Note: There is a newborn term in Japan, “senior citizens, 上級国民” and it is not clear what it should be called in English. For the sake of convenience, I used privileged class, but I think it’s a little different.
A call for punishment
In the bashing about Keigo Oyamada, there have been many calls for him to “take responsibility” immediately af ter his resignation.
“Responsibility,” that is.
Resign, make a perfunctory apology, and then take more responsibility.
Does this mean that the office should broadcast live Keigo Oyamada being pooped backdropped? That might be one way to do it. There are certainly some scum in the world who would be happy with a playful, joking punishment that is not even an apology.
Are all of these “take responsibility” voices coming from such scum and should be ignored?
Or are they using the word responsibility as a term of abuse?
I would like to mention that I have an idea about some of the calls for responsibility.
Keigo Oyamada the Privileged Class
By the way, I am a critic of the privileged. I have a strong sense of déjà vu when I write this, but that’s okay.
Now, I say this with a fairly high degree of certainty from a negative perspective on the privileged class.
Unfortunately, Keigo Oyamada is seen as a privileged person.
The first point is that the process of being hired for the Olympics was opaque. Unfortunately, Keigo Oyamada is almost unknown to most people in Japan, including myself. He suddenly appeared on the Olympic stage, burst into flames, and resigned like a stream. How could a person who is not nationally famous participate in the Olympic Games? It is enough to make a citizen suspect that some special power must have been at work.
This may have been in August, when Joichi Ito’s appointment at the Digital Agency also emphasized the privileged status of Keigo Oyamada. Keigo Oyamada is the “cousin” of Joichi Ito. In the past, Joichi Ito has had problems with funding by Jeffrey Epstein. The timing is very bad, I must say, but it showed that Keigo Oyamada is a privileged man.
To argue about whether or not Keigo Oyamada is privileged is to miss the point. For public opinion, “he looks privileged” is enough. What is the privileged class, and how does one become privileged? Citizens don’t really know, and that’s fine, in fact, it’s more convenient for them. It seems to me that the term “privileged class” itself is still in the process of changing.
In the first place, the privileged class would never do a poop backdrop, and the poop backdrop is muddy and bloody, and you can even feel the opposite reality of the privileged class. The fact that public opinion was unable to make such a calm judgment is probably due to the magical power of the word “privileged. In fact, it was a hoax. It was a horrible thing.
Once again, what is the privileged class?
I guess I should describe them as wealthy people who do evil things that cannot be judged by the current system. The key words “money,” “evil,” and “unjustifiable” may be commonly associated with them.
Some evil is essential in the process of forming a privileged class. If bashing occurs, the awareness of human rights for those who are considered privileged will be very weak. Furthermore, being considered a privileged class is like being a public figure, and is subject to strict justice.
The privileged class has many functions. Among them, it should be noted that even gossip, which cannot possibly have any social significance, can be made to appear to have social significance. If you write “privileged class,” it becomes a criticism of the inequality and the government’s inability to correct it. In addition, it can be used as a “celebrity tax” to create an atmosphere of deserved criticism. It’s easy to use. …I have a strong sense of déjà vu, but that’s okay.
Kozo Iizuka
There is a precedent for the privileged class issue that needs to be mentioned.
It’s about Kozo Iizuka, who was involved in a runaway accident in Ikebukuro.
During the summer and fall of 2019, there was a signature campaign regarding this. Many people may know that this signature, or something like it, happened, but what about the specifics of the signature? In fact, it was very frank: “We strongly request that the perpetrator, Kozo Iizuka, be prosecuted for the most serious crime possible and be severely punished for his role in the Higashi-Ikebukuro road rage accident. In the end, 390,000 signatures were submitted to the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office.
This is a case where public opinion “may” have influenced the sentence. Whether or not it actually did will be examined in the future. However, it has become a kind of success story that citizens’ voices can (possibly) do justice.
If we raise our voices against the privileged class, the world may become a little better.
This is often a misconception, but there are many who hope so.
Agreed-upon private punishment
The bullying issue related to Keigo Oyamada was several decades ago. Needless to say, there is no way to say that he is criminally responsible.
It is impossible to judge.
The only way is for the citizens to speak up and bring him to justice by their own hands. If citizens raise their voices, as they did in the case of Kozo Iizuka, the world may become a little better. This time, they will probably make bullying an issue. I can honestly say that I feel a little sympathy for such feelings, whether they are good or bad.
Even if Keigo Oyamada took responsibility in a punitive way due to the voice of public opinion, is this not a private punishment? In the case of Kozo Iizuka, he still had to go through the process of trial. Will Keigo Oyamada have the opportunity to do so?
The trouble is, these calls for private punishment are well-intentioned.
what’s the point?
I don’t know.
