On 7/9/2003 8:23 PM, Eric Takabayashi wrote:
> Scott Reynolds wrote:
> 
> 
>>On 7/9/2003 5:56 AM, masayuki yoshida wrote:
>>
>>
>>>Scott Reynolds <sar@gol.com> wrote in message news:<beedv6$sn4$1@newsflood.tokyo.att.ne.jp>...
>>
>>>>So are you saying that these suicides are not related to the Kimigayo
>>>>issue and are in fact the fault of the Buraku Liberation League? That
>>>>really is a shock. I had no idea that such things were going on.
>>>
>>>See http://www2s.biglobe.ne.jp/~nippon/jogbd_h11_2/jog114.html (in
>>>Japanese) available.
>>
>>Well, I read the article. The Buraku connection was something not
>>mentioned in the press reports about Principal Ishikawa's suicide I
>>remember reading, but I may just have forgotten that aspect. Do you
>>remember if the mainstream press reported it at the time?
> 
> I am most definitely going to blame the organization for any people choosing to kill themselves,
> but no Scott, I doubt you would not see much regarding involvement if any, in the news.

I don't remember seeing any, but I thought I would ask Masayuki about it
since he seems to still be interested in this incident. The rest of us
had pretty much forgotten about it by now.

And why would you most definitely blame the BLL for for any people
choosing to kill themselves? Kindly do elaborate.

>>I was curious about something in the article, though. The account makes
>>it very clear that the local BLL group was adamantly opposed to singing
>>Kimigayo and displaying the Hinomaru flag, and it also strongly suggests
>>that this is the reason (or one major reason) why the teachers union was
>>so unyielding in its opposition to the education ministry's directive.
>>But what specific beef does the BLL have against Kimigayo? Once sentence
>>in particular intrigued me:
>>
>>卒業式での君が代の実施は従来行ってきた同和教育と矛盾する
>>
>>The BLL local insisted that Principal Ishikawa write the above in a
>>formal request (that Kimigayo and the Hinomaru be left out of the
>>school's graduation ceremony) to the prefectural BOE. But it is not
>>stated how singing Kimigayo would conflict with the school's 同和教育
>>program. I am curious to learn specifics, if you know of any.
> 
> 
> There are people who do not like such visible symbols of the traditional system.

Well, gosh! I managed to figure out that much for myself. Could you
provide some more specifics, please?

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Scott Reynolds                                      sar@gol.com