Final statement about court ruling(日本語)
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There is a Japanese translation at the end of this:
Loosing the case has been disappointing. Before I filed the suit over Soumusho’s censorship the general opinion by those who I asked was, “This is Japan. This is the way it is…” Their assumption was that, right or wrong there was nothing anyone could do about it, especially a non-Japanese.
Once as a young kid I was smacked by a school teacher. When I complained to the principle of the school that the teacher hit me, I was told “That’s just the way she is.” This response made me furious. The teacher had not only broken school regulations by hitting a student, but she had also broken the law by assaulting a child. Even thinking now about how the principle could dismiss something so obviously wrong makes me angry. That day changed my life.
I don’t believe in “this is the way it is…” thinking when when it comes to things that are clearly wrong. Just because something is tolerated does not make it right. I appreciate Japan too much to believe that we should accept an injustice like censorship simply because “this is the way it is.” That’s why I filed the suit.
The governments defense was “we didn’t do it, the company did” and of course the Japanese company fell on its own sword and agreed that their decision to cancel my talk had nothing to do with the governments verbose concerns. But it doesn’t take a scientist to see these facts: my topic was approved 3 months before the conference by SIDC (the Japanese company) and PacSec steering committee. My complete presentation including slides were approved by SIDC and PacSec steering committee again 3 weeks before my presentation. Yet the decision to cancel my presentation was made by SIDC (a government contractor) minutes before I went on stage.
After discussions with my lawyers it seems to me that in the majority of the cases, the high court will not overturn a ruling. Even though the ruling was flawed by our (security practitioners) standards, it may seem extremely logical to 40-50 year old Japanese judges who aren’t technically savvy. If the judge simply read the conclusion of the lower court, which only argues the governments point that it was the doing of SIDC, I’m not confident they would disagree. And it doesn’t appear like we have a revolutionary argument to make them see differently. While I’m very upset about the outcome and of course the courts statements about my trustworthiness. I’ve decided not to move forward. I regret losing most of all for not being able to prove those who say “this is the way it is…” wrong.
2006年10月16日
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yeah, that totally sucks. I love Japan, but things like that are really annoying.