皆さんとディスカッション（続ｘ748）

太田述正コラム#3837（2010.2.18）
＜皆さんとディスカッション（続ｘ748）＞
＜後からすみません＞
　細野祐二氏の書いていることはよくわかりませんが、仮に、その結論「政治資金規正法違反に当たらない」が正しければ、無罪にするしかないんじゃないでしょうか？
　犯罪行為に一切当たらないのに、「背景事実」が悪質だから刑事処罰するというのでは、ドイツ人どころか、どこの自由主義国の国民に対しても、恥ずかしくて公言できない話です。
　もっとも、細野氏の結論が間違っていたり、あるいは、別途、悪質？な事案で起訴し直して処罰することは、ありうると思いますが。
＜太田＞
　刑法第38条に「法律を知らざるを以って罪を犯す意なしと為すことを得ず」とあります。　
　これは、法の一般原則の一つである「法の無知はこれを許さず」を条文化したものであり、
http://okwave.jp/qa/q114402.html
これは罰則を伴うあらゆる法律にあてはまります。
　ですから、石川議員に会計知識がなかったことは事実らしいとしても、そのために同議員が政治資金規正法の解釈を誤ったという主張（＝法の無知の抗弁）を行うことによって、同法違反の認定を免れることはできないのです。
　そもそも、細野会計士は法律解釈の専門家ではないので政治資金規正法についての彼の解釈が正しいかどうかは保証の限りではないところ、彼の同法解釈が仮に正しいとしても、同会計士自身、「石川議員は例の小沢氏からの仮受金をせっかく定期預金で返済して簿外化したにもかかわらず、年が代わって平成16年の政治資金収支報告書を作成する段になり、定期預金が陸山会のままで名義変更されていないことにハタと気がつき、これはマズイとばかりに、政治資金収支報告書に定期預金を計上してしまったのである。小沢氏の個人資産を政治団体の資産として計上するというのであるから、当然のことながら政治団体の資産は４億円分だけ過大計上されて貸借が合わない。そこで、たまたま問題の世田谷の宅地の登記が12月末に間に合わなかったことを思い出し、ならばこちらも４億円近いので、定期預金をこの年度に計上する代わりに不動産を翌年回しにしておけばちょうど辻褄が合うと考えたのではないか？見よ。石川議員の経理処理は翌平成17年以降に見事に辻褄が合い、平成17年に４億円の事務所費が計上されるや、平成17年と平成18年にかけて４億円の定期預金は消滅している。」と同議員が虚偽記載をしていると認定しているのですから、同議員の同法違反は明らかです。
　その上、「石川議員以下３名は政治資金収支報告書の虚偽記載を認め、本件は自白事件として処理されることになった。」と、石川議員らが故意に虚偽記載をしたと自供しているのですから、何をかいわんやです。
　（引用部分は、
http://www.the-journal.jp/contents/newsspiral/2010/02/post_499.html
による。（コラム#3833）
　なお、犯罪を犯した背景事情が、起訴の是非はもとより、刑を言い渡す際の情状にも影響することは、「ドイツ人どころか、どこの自由主義国の国民」にとっても常識です。
＜けいc＞
　更に日本の安全保障における宇宙開発について質問があるのですがよろしいでしょうか？
　昨年全日空のジャンボ機パイロットと航空自衛隊のF-15パイロットの２名がJAXAからNASAに派遣されることが決まりましたが、
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/space/news/20090225-OYT1T00570.htm
ジャンボ機と戦闘機パイロットの組み合わせで宇宙飛行士としての訓練を行なうと聞いて、これは、米軍が開発中のOperationally Responsive Space（宇宙即応展開）の下地を日本でも開発していこうという意図なのでは？と思う節があります。
http://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ast/advisory_committee/meeting_news/media/2009/Wegner.ppt
http://www.kirtland.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123054292
　日本政府の安全保障政策は帯に短し襷に長しとちぐはぐである、との太田さんのつっこみはもっともであると考えますが、ORSが頓挫する可能性はあるにせよ、意外に防衛省の中には極少数の先を見通す眼を持っている人間がいるのではないか、というのが以上のオープンソースから作れる仮説かと思いますが、いかがでしょうか？
　もしこれが、防衛省によるORSへの早期イニシャチブだとしても、それは日本政府による自発的なものではなくアメリカ政府から促がされたものである、という見方のほうが正しいのでしょうか？
＜太田＞
　申し訳ないが、お示しの資料を読んだだけでは、Operationally Responsive Space（ORS）なるものについて、よく飲み込めませんでした。
　よって、全日空と航空自衛隊からぞれぞれパイロットが宇宙飛行士要員となったことと、このORSとに関係について、（旧防衛庁と旧運輸省が犬猿の仲であった記憶に照らしただけでも、）私自身は関係ないと思うのですが、そう断言することもまたできません。
　もう少し、あなた自身の推論なり分析なりをご提示いただきたいと思います。
　
　ところで、核弾道弾の空中レーザー迎撃（コラム#3829、3835）についてのフォロー記事が朝鮮日報に出てました。↓
　「・・・ALTB＜（空中レーザー迎撃試験機）＞は米国ミサイル防衛（MD）システムの第1段階といえる。敵が発射した弾道ミサイルが加速段階に至ると、まず航空機からレーザービームを発射、迎撃するためだ。もしこの迎撃が失敗すれば第２段階、第３段階の迎撃システムに移ることになる。
　レーザー迎撃のためには高出力のレーザービームを搭載する必要があるが、レーザー発射装置の重さだけでも約3トンに達するため、ボーイング747－400F型機が必要不可欠だ。この航空機は1度の出撃で約20回レーザーを発射でき、その後は充電する必要があるという。」
http://www.chosunonline.com/news/20100217000042
　これ↑を読むと、現在じゃ有効なのは、発射後の初期段階だけのようですね。
＜コバ＞
　中国が米国債を売却する＜（「した」ではないか？（太田））＞ようです。
　これは最近のギクシャクした米中関係を反映した中国による意趣返しでしょうか？　
　属国日本はひたすら米国の下駄の泥として叩頭奴隷のままですが…orz　
　・・・Last year, Chinese premier Wen Jiabao told reporters: “We have made a huge amount of loans to the United States. Of course we are concerned about the safety of our assets. To be honest, I’m a little bit worried.”・・・
　”I think decision makers know very well that any large-scale selling of US Treasuries won’t do any good to the Chinese economy, which still needs a sustained recovery of the US economy to pull up its export sector. Such selling will also devalue China’s existing holdings of Treasuries,” he said.
　”Dumping Treasuries will also entail the problem of what to buy in return ? definitely not euro or yen assets at the moment.”・・・
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2010/feb/17/china-sells-us-treasury-bonds
＜太田＞
　この記事の中に出てくる温家宝中共首相の発言は、当時の記事で承知しています。
　私以外にもご存じの読者もかなり多いのではないでしょうか。
　せっかく投稿されるのなら、前回（コラム#3835）の私のννΒΒクンとのやりとりを踏まえ、この記事冒頭の
　China sold $34bn (￡21.5bn) worth of US government bonds in December・・・
や、
　・・・Japan, Britain, Luxembourg and Hong Kong made sizeable purchases, with the UK buying $24.9bn of US government debt.・・・
といった箇所を引用して欲しかったですね。　
＜νΒνΒ＞（「たった一人の反乱」より）
　来たな～！原口総務相　検察（名指し）裏金存在調査を指示。
http://www.nikkei.co.jp/news/seiji/20100218ATFS1703D17022010.html
　で、週間ポストも検察裏金問題をとりあげたな。
　どういう落とし前をつけるのか･･･まぁ　どんどん検察や警察･･序でに税務署まで誰も逆らえなかった巨大な権力機構組織の闇を暴露して欲しいも。
＜太田＞
　独法への天下り問題とか、裏金問題とかを騒ぎ立てるのは、すべて、もっと深刻な「民間」企業への天下り問題から国民の目をそらすための策謀じゃないかって言いたくなるな。
　おのおのがた、たぶらかされてはなりませんぞ。
＜T.T＞
　–トヨタリコール問題について–
　＜コラム#3833では＞説明不足でした。
　Popular Mechanicsは、広告収入も得る、一般大衆向けの、科学技術関係の米国雑誌です。
　もっとも自動車専門雑誌的な側面もあります。
　また、Loose Changeという9.11米国同時多発テロの陰謀説を唱えたインターネット映画の虚偽を暴いたことで有名です。
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Mechanics
(Consumer Report 2010年２月９日 米国非営利団体、無広告商品レビュー雑誌)
プリウスのブレーキ「問題」について
Toyota has announced a voluntary safety recall on approximately 133,000 2010 Prius and 14,500 2010 Lexus HS 250h hybrid cars to update software in the anti-lock brake system (ABS). The brake system has been found to have inconsistent brake feel in some situations, particularly partial braking on rough or slick road surfaces when ABS is activated…The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has described the problem as a “momentary loss of braking capability.”…If you experience the momentary loss in braking, NHTSA advises owners to continue to firmly press on the brake to stop the vehicle. It would be wise to leave a little more stopping distance until this recall is performed.
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2010/02/toyota-recalls-2010-prius-lexus-hs-250-hybrids.html
http://www.nhtsa.gov/portal/site/nhtsa/template.MAXIMIZE/menuitem.f2217bee37fb302f6d7c121046108a0c/?javax.portlet.tpst=1e51531b2220b0f8ea14201046108a0c_ws_MX&javax.portlet.prp_1e51531b2220b0f8ea14201046108a0c_viewID=detail_view&itemID=c1d264146b1a6210VgnVCM1000002fd17898RCRD&pressReleaseYearSelect=2010
(英国BBC　自動車番組・雑誌　トップギア　2010年２月９日)
同じくプリウスのブレーキ「問題」について
The saintly Prius has been dragged into the Toyota recall vortex.
It seems that in certain circumstances the ABS system gives too much kickback through the brake pedal. Drivers tend to think this means braking action is delayed. It isn’t – if they don’t lift their foot they’ll find the brakes work as normal.
But a software re-flash of the affected cars will change the feedback in the circumstances in question, and everyone should be happy.
It affects only the Mk3 Prius, and only the first few months’ production. Brand-new ones are fine.
That’s because Toyota recognised the issue some while ago after some customer comments. It modified the software on Priuses built after a certain date. Older cars will now get a simple upgrade to this new software.
There was no recall at the time. Toyota didn’t think it was a safety issue – the brakes always work fine. But I guess Prius drivers aren’t the type to habitually drive right up to the ragged edge, so they don’t know what ABS intervention feels like. When they experience it, they’re spooked.
And now, because everything Toyota says and does is viewed through the lens of ‘safety’ and ‘recalls’, the company has to be super-cautious. It gets badgered by the media if it doesn’t act. In normal circumstances this wouldn’t be a recall.
Seen from the outside, Toyota seems to be having a PR catastrophe. But remember, the company has built its business on loyal customers. It has just taken delivery of its first batch of redesigned accelerator parts from the main accelerator recall. This has taken just days. It has made contact with owners, again in days.
Most recalls take months. And it’s not as if recalls are unusual. There are about a million recalled cars in the UK each year.
Dealers and the HQ have been working overnight and at weekends. It’s a mammoth effort, and it’s directed not at finessing the media but at fixing the cars. People who buy Toyotas trust Toyota and its dealers. That’s where they choose to get their information, not from scare stories in the tabloids.
Toyota is trusting that this will be the way to ensure the damage of the recalls – both to the customers and to its own reputation – gets healed rapidly.
http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/prius-recall-2010-02-09
BBCの報道は少し単純化しすぎ、ConsumerReportsの記事は言葉足らず。
http://car.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/news/20100210_348129.html
NHTSAの苦情データベースにおけるトヨタ車への突然無意図加速の苦情の多さ。
December 7, 2009
Analysis shows over 40 percent of sudden-acceleration complaints involve Toyotas. Toyota and Lexus models for 2008 had a much greater incidence of sudden, unintended acceleration than other brands, according to Consumer Reports’ analysis of a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) safety complaints database…In analyzing all 5,916 reports on 2008 models, Consumer Reports’ Auto Test Center and Statistics Department identified 166 cases in which the complaint described sustained unintended acceleration that the driver found difficult or impossible to control…We used 2008 models to provide a snapshot across all automakers and identify possible issues. The scope was further narrowed to complaints submitted before Aug. 28, 2009, when a California family was killed in a Lexus sedan experiencing
uncontrollable acceleration, to eliminate the impact media coverage had in drawing more submissions.
Toyota, Lexus lead with complaints
The sudden-acceleration incidents were distributed over 22 brands, but they were not spread evenly. Forty-seven complaints were about Toyota models and five were for Lexus vehicles. Between them, Toyota and Lexus accounted for more than a third of all the unintended-acceleration incidents we found among 2008-model vehicles. Seen another way, Toyota racked up more unintended-acceleration complaints than Chrysler, GM, Honda, and Nissan combined.
<苦情対シェア比： トヨタ：41％　フォード：28％　クライスラー：９％GM：５％ホンダ：４％日産：３％>
The bottom line
Because it is dependent upon motorist submissions, the NHTSA complaint database does not reflect all sudden, unintended acceleration cases. But the data does show statistically more complaints for certain Toyota, Lexus, and Ford brand models.
Another way of looking at the extent of complaints is to compare them to model-year sales. Based on our analysis, the ratio of reports for experiencing such a problem on 2008 model-year vehicle from Toyota Motor Corporation is about one in nearly 50,000. The Ford Motor Company’s reported risk is about one in nearly 65,000. In contrast, the reported risk for a GM model is just one in 500,000.
http://blogs.consumerreports.org/cars/2009/12/sudden-unintended-acceleration-sua-analysis-2008-toyota-lexus-ford-gm.html
(Consumer Report：米国非営利無広告、商品レビュー団体のブログ 2010年12月７日)
　実に面白いのはトヨタとフォードはハイブリッドをかなり売っているということ。
http://www.hybridcars.com/market-dashboard/april-2008-hybrids-defy-recession.html
自動車関連雑誌の論調
米国80年代、アウディのアクセル問題への過剰反応
…In the late 1980s, the Audi 5000 was the target of a barrage of SUA allegations, lawsuits and press reports (including a notorious “60 Minutes” episode that was later discredited). Then, as now, there were accusations that mysterious electronic gremlins somehow took over the car. In the end, NHTSA concluded that driver error was the only likely explanation for the incidents.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/new_cars/4345385.html
In 1986, the television program 60 Minutes started Audi’s “unintended acceleration” scandal. The show trotted out tearful people, recounted death and carnage, spoke to so-called experts, and generally made it seem like the vehicle in question, the Audi 5000, was a roving menace with a mind of its own. In the end, the U.S. government determined that every single so-called unintended acceleration accident was the result of driver error. Some speculated that because Audi’s pedals were closer together than those of some other brands, people were too uncoordinated to choose the correct one. The pedal-placement issue Audi faced at that time parallels the throttle-kill issue Toyota faces now.
http://www.caranddriver.com/news/car/10q1/toyota_recall_scandal_media_circus_and_stupid_drivers-editorial
（米国自動車雑誌　2010年２月）
仮に全ての死亡事例がトヨタ車の欠陥に起因すると証明されても、車としての「危険」性が低い（ブランドの信頼性は別問題）
Complaints of deaths connected to sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles have surged in recent weeks, with the alleged death toll reaching 34 since 2000, according to new consumer data gathered by the government…Toyota Motor Corp. has recalled 8.5 million vehicles globally during the past four months because of problems with gas pedals, floor mats and brakes…Since Jan. 27, NHTSA has processed 686 complaints from consumers about problems related to “vehicle speed control” on cars and trucks manufactured by Toyota, nearly all of them submitted through NHTSA’s Web site or by e-mail.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,586082,00.html
（FOXNEWS　2010年２月16日）
…Every man, woman, and child in the U.S. has approximately a one-in-8000 chance of perishing in a car accident every year. Over a decade, that’s about one in 800. Given the millions of cars included in the Toyota
recalls and the fewer than 20 alleged deaths over the past decade, the alleged fatality rate is about one death per 200,000 recalled Toyotas. Even if all the alleged deaths really are resultant from vehicle defects?highly unlikely?and even if all the worst things people are speculating about Toyotas are true, and you’re driving one, and you aren’t smart or calm enough to shift to neutral if the thing surges, you’re still approximately 250 times likelier to die in one of these cars for reasons having nothing to do with unintended acceleration.
http://www.caranddriver.com/news/car/10q1/toyota_recall_scandal_media_circus_and_stupid_drivers-editorial
（米国自動車雑誌　2010年２月）
…It’s hard to be exact about the human peril. But from the reports of the number of accidents attributable to the two separate Toyota accelerator issues, it seems to be about 15 deaths in the US, though none as far as we know in Europe. That is carnage. Lots of separate human disasters.
But we’re talking about 10 million cars, driven on average for three years or more. Frankly, the actual risk is far smaller than the risk from inattention, a badly fixed load, texting on the move, wrong tyre pressures or any number of other things under the driver’s control.
http://www.topgear.com/uk/car-news/toyota-recall-2010-02-01
（英国BBC自動車番組トップギアの雑誌版　2010年２月１日）
トヨタ自動車工場が存在するアメリカ州知事の発言
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and Alabama Gov. Bob
Riley asked in a letter Wednesday that Toyota get “a responsible and fair response from the federal
government.” …”Toyota must put the safety of drivers first and foremost,” Beshear said
in a statement. “However, they deserve a level and reasonable response from the federal government – one that
is not tainted by the federal government’s financial interest in some of Toyota’s competitors.” …”No one
asked us to do it,” Richardson said…”In Mississippi, Toyota is a valuable partner in building a highly skilled, high-tech workforce,” she said. “Governor Barbour wanted to convey his confidence in the auto maker and in Toyota’s beginning operations in Mississippi when market conditions improve.”　The House Oversight Committee and the House Energy and Commerce Committee are planning hearings, as is the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee. In the letter, the governors said that Toyota employs more than 172,000 Americans in plants and dealerships across the nation and said the company’s continued success is in the national interest.
“Besides the obvious good-paying jobs provided in our states, Toyota demonstrates a commendable positive spirit not only with its own employees, but also in the communities and neighborhoods within which its plants operate,” the governors said. They also criticized what they called “aggressive and questionable” news coverage “when the real story is how quickly Toyota identified the
problems, found solutions and delivered those solutions to its dealers worldwide.”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/10/AR2010021003413.html
米国低燃費自動車買い替え制度（通称：Cash for Clunkers）の結果
Government data shows that while 54 percent of the top-10-selling vehicles were manufactured domestically, eight out of 10 carry Japanese or South Korean nameplates. The Toyota Corolla is the most popular car bought under the program. Only the Ford Focus and the Ford Escape cracked the top 10.
American automakers are dominating one area — trade-ins. All the top trade-ins were made by U.S. companies, with the Ford Explorer four-wheel-drive leading the pack.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/08/14/asian-carmakers-doing-especially-cash-clunkers/
　もう解りますよね。
　トヨタ車の欠陥に起因した事故かどうか（ディーラ過失による誤ったフロアマット取り付けは別問題）は調査結果を待てばよい。
　誰が冷静で適切な論調を保っているかを。
　Remember with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judgedですね今米国に必要な忠告は。
　最後に米国自動車雑誌MotorTrendは時系列的に今回のリコール問題を記事にしている。
http://www.motortrend.com/features/auto_news/2010/112_1001_toyota_recall_crisis/index.html#ixzz0flAdcbG8
　LA Timesの報道だけ取り上げていますね、なぜか。

＜太田＞
　私は、英文記事については斜め読みしただけではあるのだけど、
＞もう解りますよね
＞LA Timesの報道だけ取り上げていますね、なぜか。
と言われても、何となく想像はできるものの、はい解りました、とは言えませんでした。
　せっかく大変な労力と時間をかけて投稿していただいたので、はしょらずにコラムに収録しましたが、後一歩、踏み込んだ「解説」をつけていただきたかったと思います。
　いずれにせよ、かつてのアウディ（フォルクスワーゲン）叩きはナチ叩き、現在のトヨタ叩きは黄色人種叩きってのが米国の多数派の深層心理だと私自身は勘ぐってます。
　トヨタ社長米議会公聴会出席問題の米国での報道ぶり↓を見て、改めてそう思うな。
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/atmoney/news/20100218-OYT1T00501.htm?from=rss&ref=mixi
　その他の記事の紹介です。
　米国のサービス超大国ぶりがよく分かる記事だ。↓
　・・・Exports of American services have jumped by 84 percent since 2000, while the growth rate among goods was 66 percent. America trails both China and Germany in sales of goods abroad, but ranks No. 1 in global services by a wide margin. And while trade deficits in goods have been enormous ? $840 billion in 2008 ? the country runs a large and growing surplus in services・・・
　American companies took eight of the top 10 spots in Interbrand’s 2009 survey of best global brands. ・・・
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/opinion/17cox.html?ref=opinion&pagewanted=print
　米国のオバマ政権が、自らイラン核施設攻撃する可能性は限りなくゼロに近そうだ。↓
　・・・US Secretary of State Clinton this week responded with a direct “no” – not “all options are on the table” – when asked if America was planning a military strike. ・・・
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/LB18Ak01.html
　オバマ政権は、イスラエルがイラン核施設攻撃するのを必死になって止めにかかっているけど、イスラエルの「左」のハーレツ紙の論調にもかかわらず、イスラエルは上記攻撃を決行するだろうね。↓
　・・・The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Adm. Michael Mullen, warned in Tel Aviv on Sunday of the unexpected consequences of an Israeli attack on Iran, just as he did during the days of the Bush administration. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in Qatar that Iran’s neighbors, who are worried about its nuclear plans, must rely on the American defense umbrella. And next week, Vice President Joseph Biden will visit Israel to pass on a similar message. ・・・　Israel is required to give Obama a chance, for one simple reason: Israel will need full American support for any actions it may decide to take against the Iranian threat. If Israel goes to war, it will need intelligence help, prior warning, military equipment and diplomatic support from the United States. ・・・
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1150136.html
　ホントにモサドがやったかどうかは誰にも分からないけど、仮にそうだとすると、モサドも完全に焼きが回ったって感じだな。そんな体たらくのイスラエル、遠方の核施設攻撃なんてできんのかって話になってくる。↓
　・・・Of the 11 members of the squad that Dubai authorities say carried out the killing of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, six carried apparently fake British passports bearing the names of Israeli citizens.・・・
　Israel has a record of using foreign passports to conceal the movements of its undercover operatives and has run into diplomatic trouble with Canada, New Zealand, Britain and others over the practice. The Mossad agents who tried to assassinate Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal in Jordan in 1997, for example, carried Canadian documents. ・・・
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/17/AR2010021700544_pf.html　
　・・・On Monday, the Dubai police named 11 of the 17 people they suspect in the case. Among the names were those of three Irish citizens ? of whom the Irish authorities have no record ? and six British citizens living in Israel who appear to be victims of identity theft. The police also showed images culled from the ubiquitous closed-circuit TV system showing some of them in false beards, wigs and glasses, in almost comical attempts at disguise. ・・・
　The six British citizens living in Israel ? who woke up on Tuesday to find their names linked with the assassination ? do not resemble the agents’ photographs from the passports bearing their names. ・・・
　The name of an American-born Israeli was used by another of the suspects, who carried a German passport. That person studies in a religious seminary near Tel Aviv.
　Three of the British citizens gave interviews to the news media on Tuesday, expressing their shock and some fear. By Wednesday they appeared to have gone incommunicado and did not answer or return a reporter’s calls. ・・・
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/18/world/middleeast/18dubai.html?ref=world&pagewanted=print
　9.11の時、世界貿易センタービルに出動していた消防士の中に、略奪行為を行った者がいたんだね。
　全く米国って大変な国だよな。↓
　・・・At a time when the moral authority of the New York City Fire Department was unimpeachable, Langewiesche was pilloried for unearthing incontestable evidence ? the cab of a wrecked fire truck, for example, “filled with dozens of new pairs of jeans from the Gap”? of looting by some firemen.・・・
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/feb/14/fly-by-wire-book-review
　40年前に米国を旅したデンマーク人の感想を読むと、やっぱ私が言うように、米国っちゅうのは、一貫して発展途上国の様相を帯びた超大国なんだわ。↓
　・・・ Jacob Holdt・・・started to understand reverse racism: “The longer I live here, the more I look at the whites with the eyes of the blacks, and I can’t help but harbor an ever-increasing hatred for them,” he wrote. ・・・
　Capitalism, he believed, kept racism alive intentionally. ・・・
　Jacob perceived America as a “boring white middle class country” before he arrived in 1970. What he found was very different: a poor, oppressed populace that somehow, miraculously, persevered and overcame.・・・
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,678291,00.html
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