This was shared by a friend of mine, a column by a renowned Japanese literary critic, Minako Saito, on Tokyo Shinbun (local newspaper), on Aug. 28th. I thought it is brilliant, or rather, has a very good point, so just translated to share it with my English speaking friends around the world; ------- I accidentally flushed a toilet paper roll the other day. I spent 20 minutes trying to fix the toilet put the roll got stuck and wouldn’t flush. As I was trying to come up with my next move, I recalled this saying; “Nuclear power plants are apartments without toilets.” It’s a sarcasm about nuclear plants that operate without having final disposal system for nuclear waste, but “without toilets” lacks reality. The scary thing is a broken toilet. Fukushima Dai-ichi, which has been raised to INES Level 3 incident, is very close to a broken toilet. Contaminated water overflowing from the pot and buckets to keep water gets damaged one by one. Filthy water flowing on the floor, leaking to outside of the toilet. If you leave as it is, not only the whole house but its entrance will be covered, it might even affect the neighbors. That said, the owner of the house is are in high spirits saying “Let’s have the Olympic games at my place!” It looks as though he (or she) is trying to throw a party while doing nothing to the broken toilet. Friends with right minds would think “there’s something you should take care of before a party.” Tokyo metropolitan governor Inose said Fukushima leaks “wouldn’t directly influence the Olympics.” Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga also said “games won’t be affected.” That mindset is making the situation worse. I do not welcome the Olympic games. Our Prime Minister should go to our neighbors and beg: “We are at our wits’ end, please help!” I would like to go to Prime Minister’s residence and flush a toilet paper roll down their toilet.
Posted on: Fri, 30 Aug 2013 11:00:27 +0000
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