Reiko Kiyuna - Chatan
The most important mission of the government is to protect its own people. But, what the Japanese government is about to promote is bringing the dangerous Osprey to Okinawa. Even though we are demanding that the Osprey not be deployed here, the government insists.
The most important mission of the government is to protect its own people. But, what the Japanese government is about to promote is bringing the dangerous Osprey to Okinawa. Even though we are demanding that the Osprey not be deployed here, the government insists.
Isn’t this a kind of rape, a
forceful violation against the will of the people, of our consent in this
democracy?
All media never fail to tell us that we are threatened by North
Korea and China. But, I think the immediate threat is right in front of us from
both our national government in Tokyo and from the United States.
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I’ve thought about what I can do to show my anger
and resentment for not being heard in my everyday life.
I can express my
feelings on my own car. I can drive my car with the stickers that communicate
the message that is apparently not getting through to politicians and to the
military.
I hope that all cars in Okinawa wear this sticker and fill the
streets, roads, and expressway with the message that we want to be heard. “No
Osprey!”
An English message to the Ryukyu Shimpo from one of my Okinawan students (67 years young).
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