tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post115873717610370957..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: Paging George OrwellMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-1158760779533667142006-09-20T22:59:00.000+09:002006-09-20T22:59:00.000+09:00It would be even funneier if "not knowing war" mea...It would be even funneier if "not knowing war" meant "not knowing about war". In fact, Mr. Sasagawa was almost surely referencing "senso wo shiranai sedai", i.e. "the generation that did not personally experience WW II/Great East Asia War/Pacific War/Showa War", and was trying to say that Mr. Abe did not suffer from a sense of guilt and other hang-ups that has led most of the nambier-pambier prime minsters who preceded him to embrace the Peace Constitution, suck up to China etc., etc.<BR/><BR/>Ironically in this instance, the words "senso wo shiranai" were immortalized in 1970 in the pacifist folk rock hit <A HREF="http://ongakukan.music.coocan.jp/2006music/3-sa/msensou.html" REL="nofollow">Senso wo Shiranai Kodomo Dragon"</A>.Jun Okumurahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00291478225274759649noreply@blogger.com