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Vol.40
Unreasonable World |
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March 03,2016 |
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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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