Price of Your Life(PART 2 OF 3)
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Are you saying, the girl in the above pictures is Jane?
Yes, she is.
She looks like June, doesn't she?
Jane is June's cousin.
I see. What happened at the college?
Naturally I stayed overnight in her room as a male guest.
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Are you saying, Kato, you stay overnight in the above room with Jane?
Yes, I am.
I was madly in love with Jane at the time. She majored in philosophy---modern philosophy of Immanuel Kant in particular.So, what happened?
Read the following episode.
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Kato, what ... what do you think you're trying to do here ... here in my bed?
Well ... I wanna make love.
Are you serious?
Yes, I am.
Kato, I told you I believe in Immanuel Kant.
I know.
Then you should know that Immanuel Kant was againt casual s*x. So am I.
Do you really believe in Kant?
Yes, I do. Kant said that casual s*x is objectionable.
Why is that?
...'Cause it is all about the satisfaction of s*xual desire, not about respect for the humanity of one's partner. The desire which you have for me is not directed toward me as a human being. That I am a human being is of no concern to you; you're intereted in me as the object of your desire.
Who told you so?
Kant did.
I've never told you that I'm interested in you as the object of my desire. Listen to me, Jane! I love you because you're like Hypatia in the ancient Alexandoria. You're quite intelligent, compassionate, and good-natured, and I've got tons of respect for the humanity of your person.
Even if you insists on that, I still reject your advance.
Why is that?
Kant says that only s*x within marriage can avoid degrading humanity. Only when two persons give each othre the whole of themselves, and not merely the use of their s*xual capacities, can s*x be other than objectifying. Only when both partners share with each other their person, body and soul, for good and ill and in every respect, can their s*xuality leads to a true union of human beings.
Jane, are you saying, every marriage actually brings about a union of that kind?
No, Kant didn't say that, but s*xual relations outside of marriage involve nothing more than s*xual gratification.
Who said so?
Kant did. The categorical imperative tells us to treat everyone with respect, as an end in itself.
So, believe me, Jane, I'm treating you with respect and love as a rational human being---not merely the object of my desire.
But I believe in Immanuel Kant.
Jane, who is more important to you---Kant or Kato?
I'm very sorry, Kato. I go for Kant.
So, Kato, you didn't make love with Jane, did you?
No, not really, I didn't know she is such an opinionated, dogmatic and stone-headed woman.
So what about the price of your life and mine?
Oh yes ... that's the thing I wanna talk about with you. There are things you can't buy with money.
Like what?
Like your life or Jane's love.
Are you serious, Kato?
Yes, I'm dead-serious. After reading the above book, I've just concluded that you just can't come up with the dollar value of a human life?
Why is that?
...'Cause human life outweighs the earth.
Kato, do you really believe that?
Yes, I do.
How on earth have you come up with the idea?
Well ... let me tell you this incident, which took place on September 28, 1977. The Douglas DC-8, en route from Paris to Haneda Airport in Tokyo with 156 people on board, stopped in Mumbai, India. Shortly after taking off from Mumbai, five armed members of the Japanese Red Army, led by Osamu Maruoka, hijacked the aircraft and ordered it flown to Dhaka, Bangladesh.
No kidding!
I'm not joking nor jesting. At Dhaka, the hijackers took the passengers and crew hostage, demanding $6 million and the release of nine imprisoned Red Army members.
Then what happened?
On October 1, 1977, Prime Minister Takeo Fukuda announced that the Japanese government would accept the hijackers' demands.
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Really? Did he accepte their demands?
Oh yes, Mr. Fukuda told the reporters, "human life outweighs the earth."
Japanese Leftist Terror Footage 3
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Japanese Leftist Terror Footage 2
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Six of the imprisoned Red Army members were then released.
Then what happened?
A chartered Japan Airlines flight carried the money and the six released JRA members to Dhaka, where the exchange took place on October 2. The hijackers released 118 passengers and crew members. On October 3, they flew to Kuwait City and Damascus, where they released 11 more hostages. Finally, the aircraft was flown to Algeria, where it was impounded by authorities and the remaining hostages were freed.
So, no casualties.
No, there are no casualties. I admire and respect Mr. Fukuda and believe that human life indeed outweighs the earth.
【Himiko's Monologue】
The first recorded aircraft hijack took place on February 21, 1931, in Arequipa, Peru.
Byron Rickards, flying a Ford Tri-Motor, was approached on the ground by armed revolutionaries.
He refused to fly them anywhere.
After a 10-day standoff Rickards was informed that the revolution was successful and he could go in return for giving one group member a lift to Lima.
I'm glad to hear that there are no casualties.
In any case, I hope Kato will write another interesting article soon.
So please come back to see me.
Have a nice day!
Bye bye ...
(To be followed)