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by Kazuki Kaneshiro

“Take a good look at the wide world,” he said. “You decide the rest.”

I hated violence as much as Malcolm did. But sometimes you don’t have a choice. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, do you turn the other cheek? Hell no. Some jerks will bypass the cheek and hit you where it hurts. Even when you’ve done nothing to deserve it.

Really anti-gandhivadi thought.... Like today's generation

A communist society like North Korea doesn’t recognize religion but needs something resembling one to unify its people. Kim Il Sung was that something—the charismatic founder of a religion.

“The circle you made with your fist is roughly the size you are. If you stay inside that circle and take only the things within your reach, you can go through life without ever getting hurt. Do you understand what I’m saying?”

“A lone person devoted to reading novels has the power equal to a hundred people gathered at a meeting.” Then he’d continue, saying, “The world would be a better place with more people like that,” and smile good-naturedly.

“But you should live a random life. I mean, your life has already veered off the rails. I wish you’d keep on veering and see where it takes you. You’re someone who could pull that off.

Everyone was deep in their own thoughts. “Nationality isn’t much more than a lease to an apartment,” I said. “If you don’t like the apartment anymore, you break the lease and get out.”

“Can you really do that?” the Japanese girl asked. “It’s written clearly in the Constitution of Japan, Article 22, Paragraph 2. ‘Freedom of all persons to move to a foreign country and to divest themselves of their nationality shall be inviolate.’ It’s my favorite article in the Constitution.” “But,” began the Zainichi North Korean man, “even if we know all that stuff, isn’t it pointless if the people discriminating against you don’t?” “What matters is that we know,” I said. “Those ignorant haters who discriminate based on nationality and ethnicity are pathetic. We need to educate ourselves and make ourselves stronger and forgive them. Not that I’m anywhere near that yet.”

It is really intersting and informative conversation...

The voices of minority people had no way of reaching the top, so they had to find some way of making their voices louder.

“Not a bad thing to know something about darkness. You can’t talk about light without some knowledge of darkness. Like your buddy Nietzsche said, ‘He who fights with monsters should look to it that he himself does not become a monster. And if you gaze long into an abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.’ Keep that in mind.”

‘Any man in his youth should apply himself to amusement to his heart’s content. Too long a time in a forest of words will leave him trapped and unable to escape.’”

I want to be the kind of person that can love someone right and then cry the way that dog did if I lost someone.