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Vol.40 Unreasonable World
March 03,2016
 The world is full of unreasonable things, which I think come from "emotions" or "merits and demerits."

 In the case of "emotions," people's behaviors are not logical because "they hate some others without any specific reasons." People often hate police because "they just do not like it although they know it is necessary to maintain public order." The same goes for tax authorities. People with a guilty conscience tend to dislike police and tax authorities based on their merits and demerits, but even those who do not have it dislike them.
 These examples do not mean much harm and can be laughed off, but you can never let the International Military Tribunal for the Far East after the World War II go. In a trial where a side which lost the fight is judged by a side which won, the verdict is not going to be fair because emotions are involved.

 Meanwhile, the following cases were brought to justice based on merits and demerits.
(1) Veto wielded by permanent members of the U.N. Security Council: The majority system - one of fundamental principles of democracy - is ignored, leaving the U.N. dysfunctional.
(2) Trial for Lockheed bribery scandals: This is a rare trial where witnesses were examined on the premise that Lockheed is not accused of bribery.
(3) Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: This is a treaty that allows only five nations (United States, Russia, United Kingdom, France, and China) to possess nuclear weapons.

 The above can be perceived differently by each individual.
 It has been said that things are not necessarily logical and history is always written by winners.
 Under such circumstances, you sometimes have to unreasonably accept an unreasonable offer. However, you need to draw a line between accepting or not accepting, which I think depends on your philosophy.

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Masaru Sugaya

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