Information from Mr. Masatoshi Takeshita
posted on his blog – December 9, 2012 –
Source: Chunichi Shimbun ( via Ashura Bulletin Board December 8, 2012 )
There
Has Been No Such Terrifying Election
There is something I am
worried about. It is the results of a poll
opinion conducted by our newspaper the other day, ahead of the House of
Representatives election. Let’s take for example the results on the LDP
which reportedly stays ahead in the race.
Slightly 30 percent of the
respondents who said they would vote for LDP in the proportional-representation
constituency answered in the negative a question on revision of “the Article 9
of the Constitution” and almost half of the respondents call for the oncoming
of “abolition of nuclear power generation.”
Needless to say, the LDP
has declared for revision of Article 9.
The party’s stance is to maintain the use of nuclear power.
Of course, this is also the case with other
parties. The pros and cons of
respondents contradict the parties they are determined to vote for.
There are two conceivable reasons for such “contradiction.” One is the possibility that a party of
preference has a campaign promise other than those on Article 9 and nuclear
power generation, which is a definitive factor for the party to be chosen. And the other is the attitude of respondents,
who decide to choose a party “without any reason,” not trying to understand the
party’s argument well. The former is
acceptable, but the other is too dangerous.
Japan learned the lesson at
great cost in the last World War that of course, we should not have a war again
and also keep away from any war as much as possible. Japan after the war was built based on this
lesson. It is an
incredibly important decision to change the Article 9, which is a foundation of
the country.
Furthermore, the nuclear accident has
deprived an enormous number of people of their home towns and has made part of
our precious homeland practically uninhabitable due to radiation
contamination. The accident bitterly
remind us of a Persian proverb: “Don’t open the door which cannot be closed
later.”
The first House of
Representatives election campaign after the great earthquake has started. Therefore, the question to be asked in the election is whether we are
the people who can learn from our failure and tragedy or not.
“Without any reason” is a
big no-no. Voting results will decide
the future of this country and what the country should be for children to survive.
(Yoshiyuki
Shimada, City News Editor, Chunichi Shimbun)
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