Treason is Treason
Re: US pleased at American defector's reunion with Japanese wife, but won't drop case
The Japanese and American reactions to this case illustrate a key difference between Eastern and Western thinking. The Japanese are relativists, or even situationists, believing that the special "humanitarian" concerns of this case demand a flexible interpretation of the law. The Americans are absolutists, or even dogmatists, believing that the law need be applied equally to all.
Re: US pleased at American defector's reunion with Japanese wife, but won't drop case
The Japanese and American reactions to this case illustrate a key difference between Eastern and Western thinking. The Japanese are relativists, or even situationists, believing that the special "humanitarian" concerns of this case demand a flexible interpretation of the law. The Americans are absolutists, or even dogmatists, believing that the law need be applied equally to all.
Redeemed by Our Savior, I work out my salvation with fear and trembling in Pohang, South Korea, where I live with my wife, daughter, and son and teach English at a science and technology university. Baptized a Methodist and raised a Missouri Synod Lutheran in Buffalo, NY, I spent six years as a guest of the Anglican Communion before being received by the Grace of God into the One Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church on the Feast of Saint Andrew, my patron, anno domini 2002.
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