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Title: We live in interesting times
Post by: hutch-- on July 08, 2022, 07:40:54 PM

I was naive enough to think that political assassinations were a thing of the past. With the death of Shinzo Abe, it seems to have come back again.

Title: Re: We live in interesting times
Post by: jack on July 08, 2022, 10:17:48 PM

this was a cowardly assassination  :cry:

Title: Re: We live in interesting times
Post by: jj2007 on July 09, 2022, 12:19:13 AM

The U.S. lost a friend (Google: About 42,000 results for "shinzo abe" "friend of america")

Who is Shinzo Abe? All about former Prime Minister of Japan (https://www.jagranjosh.com/general-knowledge/who-is-shinzo-abe-all-about-former-prime-minister-of-japan-1657252968-1)

Title: Re: We live in interesting times
Post by: NoCforMe on July 09, 2022, 09:24:02 AM

But but but ... assassinating a former prime minister? Hardly seems to rise to the level of Lincoln, or Kennedy, or Lumumba, or ...

That's kind of like shooting the dog of someone you hate.

Title: Re: We live in interesting times
Post by: daydreamer on July 09, 2022, 04:21:25 PM

Quote from: NoCforMe on July 09, 2022, 09:24:02 AM

But but but ... assassinating a former prime minister? Hardly seems to rise to the level of Lincoln, or Kennedy, or Lumumba, or ...

That's kind of like shooting the dog of someone you hate.

Or swedish pm olof palme in the 80s

Title: Re: We live in interesting times
Post by: Gunther on July 10, 2022, 02:10:30 AM

I know not enough about Japan, its history and social problems. Therefore, I can say not much about the current events. However, I know that assassination is an useless
means of solving problems. I also noticed the following:

• Shinzo Abe is known to be a conservative. In its first news report, the Tagesschau (main news program on German television) called him a right-winger.
• There is an interesting article from May 2022 about statements (https://see.news/former-japanese-pm-zelenskys-decisions-led-to-outbreak-of-war-in-ukraine/) by Shinzo Abe. He was quoted in a very similar tone in The Economist.

That makes me wonder.