Those who don’t want to go to war are selfish?

 After WW2, Japan has had the constitution, which bans Japan from fighting against foreign countries and having army. The constitution was imposed by the USA so that Japan wouldn’t invade foreign countries. But when Korean war broke out, there needed protection in Japan. Thus the USA made Japan fund Japan Self-Defense Forces, which is equivalent to army. Many people thought it was against that constitution, but the Japanese government said that she has the right to do self-deference and it’s not army to invade foreign countries so that she has the Japan Self-Defense Forces. Still, the Japanese government has allowed right to individual self-defense and not allowed Right of collective self-defense. In other words, Japanese couldn’t support the USA, Japanese ally in battlefield.


Today, the Japanese government is going to change the interpretation so that she can save Japanese allies by allowing Right of collective self-defense. Most scholars think it’s against constitution and many ordinary Japanese got mad at her and started demonstration in order to discourage her from changing the interpretation. They gather in front of Japanese parliament everyday and criticize Japanese politicians. They don’t want to die and wouldn’t other Japanese die.



Seeing this demonstration, Takaya Muto, a Japanese statesman posted the following tweet.

SEALDsという学生集団が自由と民主主義のために行動すると言って、国会前でマイクを持ち演説をしてるが、彼ら彼女らの主張は「だって戦争に行きたくないじゃん」という自分中心、極端な利己的考えに基づく。利己的個人主義がここまで蔓延したのは戦後教育のせいだろうと思うが、非常に残念だ。

— 武藤貴也 (@takaya_mutou) 2015, 7月 30

SEALDsという学生集団が自由と民主主義のために行動すると言って、国会前でマイクを持ち演説をしてるが、彼ら彼女らの主張は「だって戦争に行きたくないじゃん」という自分中心、極端な利己的考えに基づく。利己的個人主義がここまで蔓延したのは戦後教育のせいだろうと思うが、非常に残念だ。Students group called SEALDs are making speech in front of Japanese parliament, saying, “We make an action for liberty and democratic” They argued because “Because we wouldn’t like to go to war, would we?” This is selfish and too much egoistic idea. I got disappointed and think this egoistic individualism would be due to post-war-education. 

Another twitter user replied to him.

では率先してあなたが最前線に行ってください（昭和54年生まれなら、十分軍隊で役に立つでしょう）。期待しています！ https://t.co/4YEy4yPJXE

— hi everyone★ (@hieveryone0) 2015, 8月 1

では率先してあなたが最前線に行ってください（昭和54年生まれなら、十分軍隊で役に立つでしょう）。期待しています！

So you should dare to go to the battlefield forefront. (You are young enough because you were born in 1979) 

Takaya didn’t have the courage to say “yes” and tried to divert the subject saying,  “Acknowledging the Right of collective self-defense is one thing, going to a battlefield is another” But who can be convinced by his argument? Today, more and more such foolish politicians are increasing in Japan.

Takaya Muto. Quated from http://mutoutakaya.blog65.fc2.com/