?Nazi style?: Japan constitution revision proposal sparks outrage

Published time: August 01, 2013 08:32

Japan?s Deputy PM has called on local politicians revising the constitution to learn from Nazi Germany when it amended the Weimar charter. Although he later retracted his words neighbors Beijing and Seoul said such militaristic remarks "hurt many people".

"Germany's Weimar Constitution was changed before anyone knew. It was changed before anyone else noticed. Why don't we learn the technique," Japanese media quoted Taro Aso as saying during a far-reaching event in Tokyo.

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party, to which Aso also belongs, has been keen to revise the US-imposed pacifist constitution, including war-renouncing Article 9, so Japan can use the right of collective self-defense as stipulated by the UN Charter. The LDP also wants to define Japan's defense forces as a full-fledged military force amid territorial tensions with China and South Korea.

South Korea, which had suffered under Japan?s past militarism, has slammed the Japanese minister?s speech.

?Such remarks definitely hurt many people,? the Yonhap news agency quoted South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho Tai-young as saying. ?It is clear what such comments on the [Nazi] regime mean to people of the time and to those who suffered from Japan?s imperialistic invasion.?

On Thursday, Aso, who doubles as finance minister, took back his politically incorrect remarks, Kyodo News reported.

"I retract my remarks in which I cited (the case of) the Nazis as an example, as it has ended up leading to misunderstanding," Aso told reporters.

The minister?s aides argued that his comments about how the Nazis effectively abolished the 1919 German Constitution were taken out of context. All he allegedly meant to say was that discussions over constitutional issues, including the revision of a state?s national charter, should be conducted in a calm environment.

?I don?t want (people) to make a decision in an uproar. . . . The Constitution should be revised based on public opinions that carefully examined the situation,? Aso said, according to Kyodo News. ?I don?t want (people) to discuss revising the Constitution in a frenzy.?

He further described the Weimar constitution as the most ?progressive? in Europe at the time, albeit far from flawless. ?Even under a good constitution, things like that happen,? he said.

Aso has a reputation for dispensing harsh, politically charged ?wisdoms.? Earlier this year he suggested that elderly people should "hurry up and die" to avoid taxing the country's medical system.

Source: http://rt.com/news/revising-constitution-nazi-weimar-890/

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Trustee's speech under fire: NoHum Union board to meet on controversy

The Northern Humboldt Union High School District board will hold a special meeting Friday to address the actions of trustee Dan Johnson, who apparently passed off a well-known 2012 speech as his own letter to his daughter at the Arcata High School graduation in June.

The 9 a.m. meeting is scheduled to take place at the Arcata High School multi-purpose room.

Johnson could not be reached for comment.

?At this time, the comment is we're having a meeting to discuss it as it's written in the agenda, and we'll follow the action item when we get there,? Superintendent Chris Hartley said. ?We just want to have the meeting, and let the board have a chance to address the issue.?

Board member Dana Silvernale said the board initially held off on discussing the matter because Hartley went on vacation immediately following Arcata High's commencement ceremony. Silvernale said the board wanted to wait to address the matter until Hartley returned.

She said she anticipated the board would discuss the matter directly with Johnson and Hartley in closed session before deciding what, if any, action would be appropriate.

The Arcata Eye reported late last month that Johnson called his daughter up to the podium and read a 2012 speech given by Massachusetts' Wellesley High School English teacher David McCullough, Jr., without attribution.

McCullough's speech, which the Boston Globe said ?railed against the coddling of children and rallied Wellesley High's graduating seniors to seize life, read, and live selflessly,? became an Internet sensation when it went viral last year. The Boston Globe reports it also resulted in the teacher receiving a book contract.

The agenda item related to the speech reads: ?Possible response to public concern regarding the 2013 Arcata High School graduation ceremony and accept Board member Dan Johnson's statement to community.? It is listed as an action item.

If you go:

What: Commencement speech meeting

Who: Northern Humboldt Union High School District board

Where: Arcata High School multi-purpose room

When: Friday, 9 a.m.

Lorna Rodriguez contributed to this report.

Source: http://www.times-standard.com/ci_23728449/trustees-speech-under-fire-nohum-union-board-meet?source=rss_viewed

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Korean Pilots Association, Asiana Pilots Union Release Statement on Asiana Flight 214 Investigation

The?Asiana Pilots?Union (APU) and Air Line Pilots Association of
Korea (ALPA-K) today issued the following statement on the events and
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?Accidents that occur in aviation are not due only to a single cause,
but from many causes. The list of causes often includes defects in
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issues which hinder the safety in the aerodrome area, weather
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