tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528686231765021097.post5683175761692787813..comments2023-09-12T16:52:48.733+09:00Comments on Antisthenes' corollary*:: My officer! What a loud whistle.Ἀντισθένηςhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06199983680204710885noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8528686231765021097.post-73944498311760253842014-07-04T20:11:08.532+09:002014-07-04T20:11:08.532+09:00Yeah, I see you're talking about police enforc...Yeah, I see you're talking about police enforcing cycling laws...<br />But you're making a rookie mistake, and I'd honestly have expected better from you.<br />You see, this is a simple example of Japanese appropriating a word, without understanding the underlying concept. Let me give you an example;<br />'Japanese democracy'<br />Ok, ok, you can stop laughing now, I know you're following me with this.<br />So what we translate as 'cycling laws' and 'police' from the Japanese language, actually have different underlying concepts, for example;<br />'Cycling laws' actually would be closer to 'vague, grey, case-by-case guidelines',<br />and 'police' doesn't actually mean 'those employed by the state to enforce the legislated laws of the land, as decided by elected officials in free elections', but rather 'those employed by the state to enforce, when they can be arsed, if it's not too mendokusai, only the cases where clear black and white analysis leads them to believe that they are certain beyond a shadow of a doubt, that they can make a charge of a criminal offense (no matter how small) stick, because all facts are as plain as day, no deductive reasoning (hell, no reasoning of any kind) is required, they believe that a judge would convict, and they won't be embarrassing any superiors, themselves, and (most importantly of all) the unconstitutionally elected law makers, who make law with no regard to the will of the populous, in an unconstitutional fashion'.<br /><br />You see, it's just easier to say 'police' in regards to Japan, and sustain the myth that what we understand as a police force also exists here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com