「カジノ法案」、これほど国民が反対するのに採決、というのでは批判を浴びても仕方がないだろう。権力を握ったものはそれだけ横暴になる。しかし私たちが選んだ代表が横暴さを示す期待を私たちは持っているのかもしれない。トランプ現象・・・・・。
それにしても依存症を問題にするのなら、まずパチンコでしょう。パチンコ廃止を誰も言い出さないのには、フカーイ事情があるに違いない。
First, I was thinking about Japanese people’s sense of shyness or bashfulness behind this strange phenomenon. Certainly, they are shy about expressing our feeling, especially a show of affection to others. They might not necessarily feel hurt or painful if they hug and kiss at the airport upon welcoming our family members, but they feel embarrassed and awkward. Toward who? Of course toward their imagined beholders and spectators, but mainly toward the very family members or lovers themselves, and also toward themselves.
それにしても依存症を問題にするのなら、まずパチンコでしょう。パチンコ廃止を誰も言い出さないのには、フカーイ事情があるに違いない。
First, I was thinking about Japanese people’s sense of shyness or bashfulness behind this strange phenomenon. Certainly, they are shy about expressing our feeling, especially a show of affection to others. They might not necessarily feel hurt or painful if they hug and kiss at the airport upon welcoming our family members, but they feel embarrassed and awkward. Toward who? Of course toward their imagined beholders and spectators, but mainly toward the very family members or lovers themselves, and also toward themselves.
However, I came to believe that
in addition to, or in the back ground of the feeling of bashfulness and
awkwardness, there is a belief that is ingrained in the Japanese culture: that
what is essential and important does not reveal and manifest itself: Knowledge
of traditional art and craftsmanship at the highest levels is kept esoteric and
should not be propagated to the general public. It was considered that truly essential and valuable points could
not be verbally expressed or revealed. Some psychoanalysts have dealt with the
issue of secretiveness and non-expression in the past. Doi (1986) suggested that this
belief has a long history in Japanese culture. He quoted a statement by Zeami,
a Japanese aesthetician, actor, and playwright in the 15th century, which
goes “What is concealed is the flower. What is not concealed cannot be the
flower.”
