そして、警察官にはなんら弁明は許されないのだろうか？取り調べ自体は正当な職務の遂行で、こんなことで警察官を批判するなら警察官のなり手がいなくなるのではないかと心配している。