After
Japan's triple disaster on March 11th 2011, the nation was faced with a choice.
It could heal the suffering of those made homeless by the tsunami and nuclear
meltdown, turn away from nuclear power, and become a model of renewable
energy-efficency to the western world; or it could ignore international opinion
and cover up the mistakes that led to the Fukushima plant's destruction, delay
and obstruct the reconstruction of the stricken communities of Tohoku, restart
the wasteful and incompetently run nuclear industry with the same people in
charge, and persecute any citizen who disagreed with the government's
decisions.
Now we all know which path Japan chose to
take.
So three years on, "3/11: The
Fallout" announces its manifesto for anyone who's interested in what's
happening in this country.
1) If you are a 'gaijin' living in Japan,
take part in our campaign of civil disobedience. You don't have to join any
group; it's just about taking responsibility, doing the right thing and saying
'no'. We are referring here specifically to the individual models who played
racist stereotypes in the ANA and Coco Juku advertising campaigns. They could
have said 'no thank you', but instead they chose to take the paycheck and run,
and the result was a massive setback for racial equality in Japan. Now if you're reading this, and thinking -
"But I can't make trouble! I'll lose my job!" - well, here's some news for you. You might
speak Japanese fluently, carefully observe the etiquette, jump though the hoops
when they tell you to jump, but you will still lose your job because
ultimately, you are not Japanese. You will never be part of this society, so
don't kid yourself. You will be disposed of when you have outlived your usefulness.
2) If you are thinking of coming to
Japan, for travel or for work, please reconsider. Please choose another
destination. Your tourist dollars will prop up a senile, racist regime, and be
used to perpetuate the myth of "unique Japanese culture".
3) If you are young and Japanese,
consider leaving the country as soon as possible. A national health catastrophe
is in the making because the government is determined to supress the facts
about the spread of radioactive contamination. Either find a study abroad
program or a job with a non-Japanese company; but leave any way you can. This
is not a country for young people.
Think we're being crazy? Stupid? Wasting
our time? We are only following the examples of those we look up to; namely - Mohandas
Ghandhi, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr, Malcolm X, and Nelson Mandela.The
supreme irony is that Japanese high school students are required to write
composition papers on some of those individuals - and yet they have absolutely no
conception of the ideals they represented.
So Prime Minister Abe, in the spirit of Jean-Paul
Sartre and Malcolm X, we are going to teach you the meaning of the English
phrase 'by any means necessary'. This is
the last promoted post. Our blog will no longer be updated because we already
know what's going to happen. We are taking our fight off the Internet, and onto
the streets. We are the Fallout.
You will hear from us again.
