Thoughts on Movies 2024/12/29

i watched "The Occupied City" directed by Steve McQueen. this is a documentary film that traces Amsterdam in the Netherlands, which was about to be locked down by the corona pandemic, to the Netherlands just before surrendering to Germany in World War II, and carefully and calmly to the memories of what happened, done, lost, and lost everywhere. since events are not arranged in chronological order, it is not known whether they have intentions or not. however, what was hard for me to watch was the countless "demolished" on-parades. some people may not have noticed it because reading only subtitles translates the words into slightly different words. but that was obviously a word that was used with intent. disappeared, unmarked, unsealed, dismantled, and gone, all of which were called "demolished", which seemed meaningless. watching this movie, i realized my ignorance to the point where i hated it. why did Hitler try to crush the Jews so thoroughly? why did so many Germans and Italians agree with this and people persecute Jews before that, why is it possible that only the hominids, not to compete for territory, not to kick down their rival in love, not to fight for food, but to try to kill the same people by race, and even to succeed? why are people so obsessed with pedigree in the first place? if we go back, we all have the same genes that lead to one African woman. why do we deny ourselves the high level of intelligence, communication skills, the invisible world that humans have acquired, the truth of the universe, and the desire for harmony and peace. Jews who were persecuted in Europe and unreasonably killed many of their compatriots at that time established Israel in the Middle East with strong backups from the West, especially the United States. and now they are doing what they used to do to the Palestinians. Western countries cannot take a strong attitude toward Israel.
Why doesn't racism disappear? If there are people who believe that Japan has nothing to do with it because it is a single nation, it is better to be ashamed of it. Japan also persecuted the Okinawans and Ainu people, deceived them into taking away their treasures and land, denied language, culture and religion, and made them do whatever they wanted. since the Manchurian incident, China, Korea, Indonesia, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries have been trampled down and abused people living there for no reason. Japan is guilty of the same crime.
some may say that there is no winner in the war. so why do people want to make war? because there is a winner. it is not a victorious country. even in a victorious country, there are probably many people who have been attacked by their opponents and have lost their homes and loved ones, fled, or lived a difficult life. there are probably many soldiers who went to attack enemy countries and died, and did not even return their remains. even a victorious country would suffer such a loss. that's a lot, too. so who is the winner of the war? i'll give you an easy-to-understand example. Japan foolishly overconfident in World War II and joined forces with Germany and Italy to rewrite the world map, becoming a defeated country. in the process, the capital Tokyo and Osaka, which flourished as a commercial city, were destroyed by numerous large-scale air raids, and Hiroshima and Nagasaki became experimental sites for atomic bombs. Was the only reason Japan was able to recover within 30 years of its defeat really because the Japanese worked so hard? without it, reconstruction might not have happened. but we must not forget the existence of the Korean War. in Japan, the war was called "special demand." this is because the United States has made Japan a supply base. as a result, foreign currency flowed in, industries developed, and many factories came back to life, and reconstruction was on track. Japan, which lost the war, was rejuvenated by the war that took place in other countries. in view of this, i feel like i can answer the question of who is the winner of the war. these are those who are not directly involved in the war, but are at the heart of the economy of a third country close to them, which makes huge profits in response to the demand it brings. in any case, both victorious and defeated countries have perpetrators and victims. it's about time Japan talked about not only the damage but also its own abuses. watching this movie made me keenly aware of it. i don't deny that Japan was a defeated country and was severely damaged by the war. it is also clear that innocent citizens were killed there. apart from that, however, Japan should also clarify the atrocities it has inflicted on its fellow citizens. if you do something wrong, you should apologize first, regardless of whether the other person will accept you or not. it's wrong not to apologize if the other person doesn't accept it. i don't know how the gods judge people in Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism and Islam. i think that's my ignorance, and it's shameful. but as far as i know, the eight million gods that the Japanese have believed in, and the Buddhas that have been closely linked to the gods, must have known that people always stray from their path. what's important is after that.
i felt once again that it was a dangerous act to describe war as a mere tragedy. this is because the widespread awareness of victims diverts awareness of the harm. war is not a natural disaster. it is a man-made act in which a man involves everything around him out of greed to obtain something big or something he should not have. in retrospect, the evolution of science and the development of industry have always been preparations for war and recovery from war. humans refine their skills to wage war, and engineers want to use it because they have great power that they shouldn't have.
i don't believe in monotheism, so i don't think that God made man, but if so, i think that God made the most outrageous thing last. the creature, who had no life expectancy, was weak enough to die, and had no power, kept growing in herds, communicating, making weapons, destroying nature, and gaining in the process at an overwhelming rate. If God made a man after himself, I wonder how arrogant, greedy, and ignorant he is. for men are indeed arrogant, greedy, and ignorant. The world is now more mixed with race than ever before, refugees flocking to each country, inequalities and divisions prevail, and people are becoming obsessed with anger, greed, ignorance, and unable to accept people with different roots. Everyone claims their rights and destroys evil! they're crying, not knowing that the act itself was what Buddhism called evil.

the ignorant spoke too much.i think arrogance was also a sin in Christianity. i don't have the qualifications to talk about. this is all just a nonsence.