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はてなキーワード: I knowとは
I did not say that. I said the biblical marriage was affirmed and then Romans 1 did talk negatively about the action of homosexuality.
私はそうは言っていません。聖書的な結婚が肯定されたと言ったのです。そしてローマ人への手紙1章が同性愛という行為について否定的に語っていると。
But ultimately that affirmation comes from the lines in there that suggest that man shall not sleep with man.
しかし、最終的にその肯定は、「男は男と寝てはならない」と示唆する聖句から来ているのではありませんか。
Yes, of course. Yes. So the Old Testament and New Testament harmonize one another, but Christ brought it to a different level, a different covenant, and a different moral teaching. It wasn't just enough to say that you shall, you know, "an eye for an eye." He said that you shall turn the other cheek, that you shall love your enemy. Christ's moral standard was much more even elevated than that of the Israelites and the Hebrews.
ええ、もちろんです。旧約聖書と新約聖書は互いに調和していますが、キリストはそれを異なるレベル、異なる契約、異なる道徳的教えへと引き上げました。「目には目を」と言うだけでは不十分でした。彼は「もう一方の頬を向けなさい」「汝の敵を愛しなさい」と言いました。キリストの道徳基準は、イスラエル人やヘブライ人のそれよりもはるかに高められたものだったのです。
But I'm going to ask you whose Bible, okay? Now, your Bible that you use currently is written in the English language, right? Correct?
では、誰の聖書なのか、とお聞きします。あなたが今使っている聖書は英語で書かれていますよね？
The King James Version, yes, thanks to Tyndale.
欽定訳聖書（King James Version）ですね。ティンダルのおかげです。
Tyndale: ウィリアム・ティンダル（William Tyndale）のこと。16世紀のイングランドの学者で、宗教改革の指導者の一人。ヘブライ語やギリシャ語の原典から初めて聖書を英語に翻訳した人物の一人であり、彼の翻訳は後の欽定訳聖書に大きな影響を与えました。
Exactly, it's written in the English language, which in itself is only say 500 years old. Now, the Christianity in itself, say, is 2,000 years old or even older. Yeah, correct? Now, which means that the Bible was originally written not in English but in ancient…
その通りです。英語で書かれており、それ自体はたかだか500年の歴史しかありません。キリスト教自体は2000年かそれ以上の歴史がありますよね？つまり、聖書はもともと英語ではなく、古代の…
Koine Greek.
Koine Greek: コイネー・ギリシャ語。新約聖書が書かれた当時のヘレニズム世界の共通語。
Correct. Now, if we look at the Greek terminology of man...
terminology (n): 専門用語、術語。
Yes, and Jesus spoke Aramaic. You could translate things, you acknowledge that.
ええ、そしてイエスはアラム語を話しました。物事は翻訳できる、とあなたも認めますよね。
Well, we translate things, but translations are linguistically ambiguous. As a former classicist, I know that language can't be translated directly. So for example, if you look at the translation of of of certain words into "man," so I've got two words here. So I've got "malakoi," which means essentially soft, which isn't necessarily directly saying a gay man. And then we've got "arsenokoitai," which essentially means prostitutes. Now, if we look at things linguistically, we can pick apart the Bible and say that actually, it wasn't saying man shall not sleep with man, it's saying man shall not sleep with prostitutes, which is an entirely different linguistic thing.
ええ、翻訳はしますが、翻訳には言語的な曖昧さがつきものです。元古典学者として言いますが、言語は直接的に翻訳できません。例えば、「男」と訳されている特定の単語を見てみましょう。ここに2つの単語があります。「malakoi（マラコイ）」、これは本質的に「柔らかい」という意味で、必ずしも直接的にゲイの男性を指すわけではありません。そして「arsenokoitai（アルセノコイタイ）」、これは本質的に「男娼」を意味します。言語学的に見れば、聖書を分析して、実は「男は男と寝てはならない」と言っているのではなく、「男は男娼と寝てはならない」と言っているのだ、と主張できます。これは全く異なる言語学的な事柄です。
linguistically (adv): 言語学的に、言語の点で。
ambiguous (adj): 曖昧な、多義的な、複数の解釈ができる。
classicist (n): 古典学者。ギリシャ・ローマの古典文学や文化を研究する学者。
malakoi / arsenokoitai: 議論の核心となっているギリシャ語の単語。学生はこれらの単語の翻訳の妥当性に疑問を呈しています。
I'm not even getting into Leviticus, though. But my contention is completely New Testament focused.
私はレビ記の話をしているわけではありません。私の主張は完全に新約聖書に焦点を当てています。
これはレビ記ではありません。
What you said, man shall not speaking with man...
あなたが言った「男は男と…」
No, but this is this is these words are used throughout...
いいえ、でもこれらの言葉は全体で使われて…
Well, actually in Romans 1, it was actually women sleeping with women. So you got your verses wrong. In Romans 1, Paul is prophesying about the end of the world and he's saying that in the end times, woman will like with woman-like and man will, I think it might say man with man-like. You have to get the verses specifically.
実は、ローマ人への手紙1章では、女性が女性と寝ることについて書かれています。だからあなたは聖句を間違えています。ローマ人への手紙1章で、パウロは世の終わりについて預言し、終わりの時には、女は女を好み、男は…確か男は男を好むと書いてあったかと思います。聖句は具体的に確認する必要がありますが。
But it is agreed upon, and you can agree, this is why tradition is important. And I even say this as a Protestant, is that we believe that scripture is very important, but also look to tradition. Church tradition has had an unbroken chain affirming matrimony, holy matrimony being one man, one woman. One even as a non-Catholic, I'm glad that Pope Leo has reaffirmed in the last couple of days. And so I'm not even sure your contention, your point. Are you saying that the Bible doesn't affirm marriage as one man, one woman? Are you saying church tradition doesn't affirm marriage one man, one woman?
しかし、これには同意が得られており、あなたも同意できるはずですが、だからこそ伝統が重要なのです。プロテスタントとして言いますが、私たちは聖書が非常に重要だと信じていますが、伝統にも目を向けます。教会の伝統は、結婚、つまり聖なる婚姻が一人の男と一人の女のものであることを肯定する、途切れることのない鎖を持ってきました。非カトリック教徒としてさえ、私はここ数日で教皇レオがそれを再確認したことを嬉しく思います。ですから、あなたの主張、あなたの論点がよくわかりません。聖書は結婚を男女間のものとして肯定していないと言いたいのですか？教会の伝統が結婚を男女間のものとして肯定していないと？
unbroken (adj): 途切れない、連続した。
matrimony (n): 婚姻、結婚。特に法的な、あるいは宗教的な儀式としての結婚を指すことが多いです。
I'm saying the Bible doesn't affirm.
But it clearly doesn't affirm. That is complete nonsense. But Christ our Lord, which is the standard, he affirms this idea that you will leave your father's home, going back to Genesis 12 and this idea of Abraham leaving his father's home, and you will cleave to your wife. That a new, that it would be called one. In fact, this idea of a new creation which is something that is then used by the Apostle Paul to describe the the church of Christ and the bride of... the church being the bride of Christ with Jesus. So I'm not even sure your contention. It is…
しかし、明らかに肯定しています。それは全くのでたらめです。私たちの主であり基準であるキリストは、「あなたは父の家を出て」という考えを肯定しています。これは創世記12章、アブラハムが父の家を出る話に遡ります。「そして妻と結ばれる」。新しいもの、それは「一体」と呼ばれるでしょう。実際、この新しい創造という考えは、後に使徒パウロがキリストの教会と、イエスと結ばれるキリストの花嫁としての教会を説明するために用いたものです。ですから、あなたの主張がよくわかりません。それは…。
But you're just avoiding my point. I'm saying the Bible that we have today is 100% a translation and a translation is linguistically ambiguous.
あなたは私の論点を避けています。私が言っているのは、今日私たちが持っている聖書は100%翻訳であり、翻訳には言語的な曖昧さがあるということです。
I acknowledge that. But what about specifically in Matthew or in the book of Romans? And but in order for you to be correct, you mean the Church Fathers translated it wrong when they were within like 50 years of this? In order for your contention to be correct, you have to say that the early Church Fathers that wrote the early letters to the church, they were translating it wrong and the tradition they established was wrong. So by then, we can lean on tradition and scripture. So when you get tradition plus scripture, you get something that is authentic, that is real, and that is verifiable.
それは認めます。しかし、マタイによる福音書やローマ人への手紙については具体的にどうですか？そして、あなたの主張が正しいとすれば、教父たちは、出来事から50年ほどの間に、それを間違って翻訳したということになりますか？あなたの主張が正しいとすれば、教会への初期の書簡を書いた初期の教父たちが、それを誤訳し、彼らが確立した伝統も間違っていたと言わなければなりません。そうであれば、私たちは伝統と聖書に頼ることができます。伝統と聖書が合わさったとき、本物で、現実的で、検証可能なものが得られるのです。
verifiable (adj): 検証可能な、証明できる。
I've already highlighted the tradition does not align with scripture. We've gone back thousands of years to ancient Mesopotamia.
伝統が聖書と一致しないことは既に指摘しました。私たちは数千年前の古代メソポタミアまで遡りました。
But understand, but at the time, they all spoke Greek, they wrote Greek, and they spoke Aramaic. So for example, when they were writing the early gospels, the synoptic gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke, they were obviously writing in Greek. They knew that language. So in Matthew, when they were writing Greek and then the early Church Fathers knew Greek and adopted that as church tradition, we have a 2,000 unbroken chain. I think you can irrefutably say that it was the teachings of Christ for one man and one woman. Because the church tradition has been unbroken for 2,000 years and they derived it from scripture of that original language.
しかし、理解してください。当時、彼らは皆ギリシャ語を話し、ギリシャ語で書き、アラム語を話していました。例えば、彼らが初期の福音書、つまりマタイ、マルコ、ルカの共観福音書を書いていたとき、彼らは明らかにギリシャ語で書いていました。彼らはその言語を知っていたのです。ですから、マタイ伝で彼らがギリシャ語で書き、そして初期の教父たちがギリシャ語を知っていて、それを教会の伝統として採用したとき、私たちには2000年の途切れることのない鎖があるのです。キリストの教えが男女間のことであったと、議論の余地なく言えると思います。なぜなら、教会の伝統は2000年間途切れず、彼らはそれを元の言語の聖書から導き出したからです。
You can't argue that. That doesn't make sense. I mean, if we agree to disagree then might we look at biology?
それは主張できません。意味が通りません。もし意見が合わないなら、生物学に目を向けてもいいですか？
So you know better than the church fathers?
では、あなたは教父たちより賢いと？
I don't, I'm not saying I know better than the church fathers. What I'm saying is linguistically, there is undeniably an error. Regardless of what you say, there is a translation...
いいえ、教父たちより賢いと言っているわけではありません。私が言っているのは、言語学的に、否定しようのない誤りがあるということです。あなたが何と言おうと、翻訳の…
Our lens may be, but not from the people when they were making these traditions...
私たちの見方ではそうかもしれませんが、彼らがこれらの伝統を作っていた時の人々からすれば違います。
I agree, they may have gotten that right, but that may not have been their original meaning. What we are saying is the meaning has been warped over time because of societal and cultural contexts such as the British Empire...
同意します。彼らは正しく理解していたかもしれませんが、それが彼らの本来の意味ではなかったかもしれません。私たちが言っているのは、大英帝国のような社会的・文化的文脈によって、時代とともに意味が歪められてきたということです。
チャーリーカークがケンブリッジの学生に論破されるって動画の長い版があったからGeminiに英語教材にしてもらった。
https://x.com/KBYMScotland/status/1966798924468851007
今年5月、チャーリー・カークが🇬🇧ケンブリッジ大を訪れ学生とディベートを行った。カークは「聖書は同性愛を道徳に反するとし禁じている」と持論を展開するが...
https://x.com/mkbfpv/status/1966798326730240107
Here is the actual full clip of this exchange.
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Ellis Jones from Emmanuel College.
(拍手)
Um hello, thank you for coming to talk. Um, so my question, as someone studying archaeology and biological anthropology, um, I've learned that moral codes and social norms have always been fluid, shaped by time, culture, power. So many ancient and recent societies embraced same-sex relationships and even the idea of third genders uh well before Western conservatism even existed. So when you claim that modern conservative values represent some kind of universal objective moral truth, like you said on your chair over there, um are you just defending a selective, historically recent ideology that erases most of human history and targets people who have always been part of it?
こんにちは、お話しいただきありがとうございます。ええと、私の質問ですが、私は考古学と生物人類学を学んでいる者として、道徳規範や社会規範は常に流動的で、時代、文化、権力によって形成されてきたと学びました。古代から近代に至るまで、多くの社会が西洋の保守主義が存在するずっと以前から、同性間の関係や第三の性という考え方さえも受け入れてきました。ですから、あなたが現代の保守的な価値観が、そちらの椅子でおっしゃったように、何らかの普遍的で客観的な道徳的真理を代表していると主張されるとき、それは人類の歴史の大部分を消し去り、常にその一部であった人々を標的にする、選択的で歴史的に新しいイデオロギーを擁護しているだけなのではないでしょうか？
archaeology (n): 考古学
anthropology (n): 人類学
fluid (adj): 流動的な、変わりやすい。ここでは「道徳規範が固定されたものではなく、時代と共に変化する」という文脈で使われています。
conservatism (n): 保守主義。伝統的な価値観や制度を維持しようとする政治的・社会的な思想。
objective (adj): 客観的な。主観に基づかない、事実としての真理を指します。
selective (adj): 選択的な、えり好みする。ここでは「歴史の中から都合の良い部分だけを選んでいる」という批判的なニュアンスです。
ideology (n): イデオロギー、観念形態。特定の社会集団が共有する信念や価値観の体系。
erase (v): 消し去る、抹消する。
No, but can you point to me of a great power that endorsed same-sex marriage, not cohabitation, but marriage?
いいえ。ですが、同棲ではなく、同性「婚」を承認した大国を一つでも挙げていただけますか？
endorse (v): （公に）是認する、支持する、承認する。
cohabitation (n): 同棲。法的な婚姻関係を結ばずに共に住むこと。
Ancient Mesopotamia.
As marriage? As as as recognized by the state.
100%.
100%そうです。
And how did that work out for them?
それで、彼らはどうなりましたか？
It worked out perfectly fine. It was an accepted norm of society.
全く問題なく機能していました。社会で受け入れられた規範でした。
norm (n): 規範、標準。社会において当然のこととされる行動や考え方の基準。
Okay, I still think it's wrong.
なるほど。それでも私はそれが間違っていると思います。
Okay, okay, swiftly moving on. So you said it was based on scripture and you believe that there are moral objective universal truths.
わかりました、では次に進みます。あなたはそれが聖書に基づいており、道徳的に客観的で普遍的な真理が存在すると信じているとおっしゃいましたね。
scripture (n): 聖書、聖典。キリスト教やユダヤ教の正典を指します。
Yes, there are. So murder is wrong today and murder was wrong 2,000 years ago.
はい、存在します。殺人は今日も悪であり、2000年前も悪でした。
Right, okay, in fact that's not same sex, but fair, fair, I see your point.
ええ、なるほど。それは同性の話ではありませんが、まあ、おっしゃることはわかります。
But there are moral truths that are transcendent of time, place, and matter.
しかし、時間、場所、そして物質を超越した道徳的真理は存在するのです。
transcendent (adj): 超越的な、並外れた。ここでは、物理的な制約や時間的な変化の影響を受けない、普遍的な真理を指しています。
Okay, but but so just to clarify, you believe that this is in the Bible. This is laid out in the Bible that man shall not sleep with man and so therefore it's...
わかりました。しかし、確認ですが、あなたはそれが聖書に書かれていると信じているのですね。男は男と寝てはならないと聖書に明記されており、だからこそ…。
It's also repeated throughout the New Testament as well. Matthew, in the book of Matthew, Jesus affirms the biblical standard for marriage.
それは新約聖書全体でも繰り返されています。マタイによる福音書で、イエスは結婚に関する聖書の基準を再確認しています。
Okay, so I'm gonna make two very, very quick points. So the first, um, so if we look at the Old Testament in isolation, just to start off with as an example. So let's look at Exodus 35:2, which suggests that if you work on the Sabbath, you should be put to death. If you look at Leviticus 11:7, it suggests that if you have pork, you should be put to death. If you plant two crops side by side, you should be stoned by your entire village. If you wear a suit, which you are wearing now, that contains two different fibers intertwined into the same jacket, you should be burned at the stake by your own mother. Now, following that rationale, in Leviticus 18:22 when it states that man shall not sleep with man, why aren't we burning ourselves at the stake as well? Why aren't we stoning ourselves to death?
わかりました。では、非常に手短に2点述べさせてください。まず、例として旧約聖書だけを切り取って見てみましょう。出エジプト記35章2節では、安息日に働けば死刑にされるべきだと示唆されています。レビ記11章7節を見れば、豚肉を食べれば死刑にされるべきだと示唆されています。2種類の作物を隣り合わせに植えれば、村全体から石打ちにされるべきです。あなたが今着ているような、2種類の異なる繊維を織り交ぜた上着を着ていれば、自分の母親によって火あぶりにされるべきです。さて、その論理に従うなら、レビ記18章22節で「男は男と寝てはならない」と述べられているのに、なぜ私たちは自分たちを火あぶりにしないのでしょうか？なぜ石打ちで殺し合わないのでしょうか？
in isolation: 孤立して、単独で。ここでは「旧約聖書だけを文脈から切り離して見てみると」という意味です。
Sabbath (n): 安息日。ユダヤ教で労働が禁じられている土曜日のこと。
Leviticus (n): レビ記。旧約聖書の一書で、祭儀や律法に関する規定が多く記されています。
intertwined (adj): 絡み合った、織り交ぜられた。
at the stake: 火あぶりの刑で。中世の処刑方法の一つ。
(拍手)
Do you care to address my main contention that Christ affirmed biblical marriage in the book of Matthew? And can you tell me the difference between the ceremonial, the moral, and the ritual law? And then finally, also, tell me about Christianity, the difference between the new and the Old Covenant, or you're just going to cherry-pick certain verses of ancient Israel that do not apply to new Christianity?
私の「キリストはマタイによる福音書で聖書的な結婚を肯定した」という主要な主張に反論していただけますか？そして、儀式律法、道徳律法、祭司律法の違いを教えていただけますか？そして最後に、キリスト教における新しい契約と古い契約の違いについても教えてください。それとも、あなたは新しいキリスト教には適用されない古代イスラエルの特定の聖句を、ただつまみ食いしているだけですか？
contention (n): （議論における）主張、論点。
covenant (n): （神と人との）契約。キリスト教神学において非常に重要な概念です。
cherry-pick (v): （自分に都合のいいものだけを）つまみ食いする、えり抜きする。
Very fair, fair. I completely agree. So we'll look at two points then. So firstly, um, if we look at the Old Testament, uh, we can see the kind of inconsistencies there. We've already touched upon that, right? That makes sense. Secondly, you mentioned the point of Jesus and Christ. He never mentioned anything to do with homosexuality at all.
ごもっともです。完全に同意します。では2つの点を見ましょう。まず、旧約聖書を見れば、そこに矛盾があることがわかります。それについては既に触れましたよね？理にかなっています。次に、あなたはイエス・キリストの点に言及しました。彼は同性愛について一切何も言及していません。
Whoa, hold on a second. He affirmed, he affirmed biblical marriage as one man and one woman. He said a man shall leave his...
おっと、待ってください。彼は聖書的な結婚を「一人の男と一人の女」として肯定しました。彼は「男はその…」と言いました。
in the New Testament?
新約聖書でですか？
In Matthew, that is not correct. I believe in the New Testament, in the New Testament. Well, Romans is also in the New Testament. Secondly, in Romans 1, the Apostle Paul talks negatively about homosexuality explicitly. Also, homosexuality is repeated in the book of Titus and in the book of Jude as not being favorable as the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah. Not even talking about the Old Testament verses.
マタイ伝です。それは違います。新約聖書で、と信じています。ローマ人への手紙も新約聖書です。第二に、ローマ人への手紙1章で、使徒パウロは明確に同性愛について否定的に語っています。また、テトスへの手紙やユダの手紙でも、ソドムとゴモラの滅亡と同様に、同性愛は好ましくないものとして繰り返されています。旧約聖書の聖句は抜きにしてもです。
There are three types of the 613 Levitical laws. And you, you know, of course, in your own way, cherry-picked some of them. We do not live under the ceremonial, we do not live under the ritual, and but we do live under the moral. There's only 10 of the moral that we as Christians believe we're bound to, some believe nine, which of course is the Decalogue. And so none of those that you mentioned we as Christians believe that we live under. However, we do look at what Christ articulated as the biblical standard of marriage. And we can also look to church tradition for this as well. And the church has had a tradition for well over 2,000 years, even myself as a Protestant acknowledges, that tradition is marriage between one man and one woman.
レビ記には613の律法に3つの種類があります。そして、あなたはもちろんご自身のやり方で、その一部をつまみ食いしました。私たちは儀式律法の下には生きていません。祭司律法の下にも生きていません。しかし、道徳律法の下には生きています。キリスト教徒として私たちが従うべき道徳律法は10個だけです。9個だと信じる人もいますが、それがもちろん十戒です。ですから、あなたが挙げたもののどれ一つとして、私たちキリスト教徒が従うべきものはありません。しかし、私たちはキリストが結婚の聖書的基準として明確に述べたことには注目します。そして、これについては教会の伝統にも目を向けることができます。プロテスタントである私自身でさえ認めますが、教会には2000年以上にわたる伝統があり、その伝統とは、結婚は一人の男と一人の女の間のものであるということです。
articulate (v): （考えなどを）はっきりと述べる、明確に表現する。
tradition (n): 伝統、しきたり。ここでは特に教会の教義や慣習の継承を指します。
Okay, but I work, okay. Say we put aside the Old Testament for now. We'll put that aside and the inconsistencies there and look purely at the New Testament following your rationale, okay? Now, when you say that Christ lays specifically and the New Testament states specifically that man shall not sleep with man, I'd like to point out a linguistic error on that point.
なるほど。では、一旦旧約聖書は脇に置きましょう。それとそこにある矛盾は置いておいて、あなたの論理に従って純粋に新約聖書だけを見ましょう。いいですか？さて、あなたがキリストが具体的に、そして新約聖書が具体的に「男は男と寝てはならない」と述べていると言うとき、その点における言語的な誤りを指摘したいと思います。
I did not say that. I said the biblical marriage was affirmed and then Romans 1 did talk negatively about the action of homosexuality.
私はそうは言っていません。聖書的な結婚が肯定されたと言ったのです。そしてローマ人への手紙1章が同性愛という行為について否定的に語っていると。
Hey everyone. I don't know where else to post this. I need to write it down before I convince myself I was just hallucinating. I’m a grad student in Japan, doing fieldwork on forgotten local folklore. That's why I was out in the absolute middle of nowhere in Gunma prefecture last night.
My plan was to visit a tiny, dying village called Yomi-touge (not its real name) that supposedly has some unique traditions. Of course, my phone lost signal hours ago, and my car's GPS, which I bought in 2015, decided to have a total meltdown. The sun went down. The mountain roads are narrow and winding, and a thick, soupy fog started to roll in. The kind of wet, heavy air that makes you feel like you’re breathing water. I was completely, hopelessly lost.
After what felt like an eternity of driving at a crawl, I saw it. A light. A single, brutally bright rectangle of light cutting through the fog. A convenience store. One of those big chains you see everywhere, a FamilyMart or a Lawson, I couldn't tell which at first. I’ve never felt so relieved in my life. I parked the car and practically ran inside, the little door chime sounding way too loud in the dead silence.
The inside was… normal. Too normal. The lights were humming with a high-pitched buzz that drilled into my skull. The shelves were perfectly stocked. The air smelled of cheap air freshener and something else… something sweet and hot, like ozone or burnt sugar.
He was a young guy, maybe my age. Pale, drenched in sweat, with dark circles under his eyes like bruises. He moved with a painful stiffness, like every joint was rusted. He muttered a "Irasshaimase…" without even looking at me, his eyes fixed on the counter. His arms were covered in these intricate, dark tattoos, winding from his wrists up under his sleeves. I figured he was just sick, or on a rough shift. I felt bad for him.
I grabbed a can of coffee and went to the counter. "Sorry to bother you," I started in Japanese, "I'm pretty lost. Could you tell me where I am?"
He looked up, and his eyes didn't seem to focus on me. It was like he was looking at a screen a few inches in front of my face. "We do not provide directional information," he said, his voice a flat, rehearsed monotone. "Will that be all for you?"
Okay, weird, but whatever. Maybe it's store policy. As he reached for my coffee, his sleeve slid up. The tattoos on his arm… they weren’t just pictures. For a split second, I swear to God, the lines of ink shifted. They writhed, like tiny black worms under his skin, and a patch of his forearm glowed with a faint, sickly red light. He flinched, a sharp intake of breath, and quickly pulled his sleeve down.
I just froze. I couldn’t have seen that, right? I was tired, my eyes were playing tricks on me.
The person who walked in… I don’t know how to describe them. It was a man, I think. He was tall and wore an old, soaked trench coat. But his face… it was like my brain refused to process it. It wasn't that he had no face, it was that my eyes would slide right off it. It was a blur, a glitch, a 404 error in human form.
The clerk didn't seem surprised. He didn't even seem to see him as strange. His posture just became even more rigid. The red glow on his arm pulsed again, brighter this time, visible through his sleeve.
The faceless man didn't speak. He just stood there. The clerk, without a word, turned. But he didn't go to the coolers. He kept his back to the man, and held out his left hand, palm up. I heard a soft, wet, squelching sound. From a small, dark slit in the center of his palm that I hadn't noticed before, a small carton of strawberry milk, the kind you give to kids, just… emerged. It was produced out of his hand. It was wet with a clear, viscous fluid.
He placed it on the counter. "Here is the requested product," the clerk said, his voice straining. "The transaction is complete."
The faceless man picked up the strawberry milk. He put it in his coat pocket. And then he just… faded. He didn’t walk out the door. He dissolved into the humming air, like heat haze. A second later, he was gone.
The clerk let out a long, shuddering breath and swayed on his feet. He leaned heavily on the counter, his face sheet-white. He looked utterly, existentially exhausted. He saw me staring, my mouth hanging open, the can of coffee still in my hand.
For the first time, a flicker of something real, something human, crossed his face. It was pure, undiluted terror.
"You… are not a regular customer," he whispered, his voice trembling. "Your… concept is too stable. Please. Leave."
I didn't need to be told twice. I threw a 500 yen coin on the counter and ran out of there so fast I think I broke the sound barrier. I didn't even take my coffee. I just got in my car and drove, I don't know in which direction, I just drove.
I'm at a service station now, about 100km away. The sun is coming up. I can't stop shaking. It wasn't a dream. I know it wasn't. Because when I was fumbling for my keys, I realized I had accidentally grabbed the receipt from the counter.
It’s not for my coffee. It’s for the other transaction. It just has one item listed. It doesn't say "Strawberry Milk." It says:
ITEM: CONCEPTUAL SALVATION (FLAVOR: CHILDHOOD NOSTALGIA) - 1 UNIT
PRICE: ¥0
METHOD: ANNULMENT
Has anyone seen a store like this? What the hell is happening in the mountains of Gunma? What did I see? And God, that poor kid working the counter. He isn't in trouble. He's a part of it. He's the machine.
ビーフに敗北したドレイクに扮してラップしていて、内容がかなり面白かったので和訳してみた
Drake finally responds to Kendrick Lamar's Superbowl show 🏈😢 #kendricklamar #drake
Since your performance I've been sat crying on the floor
Ripping my clothes Like Montoya screaming (Por favor!)
お前のパフォーマンス以来、俺は床に座って泣いていたよ
You were mean and rude in front of the whole nation
So now I gotta sue like a Cristiano celebration
だから今、私はクリスティアーノのゴールパフォーマンスのように訴訟を起こさなければならないんだ *3
Please everybody stop clapping
I know I took a massive L like I'm between 'Samuel' and 'Jackson'
I call my dealer 'cus it hasn't been the best week
I need some free puff like a Kanye West tweet (please free my brother puff)
"Say Drake..." You call me a nonce down the lens
And now all of my kid's friends won't invite me on a play date
And all the peng tings blank me
So I'm sat watching sad movies with a blankie
そして、いい女たちも俺を無視するようになった
No new texts saying: 'Hey big head, I miss you...'
Thought ladies loved my paper 'till I saw rock with SZA
「やあビッグヘッド、君がいなくて寂しいよ...」とメッセージを送ったけど返事はない *7
君がSZAで踊ってるのを見るまで、女たちは俺の金を愛していると思ってたんだ *8
This is a consequence of sh*t talking
How I'm logging into X and then I see my ex crip walking?
これはクソみたいな罵りあいの結果だ
"Controller controller..." You use my own bar to diss me
How can I see square circle triangle and not be 'cross'?
「コントローラー コントローラー...」 お前は俺の歌詞を使って俺をディスったな *10
どうすれば□、〇、△を見て腹を立てずにいられるんだ？ *11
I cried so many tears I could probably fill a well
My cheeks are sore like the time I got my BBL
井戸があふれそうなくらい涙を流したよ
BBLを受けた時のように頬が痛いよ *13
Is this what it feel like to be in hell?
Kinda dug myself a hole kinda like a miner
地獄にいるってこんな感じなのか？
*1 スペインの恋愛リアリティーショー「Temptation Island:Spain」に出演した男。彼女に浮気された際にPor favor!と叫びながら自分の服を引き裂いたり
浮気現場を押さえようと、スタッフの制止を振り切って海岸を疾走するシーンがSNSでバズってミーム化している。
*2 ケンドリックが、全世界が注目するNFLのハーフタイムショーに出演し、Not like us(ドレイクを未成年好きのロリコン野郎とディスる曲)を歌ったこと。
*3 サッカー選手のクリスチアーノ・ロナウドは、ゴールを決めた際のパフォーマンスで「SIUUUU」と叫ぶ(英語でいう「YESSSSSS」みたいな意味)。
ドレイクが、ケンドリックがハーフタイムショーでNot like usを歌うことを阻止するため、ケンドリックの所属するレコード会社を訴訟(sue)したこととかけている。
*4 「Loser(敗者)」の意味のLと、ハーフタイムショーに出演した俳優サミュエル・L・ジャクソンのミドルネームのLをかけている。
*5 free puffは「他の人が大〇を吸ってるときに、その副流煙を吸う」という意味だが
カニエ・ウェストが2月に発狂してXに大量の差別発言を投稿した際、「トランプ大統領、俺のブラザーのPuffを釈放してくれ(free puff)」とお願いのポストを投稿したこととかけている。
ちなみにPuffとは、元ラッパーの実業家であり、現在女性に対する性的暴行や人身売買等、多数の疑惑で告発を受けて収監されているディディ(旧名パフ・ダディ)のことである。
*6 ケンドリックがハーフタイムショーで「Not like us」を歌った際、「なあドレイク？お前若い女の子が好きなんだってな」の部分をカメラ目線と満面の笑みで歌ったこと。nonceはイギリスのスラングで小〇性犯罪者の意味。
*7 ビッグヘッドは直訳すると「うぬぼれや」のような意味だが、好きな相手に対して、からかうような意味合いをこめてそう呼ぶこともある。
*8 ケンドリックのハーフタイムショーで共演した、女性歌手SZAのこと。ドレイクの元カノでもある。一小節にRock、Paper、Scissors(SZA)を盛り込み意味も通した、テクニカルなワードプレイ。
*9 ケンドリックのハーフタイムショーに出演した、テニス選手のセリーナ・ウィリアムスのこと。
ドレイクからすれば「元カノが自分の宿敵のショーに出演し、自分をロ〇コン野郎と罵る歌(Not like us)でノリノリに踊っている。
しかもクリップス(ケンドリックと関係の深いギャング)のチームカラーと同じ青い服を着て、クリップス発祥のダンス(Cウォーク)を踊っている」という地獄のような光景である。
*10 ドレイクが2016年に出した「Controlla」という曲と、ケンドリックがハーフタイムショーで舞台をプレイステーションのコントローラーに見立て、地面に□〇△×を表示したことをかけている。
*11 プレイステーションの「×(クロス)」ボタンと、腹を立てるという意味の「be cross」をかけている。
*12 「all my beef lost」に「(忘れっぽいから)肉を全部なくした」と「(ケンドリックとの)ビーフに全敗した」の2つの意味がかけられている。
*13 以前から、ドレイクは腹筋等の筋肉を整形手術で人工的に作った疑惑がかけられていたが
ある時期から急に尻がデカくなったので「Brasilian but lift」という尻を大きくする整形を受けた疑惑が持たれており、ディス曲でも散々ネタにされている。
アメリカ等では「女性は尻が大きいほどセクシー」という考えがあるため、基本的にBBLをやるのは女、というのもディスられどころである。
瞼の奥に閉じ込められた刃物を取り出して
しがらみとなって空気を伸ばして木の根を刈り取って
朽ちることのないQ-vism
愛想をふった寄生獣を
消える 消える 全て 消えた鎖を
獣のような目で見据えた世界には
神も光も何もない
繰り返したぜ Only
見渡せば具現化したドグマが立ちふさがる
涙だってどこかが五月草
背後に見たPeaceをもう一度だけ
Fallin’ ‘Cause my friend
シャキシャキすがる海藻浴に
革新つく理性の愛を
響け 響け 全て 生まれ変われ
汚れた瞼で隠した世界には
嘘も真実も何もない
瞼の奥に閉じ込められた刃物を取り出して
しがらみとなって空気を伸ばして木の根を刈り取って
朽ちることのないQ-vism
瞼の奥に閉じ込められた刃物を取り出して
しがらみとなって空気を伸ばして木の根を刈り取って
朽ちることのないQ-vism
愛想をふった寄生獣を
消える 消える 全て 消えた鎖を
獣のような目で見据えた世界には
神も光も何もない
繰り返したぜ Only
見渡せば具現化したドグマが立ちふさがる
涙だってどこかが五月草
背後に見たPeaceをもう一度だけ
Fallin’ ‘Cause my friend
シャキシャキすがる海藻浴に
革新つく理性の愛を
響け 響け 全て 生まれ変われ
汚れた瞼で隠した世界には
嘘も真実も何もない
瞼の奥に閉じ込められた刃物を取り出して
しがらみとなって空気を伸ばして木の根を刈り取って
朽ちることのないQ-vism
I know, but absolute anonymity only enables brain damaged behaviors, there has to be a reason why pseudonymous social media had *completely* replaced anonymous ones in this country; this style is harmful to all, even to those brain damaged. It's like feeding all-I-can-eat Gianism hubbies with their daughter's snack vault. Just letting these bad behaviors naturally filtered out and excluded could make this place way, like way better.
I am not a gambler, but I would like to stay with Ippei Mizuhara in a hotel in an entertainment district in the middle of the desert.
He and I would never gamble.
But as he grips the slot lever with his buttocks tightened, I secretly burn with jealousy as I watch the pile of medals that gradually emerge from the seat next to me.
I would shift in my seat and play poker. I try desperately to drive the anxiety from my face, to imagine the joy of victory, but I know it is pointless.
And I will return to my original seat, angry and sad.
Sometimes we will look at each other over the baccarat table. In those moments, we would tell each other our own moves in the blink of an eye, and we would take care that one of us would win.
One day one of us will be penniless and the other will bury him outside the city. Then he will write a little poem to his friend who has traveled, and then he will kill himself, having found no reason to live without a last-minute bargaining chip.
私はギャンブルの依存症ではありません、ですが、水原一平さんと一緒に砂漠の真ん中にある歓楽街のホテルに泊まりたいです。
私と彼は賭け事をすることはないでしょう。
しかし彼が臀部を引き締めながらスロットのレバーを握るとき、次第に出てくるメダルの山を、隣の席で見ていた私は密かに嫉妬の炎を燃やします。
私は席を移って、ポーカーをするでしょう。私は不安感を表情から追い出そうと、必死に勝利の喜びを想像しますが、それが無意味なことを知っています。
最終的に私は勝てないでしょう。
そして私は怒りと切なさを感じながら元の席に戻ります。
時々私たちはバカラのテーブル越しに目配せしあうことがあるでしょう。その瞬間、私たちは自分自身の手の内を、瞬きの回数で教え合い、そしてどちらかが勝てるように配慮していくのです。
ある日、私たちの一人が無一文になり、もう一人が街の外に彼を埋めます。それから彼は旅だった友人にちょっとした詩を書いて、そしてギリギリの駆け引きなしには生きる理由を見出せずに自殺するでしょう。
めちゃくちゃ長文なのでお時間あれば😖🙇♀️
実は、、
初めから先はない出会いだと分かっていたのでこちらでも何もお話してなかったんですが、どうしても自分の中で大きくなりすぎて諦め切れず辛いのでお話しさせてください🥲
3週間前にわんこを連れてお出かけしてた時、ちょっとケータイを確認するのに道の端っこで立ち止まっていたらたまたま近くにいた外国人男性3人組の中の1人がめちゃくちゃにタイプで、チラッと一目見た瞬間に正直一目惚れでした😅
でもまさか私から話しかけたりする勇気はないので心の中で私に話しかけてくれたりしないかな🫣なんて思っていたら、わんこ可愛いねと話しかけてきてくれて、内心ドッキドキでした🥹❤️🔥
彼はfrom Okinawa と言ったのですぐにmilitary?と聞くとそうでした。それからInstagramを交換し、この辺で美味しいお店知らない？など少し話してHave fun~なんて言って別れたんですが、その後はもうその人の事が忘れられなくてずっと上の空でした😅
DM送ろうかなどうしようかななんて考えてたら、しばらくして向こうからDMがきてもしよかったらデートしたいと🥹🥹❤️🔥
沖縄のミリタリーだと聞いていたし、どうせその日きりだと分かっていましたが、後悔もしたくないし会わずにいられなくてその日の夜にデートしました！
落ち着いたバーで美味しいお酒とおしゃべりしてただけですが、びっくりするほど心地よくて時間が一瞬で過ぎ…😮💨元彼には一切感じられなかった相性の良さを感じました🥺
結果的に言うとやっぱりお互いに離れたくなくて一晩一緒に過ごしました。（賛否両論あるのはわかっています😞）
それで、覚えていてくださる方がいらっしゃるか分かりませんが、以前前の彼と付き合う前にもミリタリーの彼と知り合って何度か会った事があったので、今回の彼と話している時に私がポロッとミリタリーについて普通なら知らないようなことを言ってしまい（別に悪いことではないです）、なんでそれ知ってるの？😮と言う流れから、前にもミリの男性に会った事があると話ました。同じ🇺🇸ミリタリーとはいえ軍種も一つではないし、基地もいくつもあるし知り合いな訳ないだろうと、私もまぁいいかと思って聞かれることに答えてるとまさかの所属軍種も同じで基地も同じ、彼らは元同僚でした😭😵💫
その後若干気まずい空気になりかけながらもなんて偶然なんだろうねなんて笑いながらも済んだんですが、
あとあと聞くとその事が彼の中でストッパーになってしまったようで…😔
その日一晩一緒に過ごして別れた後、何度かやりとりはあったもののその日のうちに割とあっさり終わってしまいました。
でも私は彼の事と彼と過ごした時間を忘れられなくて、その日から毎日来ない連絡を待ったり彼の写真を穴が開くほど見返したり、完全に恋の病状態で、、😖
でもお互いに一度きりだと暗黙の了解だったはずだし、もう会えないと分かっていてもやっぱりもう一度彼に会えることを願ってこの3週間過ごしてました😓
その間は一度彼から日本語で書かれた書類についてこれってどういうこと？のような内容でメッセージがきてやり取りしましたが、それ以外はたまにお互いのストーリーズにリアクションし合ったりして、それ以上は特に話すこともなくと言う感じで。（私は話したかったけど彼はもう私に興味ないと思って鬱陶しがられたくなかったので深追いしませんでした）
それで昨晩久しぶりにちゃんとメッセージでやりとりしたんですが、きっかけは私がもうすぐ紅葉シーズンだけど今年も見に来るの？と聞きました🍁（会った時に、私の地域の紅葉がとても綺麗でまた来たいと言っていて今年はまだわからないと言ってたので）
そしたら、I know but probably no,I go back to the US soonと
それでずっと思っていたけど言えなかったI wanted to see you again,I can’t forget about youと伝えました。
そしたら彼もI liked out conversations から始まりあの日のデートで感じた事は私だけじゃなかったんだと思えるようなことを言ってくれました。
そして、もし私が◯◯（彼の元同僚）と会っていなければ、もっと自分たちの関係を進めようとしたと思う。と
もっと早くに出会っていればもっと◯◯（私の地域）に会いに行っていただろうとかも言ってくれて、嬉しかったです。
でもそれはもう何もできない今なんとでも言えるし、元同僚のことについてはただの言い訳かな？とも思います。
半分は嬉しい言葉達を信じたい気持ちと、半分はうまいこと言ってるってゆう気持ちだったんですが😅
でもやっぱり久しぶりに顔を見て話せて幸せすぎた気持ちと、やっぱり彼と話していると心地よくて…
今日はとても胸が苦しいです😭
先がない彼のことは諦めて次に進むのが1番いい道だとはわかってるのですが、彼の言葉を信じて諦め切れない自分がいるのも事実で、、
完璧に可能性がないとなれば諦め切れますが、まだ押してみる価値があるのかな？なんて思ってたりもします…
皆さんがこの状況なら、ダメなところまで押してみますか…？（たとえば毎日連絡したり、やっぱりどうしても諦め切れないまた会いたいと伝え続ける等）🙇♀️
まあパトロンなしでやらないと増長する団員はどうしても出てくるよね
小澤征爾もボイコットしたことのある団体だし、後方環境はあまり良くないと思うよ
https://president.jp/articles/-/32167
若者たちが車座になって彼を囲み、彼がおもしろおかしく語るさまざまなエピソードを聞いていました。そのときパッと、バーンスタインと私の目が合った。そして「君はどこから来た？ 名前は？ 何をしている？」と尋ねられました。ドキドキしながら、ナオト・オオトモと答えると、フィンランド人かと聞かれました。なにか、オットーモのような、フィンランド風の響きに聞こえたのかもしれません。そこで、自分は日本から来た、今はN響の指揮研究員をしていると答えたところ、バーンスタインはこう言ったのです。
「Oh, I know that orchestra. Horrible orchestra！（ああ、そのオーケストラは知っているよ。ひどいオーケストラだ！）」
「このオーケストラのことは、セイジから聞いて私は知っているんだ。たとえば指揮者がフルート奏者にイントネーションが少し違うと伝えたくても、気軽に指摘することは許されない。だからこのように言わないといけないそうだよ。”あの……演奏者さま。申し訳ないのですが、あなたの演奏はイントネーションがちょっと高いようなので、できればもう少し下げて演奏してみてもらえないでしょうか？”」
バーンスタインを囲んでいる受講生たちは、その話を聞いて皆大笑いです。
There's a calm before the storm
I know, it's been comin' for some time
I know, shinin' down like water
誰かが昔教えてくれた
嵐の前には風が止むって
そう、しばらく前からそんなだった
それから嵐が過ぎると
晴れた日に雨が降るらしい
そう、光が水が降り注ぐように
I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain
I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain
晴れた日に降る雨を
Yesterday, and days before
I know, been that way for all my time
Through the circle, fast and slow
I know, it can't stop, I wonder
昨日もその前の日も
日射しは冷たくて雨はひどい
そう、俺の人生はずっとそんな風だ
慌てたりもたついたり
ぐるぐるとそれが続く限り
そう、でも止められやしない、たぶん
I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain
I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain
晴れた日に降る雨を
I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain
I wanna know, have you ever seen the rain
晴れた日に降る雨を
In a discussion about the case, someone raised an objection to "someone who was not a party to the incident, who was not from Nagasaki, and who was not from Hiroshima, complaining about it. Seeing that opinion made me aware of my position, so I will say what I must say.
I was born in Nagasaki and am a third-generation A-bomb survivor.
I say this because I grew up hearing the stories of the A-bomb damage directly from those who suffered from the atomic bombings.
I feel that it is unacceptable for someone like me to speak about the A-bomb damage.
However, there are few A-bomb survivors left, so I will speak up.
In Nagasaki, children grow up hearing stories about the atomic bombing. We were made to sit in the gymnasium of an elementary school in the middle of summer, where there was not even an air conditioner or a fan, and for nearly an hour we were made to listen to stories about the atomic bombing. It was hard for me anyway.
I think it was even more painful for the elderly people who told the stories. But I don't think an elementary school kid could have imagined that. I, too, have forgotten most of the stories I was told. I can only remember one or two at most.
Another thing is that at this time of year, pictures of the victims of the atomic bombing are pasted up in the hallways.
In other parts of the country, these are grotesque images that would cause a fuss from the parents who are always nagging about them.
Recently, even the A-bomb museum has become more gentle in its exhibits, and most of the radical and horrifying exhibits that would have traumatized visitors have been removed.
I don't know how elementary schools now teach about the A-bomb damage. But when I was in elementary school, there were photos on display.
There was one photo that I just couldn't face as an elementary school student. It was a picture of Taniguchi Sumiteru(谷口稜曄). If you search for it, you can find it. It is a shocking picture, but I would still like you to see it.
I couldn't pass through the hallway where the photo was displayed, so I always took the long way around to another floor to avoid seeing the photo.
My grandfather was under the bomb and went to the burnt ruins of the bomb to look for his sister. I can understand now that he couldn't turn away or go another way.
There would have been a mountain of people still alive and moaning in the ruins of the burnt ruins. There would have been many more who would have died out in agony.
My grandfather walked for miles and miles, towing a rear wheelchair, through the narrow streets of rubble-strewn Nagasaki in search of his sister.
My grandfather was not a child then. But of course there were elementary school children who did the same thing he did. I am not speculating that there were. There were. I heard the story from him, and I still remember it.
A young brother and sister found their father's corpse in the ruins of the fire and burned it themselves. They didn't have enough wood to burn him alive, and when they saw his brain spilling out, they ran away, and that was the last time they ever saw him again.
I can never forget that story I heard when I was a kid, and even now it's painful and painful, my hands are shaking and I'm crying.
I keep wondering how that old man who ran away from his father's brain was able to expose to the public the unimaginably horrible trauma, the scar that will never heal, even after all these years.
Now I think I understand a little.
Why I can't help but talk about my grandfather and the old man now, even as I remember my own trauma.
Because this level of suffering is nothing compared to their words being forgotten.
It's nothing compared to the tremendous suffering that once existed that will be forgotten, like my hands shaking, my heart palpitating, my nose running with vertigo, and so on.
My grandfather, who went through an unimaginable hell, lived to see his grandchildren born, and met his sister's death in the ruins of the fire.
In other words, my grandfather was one of the happiest people in the ruins of the fire.
My grandfather and that old man were, after all, just people wading in the depths of hell.
I think that the suffering that even people who had experienced unimaginable pain could not imagine was lying like pebbles on the ground in Nagasaki 78 years ago, and no one paid any attention to it.
Their suffering, which I can't even imagine, is nothing compared to the countless, unimaginable suffering they witnessed, which they pretend never happened.
Memories fade inexorably with each passing human mouth. The memories that those people could never allow to be forgotten are almost forgotten.
The tremendous suffering of 78 years ago is mostly gone, never to be recounted.
Those who suffered the most from the atomic bombing died rotting in the ruins of the fire without being able to tell anyone about it.
Many of those who saw it with their own eyes kept their mouths shut and took it with them to their graves. Most of those who spoke a few words are still in their graves.
Compared to the words of the old men, my own words are so light. I would rather keep my mouth shut than speak in such light words.
But still, someone has to take over. I realize that even my words, which are so light, are only the top of the voices that are left in this world to carry on the story of the atomic bombing.
I know how it feels to think that I am the only one. Still, I hope that you will not shut your mouth. I know that I have closed my mouth because I thought I shouldn't talk about it, and that is the result.
Sometimes I almost choose to stop imagining the unimaginable suffering and live my life consuming other people's suffering for fun.
I am writing this while I still have some imagination of the suffering of the old people whose voices, faces, and even words I can no longer recall.
すまん。勝手に翻訳した。拡散はどうするかな。redditとかに投稿するのがいいのか?
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I have seen some posts asking if they should talk about "the case" even though they were not involved in it and were not born in Nagasaki or Hiroshima, and I am a bit aware of it, so I have to say what I have to say. I say this because I was born in Nagasaki, am a third generation atomic bomb survivor, and grew up hearing the stories of those who experienced the atomic bombing firsthand. I know it's a little bit too much for me, but I'm going to say this because there are very few survivors left.
In Nagasaki, children grow up hearing stories about the atomic bombing. They were stuffed into sushi for nearly an hour in the gymnasium of an elementary school in the middle of summer, with no air conditioner or fan, and told stories about the atomic bombing. That was a hard time for me. I think it must have been even harder for the old people who told the stories, but there was no way an elementary school kid could imagine such a thing, and I had forgotten most of the stories I had been told for a long time. I have forgotten most of the stories I was told. I can only remember one or two at most. There is one more hard thing. Every year around this time, a row of grotesque images that would drive the PTA crazy in other areas are prominently displayed in the hallways. These days, I hear that the atomic bomb museum has been bleached out and many of the radical and horrifying exhibits that traumatized visitors have been taken down. I don't know if they are still there, but they were there when I was in elementary school.
There was one photo that I just couldn't face when I was in elementary school. It is a picture of Sumiteru Taniguchi. If you search for it, you can find it. It is a shocking picture, but I would like you to take a look at it. I couldn't pass through the hallway where the photo was posted, so I always took the long way around to another floor of the school building to avoid seeing the photo.
Now I'm thinking that my grandfather, who headed into the burnt ruins to look for his sister, couldn't have turned away or taken a different path. There would have been a mountain of people still alive and moaning, not just pictures, and a mountain more who would have given up at the end of their suffering. He walked for miles and miles, towing his handcart through the narrow streets of rubble-strewn Nagasaki in search of his sister. My grandfather was not a child at the time, but of course there were children who did similar things. Not that there wouldn't have been. There were. I heard the story from him, and I still remember it. A young brother and sister found their father's body in the ruins of a fire and they burned it. They didn't have enough wood to burn his body, and when they saw the raw brain that spilled out, they ran away and that was the last time they ever saw him anymore.
I can never forget the story I heard when I was a kid, and even now it is painful and painful, my hands are shaking and I am crying. I keep wondering how the old man who escaped from that father's brain could have been able to unravel the most horrible trauma imaginable and expose it to the public with scars that will never heal.
Now I think I can understand a little.
The reason I can't help but talk about my grandfather and that old man, even if I have to rehash my own trauma, is that this level of suffering is nothing compared to the fact that their words will be forgotten. My hands shaking, my heart palpitating and dizzy, my nose running with tears, it's nothing compared to the tremendous suffering that was once there and will be forgotten.
My grandfather, who went through an unimaginable hell, lived to see his grandchildren born, and met his sister's death in the ruins of the fire. In other words, my grandfather was one of the happiest people in the ruins of the fire. My grandfather and that old man were, after all, just people wading in the depths of hell. I think that the suffering that even people who had experienced unimaginable pain could not imagine was lying like pebbles in Nagasaki 78 years ago, and no one paid any attention to it. Their suffering, which I can't even imagine, is nothing compared to the countless, tremendous suffering they witnessed, which they pretend never happened.
Memories fade inexorably every time people talk about them. The memories that those people could not allow to be forgotten are now largely forgotten; the tremendous suffering of 78 years ago is mostly gone, never to be recounted again. Those who suffered the most from the atomic bombing died rotting in the ruins of the fire, unable to tell anyone about it. Many of those who saw it with their own eyes kept their mouths shut and took it with them to their graves. Most of those who spoke a few words are now under the grave.
Compared to the words of the old men, my own words are so light. I would rather keep my mouth shut than speak in such light words. But still, someone has to take over. I realize that even my words, which are so light, are only the top of the voices that are left in this world to carry on the story of the atomic bombing. I know how it feels to wonder if someone like myself is allowed to speak about this. Still, I hope that you will not shut your mouth. This is the result of our silence.
Sometimes I almost choose to stop imagining the unimaginable suffering and live my life consuming other people's suffering for the fun of it. I am writing this while I still have some imagination of the suffering of the old people whose voices, faces, and even words I can no longer recall.
Translator's note: The original post in Japanese is a response to a post by a Japanese contributor who wondered if he was qualified to speak out on the subject of the A-bomb when he was not from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but still spoke out about Barbie and the A-bomb. I translated it here because I think it deserves to be read by the world.
原文
Japan review it's been a year since I
moved to Japan and I thought it made
sense to finally rate Japan I will talk
about things I like and the things I
don't like which seems to be the only
two options available if you have
so sugoi or did you know Japan is
actually really bad it's got a lot of
survival issues okay I will list one
good thing and bad thing and I will not
hold back there's no trash bins
I have to put in my pocket
oh
there's always these generic things that
you hear or yes when we you visit it's
kind of weird but then you realize it's
not a big deal anyway let's start off
with number one reason I like Japan
it feels like a giant playground no I
don't mean in the Logan Paul kind of
sense of doing whatever the hell you
want
but rather there's a infinite things all
right lazy feels like to explore and
experience and I've been here a year now
and I don't think I'm gonna get bored
anytime soon although I am having a
child so I don't know how much more I
but it really feels like a whole new
world and if you visited you can
probably relate to it and I'm glad that
even a year in it still feels incredibly
fresh and I even would say that you
realize that the best part of Japan
aren't the touristy places kind of
obviously but there are so many areas
that I found that I really enjoy
visiting and this is probably more
specific to me but you know Tokyo is
very busy and so many times I just catch
myself surrounded by what feels like
hundreds of people and they have no idea
everyone is just doing their own thing
now once it was staring at me no one's
following me no one's being weird you
guys are weird and I'm just kidding I
just love the feeling of being able to
exist in public and uh not worrying
about what everyone else is doing like
I've said this before but I genuinely
enjoy talking to fans or when people
approach me it always makes me happy but
it can be kind of frustrating to always
wanting to just do your own thing and
always be
you know so yeah let's move on to the
bad things of Japan number one reason
Japan is bad it's kind of a heavy
subject and I haven't seen anyone else
really talk about it it's not brought up
very often at least and that is cones
there's too many cones in Japan once you
see it you cannot unsee it they're
everywhere they say oh Japan has so many
vending machines there's like five per
there's more cones than people why are
there so many cones I need to know we
got the tall ones we got the small ones
we got the funny ones the cute ones the
sexy ones I do like those I just don't
understand that whoever plays these
cones think I'm just gonna barge through
oh thank God there's cones here
otherwise I had no idea what I was gonna
and I realized the cone history of Japan
stretches centuries okay if you played
Animal Crossing sometimes it's a
Japanese game so sometimes you get these
items right you're like oh that's kind
of weird I don't know exactly what that
is but it's probably something Japanese
and then you get the bamboo thing and
you're like what the hell is that what
am I even gonna do with that and then
you see it in real life here in Japan
you're like holy [ __ ] it's a cone that's
I feel like they are following me
I'm glad I was able to talk about this
I'm for one and willing to call out
Japan knock it off man no more cones
there's enough cones let me tell you
something even better than cones you may
have noticed new merch finally it's been
forever my mom came over she had
unofficial merge because I literally
have no other merch I've hadn't hadn't
merch I'm sorry Mom so we spruced up the
logo got a cool back design the team
that worked on it really truly
understand how my brand and I think they
did such a good job these pieces look
amazing and I think you guys are gonna
really like them as well these are
available for limited time only so make
sure you order now so excited to finally
have this merch available thanks to
amaze for making this happen we are
gonna have one piece that will stay on
the store so my mom will not buy the
wrong merch but for a limited time that
piece will be available in this color
off-white kind of color it looks really
nice and then after that you can still
get it but not in this color that's
you want this one yeah I get it
so yeah check that out if you're
interested I'm so happy about these
designs and I hope you guys would like
them as well all right reason number two
I like Japan yay when we first announced
that we were gonna move to Japan there
was so many people just saying how bad
Japan is actually did you know Japan is
really bad did you know this I have to
list all these reasons now because
everyone is like thing and then thing
Japan ah so I have to tell them and I
it's actually but one thing in
particular that people said was that old
people really don't like foreigners they
hate them so when I was gonna stop by to
say hi to our neighbors who was a little
older at least some of them I was
terrifying I heard all these stories you
know like what are they gonna do to us
so I had my guard up ready for the worst
and I was met with nothing but kindness
and welcoming and I felt like a total
dick for having this preconceived ideas
and just a side comment like yes there
are definitely probably people that
don't like foreigners and all that stuff
but I realized I should let my own
experience is dictate how I feel about
certain things maybe that's just
ignoring a problem I don't know it just
feels like it's a bad way to approach
life if you always have a negative
expectation you know it's smiling people
smiled back
thank you sometimes they don't and
that's okay you know anyway my point
being Japanese people are very in my own
experience
are very nice and friendly the majority
at least and yes even to foreigners I
feel like they are especially nice to
foreigners because they think we're like
a kid lost at Disneyland or something
I just asked for directions I didn't
need you to walk me for half an hour to
this specific place I was going but
thank you I appreciate it a lot of times
I go bouldering alone and there's always
other groups of people being supportive
and yelling like I'm about there like go
you can do it I love it I think it's
great you know or if you're small
talking with people people generally
want to communicate with you and I love
having those moments but of course
there's times where people are like oh
you're a foreigner I don't feel like
even trying
which again it's fine speaking of which
reason I don't like Japan number two
their language
I have lived here for a year and I'm not
fluent in Japanese
I am dumb I am very dumb I remember the
moment we moved here I had studied some
Let's test out this knowledge that I
have acquired let's go I'm just gonna
come in it's gonna be dangerous and you
enter a store for the first time and
they're like
what
what oh
what the classic the most common
experiences that you have aren't
necessarily what you're taught in the
textbook yay I know I think that's the
same for anyone learning a language for
the first time but don't even get me
started on the kanji main what the [ __ ]
is this I feel like Japanese is such a
hard language obviously but I don't
think people realize how hard it is at
least me personally because the more you
learn the more you realize you don't
know [ __ ]
for English speakers Japanese is
considered one of the most difficult
languages and because it's just so
different I listed it as bad because
that was my first kind of experience
with it coming here but the more I
interact with people the more it feels
like I'm unlocking new skills you know
oh I made a phone call for the first
time oh I could ask someone over the
phone I know big deal but it's like oh I
can actually do that or even just having
a small tiny yes shittiest conversation
with a stranger it's still something and
it feels good you start to all of a
sudden understand you know a movie if
you're watching oh I understand actually
what's going on here or I can play games
and kind of get what this they're saying
I have to look up words obviously but to
me all those new experiences that it
unlocks to me is very rewarding even
though it's such a challenge I would
actually now say it's a good thing I
played it on its head it was a good
thing all along but I obviously have a
and it just I don't think it will damage
time reason number three I like Japan
this is nothing to do with Japan to say
it's more related to me taking a more
relaxed approach to YouTube for my
entire 20s I did nothing but YouTube
that was my life and that's okay but I
also think it was a little toxic
probably you know if I wasn't making
videos I sure as hell was thinking about
making videos I uploaded videos during
and it feels really good to finally be
free from it you know and I can discover
other things in life there are other
things in life
a new hobbies and interest that I've
always wanted to do I can do and have so
much fun with it surfing I know I would
love for the longest time and I finally
get to do it and it's so [ __ ] amazing
I love learning new things anything that
isn't necessarily connected to all of
this on the internet and that is
something I'm very very grateful that I
discovered so yeah it's not really Japan
I could have done that anywhere but it's
largely why I enjoyed so much here
reason I don't like Japan number three
this is probably the most trickiest one
and it's the rules what are the rules
Japan has so many rules and it's a bit
conflicting for me to complain about
because a lot of the best stuff about
Japan not the best stuff but a lot of
the reasons why Japan works so well is
because of the rules you know the trains
are always on time things just work in
general it's hard to explain the streets
are clean people aren't loud in public
and so on and these are sort of societal
rules that make it happen more or less
but sometimes There are rules that just
don't make any sense and I have no
problem following rules as long as I
understand the reason for it you know
don't talk on the phone on the train
because it's generally annoying when
other people do that to you A lot of it
is just be thoughtful of other people
it's not just about you and that just
makes it more pleasant for everyone but
one rule is especially which I talked
about before is the fact that because of
kovid I'm not allowed to be in the
delivery room for our baby for more than
two hours that's because of covered
rules it just doesn't make sense to me
and I tell people about this like uh
family and friends and they're always
like well why don't you just ask them or
like why don't you talk to them I'm sure
you can there's got to be somewhere and
it's like no it's Japan okay there are
rules and people follow the rules for
better or worse you know so the more I
『エブリシング・エブリウェア・オール・アット・ワンス』を観た。
セカイ系ハジケバトルだな、と思った。他の運命を辿った自分たちの皺寄せを食らってるってくだりでは、まどマギでもそんな感じの運命が収束してどうのみたいな話があったのを思い出した。
冒頭の前置きは鬱屈とした生活を見せるのに必要なんだろうけど、ちょっと冗長に感じた。
国税庁でのシークエンスはマトリックスのオフィスのそれみたいな緊張感があって良かった。敵の現れ方もなんかエージェントスミスみたいだし。
ペーパーカットは痛みがリアルに分かりすぎてついつい目を背けてしまった。
ブッ飛んだ事を色々試す辺りはおちゃらけに徹してる感があって面白かった。この辺もマトリックスの"I know kung-fu."を思い出した。意識しているんだろうか。この擦られた陳腐な例えはあんまり使いたくないけど、ボーボボのハジケバトルそのものだった。
別世界の自分を呼び出すのはジョジョのD4Cみたいでもあってちょっとかっこよかった。あり得たかもしれない運命を呼び出す、というアクションのトリガーがヘンな事をする、すなわち日常から一歩踏み出すというものになっているのはなんか良かった。
手がソーセージになった世界線のくだりでの2001年〜のシーンはちょっと笑った。ディルドは長すぎでは。
Part.2以降ではおちゃらけから少し離れてシリアス色が強くなった。暗黒ベーグルがどうのの話辺りはほぼ置いてけぼりだったが、「結局意味なんてないんだから、全部終わりにしちゃえばいい」みたいな台詞から、ニヒリズムや実存主義の話が好きなのでそういう文脈で捉えておいた。
冒頭で出たトロフィー？は何かプラグっぽいなとは思ってたけど、最悪の形で伏線回収がされた。局部のモザイクとかもあったが、結構話がシリアスになっていたので反応に困った。
落とし所としては愛による解決という事で、無碍にしていた旦那の「おふざけ」の目玉シールを貼っ付けて、くだらなさを優しさに転じさせたって感じだろうか。愛だねえって思った。
生命が誕生しなかった世界線の辺りからはほぼ理解していなかったが、娘と腹を割って話し合ってハッピーエンドになりセカイ系だあ……と思った。
MY Genus is "服が臭いせいで風呂に入っているかさえも疑われているOTAKU”
Nice smell to YOU
I known "洗濯機の汚れをクリーナーで落とすだけでは駄目でせめて３年おきに分解クリーニングが必要” Yesterday
おせーよ！
俺はもう３５なんだよ！
その間ずっと「洗濯機クリーナーまで使っている俺が臭いはずないだろ？たまに洗濯機から変な臭いが稀にするのは上の階に住んでいる中国人が油をじゃんじゃん排水溝に流すせいでなんか偶然油的な臭いが時折逆流しているせいだよ」と思っていた。
でも違うんだな！
２１ぐらいの時に俺はもう「カビまみれの洗濯機で服を洗ってカビまみれの服を着て暮らす臭いオタク」だったんだな！
はよ教えろ！
１４年間だぞ！
実際は就職して少ししてから「うーん。忙しいから乾燥機能付きのにしちゃお♡」で買い替えてるけど、結局それも３年で死ぬなら１１年間だ！
１１年間！
俺はずっと陰で「あのオタクくさいよね。きっとカードショップとか入り浸っているんだよ」と言われていたのか？？？？
ふざけるな↑↑！！！
俺がやったことあるのはシャドバが１年、MTGAが２年、ハースト３年、LOR２年、遊戯王が２作品合計で３年！
クソが！！！！
お前らが２０年前に「知ってるか？洗濯機って重曹でガーーーッッッッするとピロピロワカメがとれて服の臭いが改善するんだぜ？」とかドヤ顔で言うからそれで満足しちまったジャネー可！！！！！
実際にはそんなの３年もやったら水が貼れない所がカビまみれになるから洗濯機から硫黄臭がするんだよ！！！
もう誤魔化さねえ……あの臭いは……あの硫黄臭は……洗濯機の臭いだ……俺は……温泉卵みてーな臭いがする洗濯機で服を洗っていたバカヤローだよ……俺なんかよりもカーチャンに服の選択全部任せているこどおじﾘｱﾙｼｬｶﾊﾟﾁﾃﾞﾌﾞの方がまだずっと綺麗な服着てたんだ…………俺の人生なんだったんだよ………
洗濯機自体の分解クリーニングを３年に一度はと業者は言っていたが……俺の経験から言うと５年ぐらいからマジで硫黄の臭がヤバかったが逆を言えば４年ぐらいまではギリ伸ばせる……２万ぐらいするしな……。
４年置きだ！
４年に一度、オリンピックの周期で洗濯機の分解清掃を白！！！！
クッソ安い洗濯機使ってるなら４年周期で買い換えちまえ！！！！！！
今なら言える……ｶｯ(-_★) お前らオタクは洗濯機をクリーニングしてねーから服が臭ーーーーんだよ！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！！
わたしはtiktokやらyoutubeショートのようなコンテンツの食い潰しなんて大嫌いです
それは無意味にスクロールしてほとんど記憶に残らず無駄に時間消費してしまうのです
その時間でもっとなにか勉強に経験に、とは言わないがすごく虚無な時間が気がする
ふとした休日にやってしまい、「無駄にした」「疲れた」と感じ、感情を消費してしまう
何度かこの経験をしてからはTiktokなどは見ないようにしていた
しかし、半年前から広告代理店で働くようになり、Webマーケティングの部門配属でTiktokなどは無視できないようになってしまった。
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Co2LftQuwk_/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
英語だったので書き起こしてみました。
”I have figured out how to do the impossible.
You see, the human brain contains 86 billion neurons, each of which transmit thoughts, feelings and emotions to one another at about 286 miles per hour.
ご存知の通り 人間の脳には860億の神経細胞があり それぞれの神経細胞が思考、感情、感覚を時速約286マイルで互いに伝達し合っています。
10 years ago, this was far from a reality.
But now I can know anything I want to talk to anyone I want, laugh, cry, ponder, stimulate cringe, all in an instant.
しかし、今や私は、知りたいことを何でも知り、話したい人と話し、笑い、泣き、考え、刺激し、ゾッとすることを、すべて瞬時に行うことができます。
And, honestly, it feels horrible.
正直言って、恐ろしいことだと感じている。
Maybe we weren't meant to sidestep physiology and force ourselves to switch emotions at rapid speed, one after the other constantly at every single second of every moment of every day.
もしかしたら、私たちは生理現象を横取りして、毎日毎秒毎瞬間、常に次から次へと感情を高速で切り替えることを強要される運命にないのかもしれない。
Maybe that's why this is impossible.
And I know it's bad for me, all of the constant switching the interconnectedness everything about it.
そして、それが私にとって悪いことであることは分かっています。絶え間なく切り替わること、相互関連性、そのすべてについて。
But the worst part is, I have no idea how to stop it.
Do you?”
どうですか？あなたは？
怖いのはこれもコンテンツの一つということ
