https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/12/world/asia/japan-elderly-mass-suicide.html
Wow
Yusuke Narita in the NY Times
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A Yale Professor Suggested Mass Suicide for Old People in Japan: https://archive.ph/8e6k5
“It’s irresponsible,” said Masaki Kubota, a journalist who has written about Dr. Narita. People panicking about the burdens of an aging society “might think, ‘Oh, my grandparents are the ones who are living longer,’” Mr. Kubota said, “‘and we should just get rid of them.’”
Masato Fujisaki, a columnist, argued in Newsweek Japan that the professor’s remarks “should not be easily taken as a ‘metaphor.’” Dr. Narita’s fans, Mr. Fujisaki said, are people “who think that old people should just die already and social welfare should be cut.”
The Holy Father: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/angelus/2023/documents/20230129-angelus.html
The throw-away culture says, “I use you insofar as I need you. When I am not interested in you any more, or you are in my way, I throw you out”. It is especially the weakest who are treated this way: unborn children, the elderly, the needy and the disadvantaged. But people are never to be thrown out; the disadvantaged cannot be thrown away! Every person is a sacred gift, each person is a unique gift, no matter what their age or condition. Let us always respect and promote life! Let’s not throw life away!
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They went in hard
While he is virtually unknown even in academic circles in the United States, his extreme positions have helped him gain hundreds of thousands of followers on social media in Japan among frustrated youths who believe their economic progress has been held back by a gerontocratic society.
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He grew up poor. His brother and him will not stop at anything for money, including saying very attention-seeking, amoral comments on television.
There is a silver lining though. He is getting Japanese people especially younger generations to seriously debate and think about important societal issues instead of being politically apathetic.
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All five Japanese people under the age of 60
He grew up poor. His brother and him will not stop at anything for money, including saying very attention-seeking, amoral comments on television.
There is a silver lining though. He is getting Japanese people especially younger generations to seriously debate and think about important societal issues instead of being politically apathetic. -
What an embarrassment for Yale
No it’s not. What happened to academic freedom? He should be able to mouth off, that’s what universities are for.
My friend D1ck agrees
https://twitter.com/richardhanania/status/1624774516529573889Also let’s not do a huwhite colonialism. There is cultural precedent in Japan: