Why Isn’t Okinawa Jumping in Junity?
Posted by Guy on March 30, 2008
An Early Reflection
Judge Toshimasa Fukami finally ruled that “the former Imperial Japanese Army was deeply involved in the mass suicides.” [Thank you Sherlock-san!]
The author, Kenzaburo Oe, is now off the hook, of course, but what about
- The full truth?
- Logic behind the ruling?
- And why aren’t the Ryukyuans jumping in Junity*?
According to the judge:
The Imperial Japanese Army were deeply involved in the suicides Ryukyuans [Okinawans]; they supplied the grenades for Okinawans to commit mass suicide; instructed the civilians (i) how to use the grenades, and (ii) how to maximize mass fatality; but they did not order the Ryukyuans to commit suicide; however, people on those Okinawan islands where the Imperial Japanese Army was not stationed did not commit suicide.
He declined to rule on whether the Japanese commanders had actually ordered the civilians to commit suicide.
Weasel Ruling
What legal (or logical) yardstick could the judge have possibly used to arrive at such weasel ruling? If the Japanese commanders didn’t order the civilians to commit suicide,
1. What exactly did their “deep involvement in the mass suicides”amount to?
2. Who/what/why did the Okinawans commit suicide?
Burden of Proof?
The only logical, though untrue, conclusion that could be inferred from the Japanese judge’s weasel ruling is the following, which is based purely on those premises that he has agreed with:
Premise#1. The Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) supplied the hand grenades.
Premise#2. IJA instructed the [civilian] Ryukyuans how to commit mass suicide using hand grenade.
Premise#3. IJA commanders did not order the Ryukyuans to commit mass suicide.
Premise#4. Civilians on those Okinawan islands where IJA was not stationed did not commit mass suicide.
Conclusion: Therefore, the Ryukyuans must have been tricked by IJA commanders into committing mass suicide ‘voluntarily!’
And the Ryukyuans?
The weasel ruling made “f*ckall” difference to the Ryukyuans. The general idea is that they don’t get to sue the government for damages, claim compensation for the loss of family members, or for the other war crimes and atrocities committed by IJA!
See: A Word for the Ryukyuans [Okinawans]
*JUNITY = Japanese unity
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