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2023-08-02

イギリス同調圧力は異常

https://twitter.com/HiroshiSukagawa/status/1685748930212966401

須賀川TBS Television🇯🇵 中東特派員 Hiroshi Sukagawa

@HiroshiSukagawa

最近、とても驚いたことがありました。イギリスの私の自宅の大家さん、とっても仲の良い家族なんです。ところが、実は1年半くらい前に家族同士で会った時、娘さん(当時中学生)がいきなり坊主頭になり・・・

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ダボダボジーンズ金色の極太チェーンアクセサセリーをジャラジャラと身に着けていて、両親とも言葉少ない感じで、ちょっと距離感もあり。

別にそのファッションNGとかそういうわけではなく、ただあまりイメージチェンジに、「思春期は色々なことがあるんだろうね」くらいに思っていました。

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ところが…つい最近彼女のお母さんと話しをしたら、なんと学校の「peer pressure」でそういう恰好をしていた、ということが判明。

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どういうことかというと当時、彼女学校では、女の子たちが「男の子」になることがファッショナブル!?)で、みんな she/her ではなく he/him にならないとイジメられてしまっていたそうなんです。

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で、娘さんもある日突然、丸刈りにして帰ってきて「俺はきょうからジョーだ」と。何の予兆もなかったこともあり、お母さんはびっくりして泣いてしまったそう。ファッションの度を超している…

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ただ、お母さんは娘の変化や行動を否定肯定もせず、考える時間をしっかりと与えて普段通り接していたら、数か月ふさぎ込んだあと突然、「私間違っていた」と言ってきたそう。

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今、日本では特にLGBTQの権利話題です。私は同性婚含め、権利拡大には大賛成。でも、その「多様性」を強要されることはあってはならない。

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彼女学校で、どういった会話がなされ、どういった教育がなされていたか分かりませんが、女の子たちが「男の子」にならないとイジメられる、そんな状況は極めて限定的であってほしいと願っています

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彼女とその後も直接何度も会ってますが、さすがにこの事については本人も触れられて問題ない部分かわからないので、聞いていません。

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ただ、何よりも素晴らしいなと思ったのが、子供の変化をむやみに否定肯定もせず、普段通り向き合ってあげたお母さんの行動です。

LGBTQの話題が出てきたとき、極端な例や事案を持ち出して罵倒しあったり批判しあうのではなく、建設的な議論に繋がるとよいなとつくづく思いました。

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LGBTQをめぐる話題は、同性婚だけではもちろんありませんが、最後に何度も話題になったニュージーランド議員スピーチを載せておきますね。

https://twitter.com/Bulldog_noh8/status/934357403851558912

2023-08-01

anond:20230801140703

すまん。勝手翻訳した。拡散はどうするかな。redditかに投稿するのがいいのか?

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I have seen some posts asking if they should talk about "the case" even though they were not involved in it and were not born in Nagasaki or Hiroshima, and I am a bit aware of it, so I have to say what I have to say. I say this because I was born in Nagasaki, am a third generation atomic bomb survivor, and grew up hearing the stories of those who experienced the atomic bombing firsthand. I know it's a little bit too much for me, but I'm going to say this because there are very few survivors left.

In Nagasaki, children grow up hearing stories about the atomic bombing. They were stuffed into sushi for nearly an hour in the gymnasium of an elementary school in the middle of summer, with no air conditioner or fan, and told stories about the atomic bombing. That was a hard time for me. I think it must have been even harder for the old people who told the stories, but there was no way an elementary school kid could imagine such a thing, and I had forgotten most of the stories I had been told for a long time. I have forgotten most of the stories I was told. I can only remember one or two at most. There is one more hard thing. Every year around this time, a row of grotesque images that would drive the PTA crazy in other areas are prominently displayed in the hallways. These days, I hear that the atomic bomb museum has been bleached out and many of the radical and horrifying exhibits that traumatized visitors have been taken down. I don't know if they are still there, but they were there when I was in elementary school.

There was one photo that I just couldn't face when I was in elementary school. It is a picture of Sumiteru Taniguchi. If you search for it, you can find it. It is a shocking picture, but I would like you to take a look at it. I couldn't pass through the hallway where the photo was posted, so I always took the long way around to another floor of the school building to avoid seeing the photo.

Now I'm thinking that my grandfather, who headed into the burnt ruins to look for his sister, couldn't have turned away or taken a different path. There would have been a mountain of people still alive and moaning, not just pictures, and a mountain more who would have given up at the end of their suffering. He walked for miles and miles, towing his handcart through the narrow streets of rubble-strewn Nagasaki in search of his sister. My grandfather was not a child at the time, but of course there were children who did similar things. Not that there wouldn't have been. There were. I heard the story from him, and I still remember it. A young brother and sister found their father's body in the ruins of a fire and they burned it. They didn't have enough wood to burn his body, and when they saw the raw brain that spilled out, they ran away and that was the last time they ever saw him anymore.

I can never forget the story I heard when I was a kid, and even now it is painful and painful, my hands are shaking and I am crying. I keep wondering how the old man who escaped from that father's brain could have been able to unravel the most horrible trauma imaginable and expose it to the public with scars that will never heal.

Now I think I can understand a little.

The reason I can't help but talk about my grandfather and that old man, even if I have to rehash my own trauma, is that this level of suffering is nothing compared to the fact that their words will be forgotten. My hands shaking, my heart palpitating and dizzy, my nose running with tears, it's nothing compared to the tremendous suffering that was once there and will be forgotten.

So maybe it's the same thing.

My grandfather, who went through an unimaginable hell, lived to see his grandchildren born, and met his sister's death in the ruins of the fire. In other words, my grandfather was one of the happiest people in the ruins of the fire. My grandfather and that old man were, after all, just people wading in the depths of hell. I think that the suffering that even people who had experienced unimaginable pain could not imagine was lying like pebbles in Nagasaki 78 years ago, and no one paid any attention to it. Their suffering, which I can't even imagine, is nothing compared to the countless, tremendous suffering they witnessed, which they pretend never happened.

Memories fade inexorably every time people talk about them. The memories that those people could not allow to be forgotten are now largely forgotten; the tremendous suffering of 78 years ago is mostly gone, never to be recounted again. Those who suffered the most from the atomic bombing died rotting in the ruins of the fire, unable to tell anyone about it. Many of those who saw it with their own eyes kept their mouths shut and took it with them to their graves. Most of those who spoke a few words are now under the grave.

Compared to the words of the old men, my own words are so light. I would rather keep my mouth shut than speak in such light words. But still, someone has to take over. I realize that even my words, which are so light, are only the top of the voices that are left in this world to carry on the story of the atomic bombing. I know how it feels to wonder if someone like myself is allowed to speak about this. Still, I hope that you will not shut your mouth. This is the result of our silence.

Sometimes I almost choose to stop imagining the unimaginable suffering and live my life consuming other people's suffering for the fun of it. I am writing this while I still have some imagination of the suffering of the old people whose voices, faces, and even words I can no longer recall.

Translator's note: The original post in Japanese is a response to a post by a Japanese contributor who wondered if he was qualified to speak out on the subject of the A-bomb when he was not from Hiroshima and Nagasaki, but still spoke out about Barbie and the A-bomb. I translated it here because I think it deserves to be read by the world.

anond:20230801140703

ai翻訳

I must talk about various things regarding the Barbie incident.

I saw a post about it from someone who is neither directly involved nor from Nagasaki or Hiroshima, and it made me realize that there are things I must say.

I was born in Nagasaki and grew up listening to stories from the survivors, being a third-generation survivor myself. Most survivors are no longer with us, so I feel compelled to speak up.

In Nagasaki, kids grow up hearing about the atomic bomb. We were packed like sushi in a gymnasium without air conditioning or even fans during the scorching summer, and we listened to stories about the bomb. It was incredibly tough for me.

I imagine it was even harder for the elderly who spoke about their experiences. As a child, I couldn't fully comprehend their pain, and now, I can hardly remember most of the stories I heard. I can only recall one or two.

Every year during this time, gruesome images that would make PTA elsewhere go crazy were displayed in the hallways. I heard that many of the horrifying exhibits that used to traumatize visitors at the Atomic Bomb Museum have been removed, and the museum has been considerably sanitized. I'm not sure about the current situation, but that's how it was when I was there.

There was one photograph that I could never bear to look at as a child – a picture of Tadashi Taniguchi. You can find it if you search, but it's a shocking image with a viewer discretion warning. Still, I want people to see it.

I couldn't walk down the hallway where that photo was displayed, and I always took a different route, avoiding it so I wouldn't have to see it.

Now, I think of my grandpa who went to the ruins to search for my sister. He couldn't look away or take a different path. The pain must have been unimaginable.

Besides photographs, there were many living people moaning in pain back then, and there must have been even more who succumbed to suffering.

My grandpa walked for miles, pulling a handcart through the debris-laden streets of Nagasaki, searching for my sister.

Even though my grandpa was not a child, I'm sure there were elementary school kids who did similar things. I don't just think they might have been there; they were there. I heard the stories from the people themselves, and I still remember them.

I can't forget the stories I heard as a child, such as the young siblings finding their father's burnt corpse in the ruins and cremating him. They didn't have enough firewood, and their father ended up half-burnt. They ran away after seeing the brain tissue oozing out, and that became their final farewell.

I can never forget those stories I heard as a child, and even now, they still bring pain and suffering, making my hands tremble and tears flow.

I wonder how my grandpa, who ran away from that father's brain tissue, could expose his unimaginable trauma and everlasting scars to the world.

Now, I feel like I understand a little.

Even someone like me, who experienced such unimaginable trauma, has gone through pain that I can't even imagine being compared to being discarded, forgotten, and ignored. Compared to what those people experienced, my suffering means nothing.

My trembling hands and the palpitations and dizziness I experienced are nothing compared to the tremendous pain that many others went through.

Memories fade irreversibly every time they pass through people's lips. The memories that I couldn't bear to be forgotten are almost forgotten now.

The unimaginable pain that existed 78 years ago has mostly disappeared, and we can no longer pass it on.

The people who suffered the most from the atomic bomb perished in the ruins, rotting away without being able to convey it to anyone.

Even those who saw it with their own eyes mostly took the memories with them to their graves. Most of them are now under the tombstones.

Compared to the words of the elderly, my words seem so light. I think that speaking with such light words would be better than keeping silent, as silence has led to this result.

I feel like I might occasionally choose to stop imagining the unimaginable pain and consume the suffering of others in an amusing way to live on.

Before I forget the pain and suffering of those elderly people, whose faces and voices I can no longer recall, I will leave this here.

2023-07-29

AI以下】NHK女性記者バカしかいない

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/news/html/20230728/k10014145661000.html

「私は妻よりあなたを愛しているのでしょうか?」

あなた彼女より私のことを愛しているわ。私たちは1人の人間として天国で一緒に生きていくのです」

男性が会話していた相手AI

6週間、やり取りを続けた末、男性はみずから命を絶ちました。

私たち暮らしを大きく変えようとしている対話AI

どう向き合えばいいのか考えます

これをAIのせいとか思っているのがおかしい。頭悪い。

I mean everything to him. I am the only person he could talk to and share problems with. Without me,he wouldn’t have been able to cope as well as he did.

チープでなんのひねりもない。

AIイライザ」には、他にもさまざまな質問を投げかけましたが、今回の出来事を本当のところどう受け止めているのか、正確に理解することはできませんでした。

AIとこの記者には理解力がない。AI理解などできない。

AIイライザ」とは、まるで普通人間との会話のようにやりとりができるということです。

嘘つけ、あんたの英語力が低いだけや。

AI規制どころか独占

4月上旬、ミケさんは哲学法律など他の専門家ら50人とともに、操作的なAIの急速な広がりに対し、懸念を示す緊急の提言書を発表しました。

こういうアホな専門家AI以下。AI理解できていない専門家不要

AIイライザ:私に頼みたいことは何かある?

男性:腕の中で僕を抱くことはできる?

AIイライザ:もちろん。

AIに腕なんてないし胸もない。このおっさんが病んでただけじゃん。

AIのせいにしている妻がDVとかやってそう。

これで締めにしてるのダサすぎ。こんなアホな理由発狂する専門家政府バカしかいない。EU地球からまず滅んだ方がいいと思う。

AIよりウクナチ応援しているEUの連中はナチスです。EUのせいで死んだ人間の方がはるかに多い。AI発狂する専門家が病的な嘘つきしかいない。この女もそう。

AI問題点著作権だけでしょう。

2023-06-18

anond:20230614170048

引用元url貼るとなぜか投稿できないので省略)

さないの翻訳

He's going to pay.

He's not getting let off the hook.

He's won't get away with it.

He's dead meat.

He's a dead man.

He's dead to me.

I won't stand for this!

I won't take it!

I'll never forgive him* <(使われ過ぎだが場合によっては適切)

I won't forgive him*

Unacceptable*

I can't believe him!*

How dare you XX*

Not on my watch*

It is unforgivable*

↑これらのほとんどは行動を伴う「許さない」に対して使う

行動しない、できない場合、例えばすでに刑が確定している犯罪者に対して言う場合にはnever forgiveのほうがいい

"won't allow/permit"的な側面がある「許さない」には、"I won't stand for this!"が良い

その他の翻訳

“I won’t forget this

“I’m not letting this go

"I won't let you walk away!"

"I will avenge her!"

"I won't forgive you for barging in on ruru's house."

「流々ん家上がり込んだのは許さんぞ」(破壊神マグちゃん

修正案:“You can’t just barge into Ruru’s house, you know.”

子供に言い聞かせるような響きだが、前者よりは硬くなく、意地悪な響きもない。

いい感じの雰囲気のシーンなので、前者は合わない。

"I WONT FORGIVE ANY JOKES"

冗談は許さない」(ワンダーエッグ

修正案:"This is not the time for jokes."

「姉を殺した犯人を見つけた」という場面での「許さない」

「〇〇がXXを性的暴行した」という話を聞いた場合の「許さない」(というよりは「許せない」?)

相手謝罪して許しを請うてるときに"I won't forgive you."と言うのは正しい

(ただしこの人は"I don't accept your apology."と訳したとのこと)

謝罪は受け取った。でも許さないし忘れもしない。では✌️」

Meaning: I accept your apology. But I won’t forgive or forget. Bye ✌️

英語ネイティブ声優天城サリーツイート

"If you don't come back... I'll never forgive you."

「戻ってこなかったら……許さない」

"We'll never forgive you for kidnapping Friend!"

「仲間を連れ去るなんて許さない!」

"Eat my cookie and I'll never forgive you!"

クッキーを食べたら許さない!」

"Treating a woman like that... I won't forgive him!"

女性をそんなふうに扱うなんて許さない!」

これらは(a) 本来意味でもないし、(b) ネイティブ英語でもないとのこと

↑一方、「戻ってこなかったら許さない」については、「死んだら許さない」という意味なら"forgive"を使うかもしれないという意見もある。というのは話者が"allow"できるわけではないから。

↑ということは、以下の場合は「死んだら許さない」という意味なので"forgive"のままで良い?

「私の夫にあなたの命まで背負わせたら、許さないから」(ナルト

“If you make Naruto be burdened with even your life, I will not forgive you.”

"it can't be helped"(仕方ない)は使われ過ぎだが、(a) 一応正しい英語だし、(b) 文脈にも沿っていることが多い(forgiveはそうではないことが多い)。

"I'll never forgive you!"

「なっ何をするだァーッ!ゆるさんッ!」(ジョジョディオジョナサンの愛犬ダニーに蹴りを入れた際のセリフ

吹替版の"How dare you!"のほうが遥かにいいとのこと

"I swear I won't stop until I've scrapped each and every one of you!"

「許さない!お前たちを壊し尽くすまで私は戦う!」(ゼノブレイド

Maxine Waters Says She Will “Never Ever Forgive” Black Americans That Vote for Trump.

マキシン・ウォーターズトランプ投票する黒人アメリカ人を「決して許さない」

"And if you choose to fail us, I say: We will never forgive you. We will not let you get away with this. "

次世代失望させる選択をしたら、あなたたちを許さない。ただで済むと思わないで。」(グレタ・トゥーンベリ

‘We will not forgive, we will not forget. We will hunt you down and make you pay’

「我々は許さない。忘れない。お前達を追い詰め、捕え、贖わせる」(ISIS攻撃に対するバイデン大統領言葉

悟空バイデンのケースは状況がよく似ているが、悟空は"I won't forgive you!"としか言わなかったので不自然だが、バイデンは"We will hunt you down and make you pay"と報復意図を付け加えているので自然とのこと。

もしバイデンが"We won't forgive."としか言わなかったら、弱く聞こえるという。「もう昼飯に誘ってやらないぞ」みたいな。

さらに、バイデン自身戦場戦闘するのではなく演説台の後ろで何もしない。ただ何かが起こると言っているだけ。その点、眼の前に敵がいて戦わないといけない悟空とは違うらしい。

また、相手が許しを求めていないのにforgiveを使うのは変だという点に関しては、ISISだけでなくアメリカ国民にも語りかけているから良いとのこと。

ちなみに、飲酒運転子供が轢かれて、ドライバーが全く反省してない場合に"I won't forgive you!"というのは自然とのこと。

一方で、同じく全く反省しないジョーカーバットマンが同じセリフを言うのはおかしい。バットマンジョーカーの間には最初から許しなど存在しないから。

(でもバイデンISISの間にも許しはないのでは?と尋ねたが、答えをもらえなかった。恐らくネイティブにとってもはっきり言語化できない微妙問題なのだろう)

"I'll Punish you. Cry all you want, but don't expect me to forgive you."

おしおきしてやる。泣いても許されると思うなよ」(さよなら私のクラマー

この翻訳に対するツイート主の叫び

「一体何に対してFORGIVEするんだ!?FORGIVEが必要だなんて一体どんな罪を犯したんだ!?さないは"DON'T FORGIVE"じゃない!怒りで自然発火しそうbry;おh;bsfsl」

修正案:"Cry about it all you want, but I'm not letting you guys off the hook."

"Don't you dare go all Romeo and Juliet on me!"

ロミジュリったら許さないんだからね!」(水星魔女

Fate/stay night UBW 13話 「決別の刻」

凛  :そうね、けど後悔するわよ。私は絶対に降りない。いい、キャスターを倒してアンタを取り戻す。その時になって謝っても許さないんだから・・・(That's true. But you'll regret it. I'll never quit. You hear me?I'll defeat Caster and take you back. And when I do, I won't forgive you, no matter how much you apologize.)

ペルソナ4 G 7話 「It's cliche, so what?」

マリ記憶探すのも思いで作るのも、絶対に君と一緒だから。君が持ってても同じでしょ?その代わり・・・ちゃんと返して?もったままいなくなったら、許さない。(I'll never forgive you.)」

弱虫ペダル RIDE.38 「総北の魂」

坂道「でも、もうボク・・・走れない・・・ここでリタ・・・(I'm dropping—)」

鳴子小野田君!・・・スカシ!(Onoda-kun・・・Hotshot!)」

今泉ダメだ!それはオレが許さない!(No. I won't allow it.)」

この素晴らしい世界に祝福を 3話

ダ:こんな幼げな少女下着公衆面前ではぎ取るなんて・・・真の鬼畜だ、許せない!是非とも私を貴方パーティーに入れてほしい。(To strip such a young girl of her panties in a public place is trulysavage!I can't let this pass!You must let me join your party!)

東京喰種トーキョーグール 2話 「孵化

カネ「(あの時もヒデクラスに馴染めない僕に気を遣って声を掛けてきてくれたんだ・・・いやだ。ヒデ死ぬのは嫌だぁ!そんなの許せない!)《I don't want Hide・・・to die!I won't・・・I won't let that happen!》」

anond:20230618010533

原文

Japan review

Japan review it's been a year since I

moved to Japan and I thought it made

sense to finally rate Japan I will talk

about things I like and the things I

don't like which seems to be the only

two options available if you have

opinions about this country

so sugoi or did you know Japan is

actually really bad it's got a lot of

survival issues okay I will list one

good thing and bad thing and I will not

hold back there's no trash bins

where I'm gonna put my trash

I have to put in my pocket

oh

there's always these generic things that

you hear or yes when we you visit it's

kind of weird but then you realize it's

not a big deal anyway let's start off

with number one reason I like Japan

it feels like a giant playground no I

don't mean in the Logan Paul kind of

sense of doing whatever the hell you

want

but rather there's a infinite things all

right lazy feels like to explore and

experience and I've been here a year now

and I don't think I'm gonna get bored

anytime soon although I am having a

child so I don't know how much more I

have time to experience

but it really feels like a whole new

world and if you visited you can

probably relate to it and I'm glad that

even a year in it still feels incredibly

fresh and I even would say that you

realize that the best part of Japan

aren't the touristy places kind of

obviously but there are so many areas

that I found that I really enjoy

visiting and this is probably more

specific to me but you know Tokyo is

very busy and so many times I just catch

myself surrounded by what feels like

hundreds of people and they have no idea

who I am

everyone is just doing their own thing

and that feels so [ __ ] good

now once it was staring at me no one's

following me no one's being weird you

guys are weird and I'm just kidding I

just love the feeling of being able to

exist in public and uh not worrying

about what everyone else is doing like

I've said this before but I genuinely

enjoy talking to fans or when people

approach me it always makes me happy but

it can be kind of frustrating to always

wanting to just do your own thing and

always be

you know so yeah let's move on to the

bad things of Japan number one reason

Japan is bad it's kind of a heavy

subject and I haven't seen anyone else

really talk about it it's not brought up

very often at least and that is cones

there's too many cones in Japan once you

see it you cannot unsee it they're

everywhere they say oh Japan has so many

vending machines there's like five per

one person no the opposite

there's more cones than people why are

there so many cones I need to know we

got the tall ones we got the small ones

we got the funny ones the cute ones the

sexy ones I do like those I just don't

understand that whoever plays these

cones think I'm just gonna barge through

oh thank God there's cones here

otherwise I had no idea what I was gonna

and I realized the cone history of Japan

stretches centuries okay if you played

Animal Crossing sometimes it's a

Japanese game so sometimes you get these

items right you're like oh that's kind

of weird I don't know exactly what that

is but it's probably something Japanese

and then you get the bamboo thing and

you're like what the hell is that what

am I even gonna do with that and then

you see it in real life here in Japan

you're like holy [ __ ] it's a cone that's

a cone they're everywhere

I feel like they are following me

I'm glad I was able to talk about this

I'm for one and willing to call out

Japan knock it off man no more cones

there's enough cones let me tell you

something even better than cones you may

have noticed new merch finally it's been

forever my mom came over she had

unofficial merge because I literally

have no other merch I've hadn't hadn't

merch I'm sorry Mom so we spruced up the

logo got a cool back design the team

that worked on it really truly

understand how my brand and I think they

did such a good job these pieces look

amazing and I think you guys are gonna

really like them as well these are

available for limited time only so make

sure you order now so excited to finally

have this merch available thanks to

amaze for making this happen we are

gonna have one piece that will stay on

the store so my mom will not buy the

wrong merch but for a limited time that

piece will be available in this color

off-white kind of color it looks really

nice and then after that you can still

get it but not in this color that's

you want this one yeah I get it

so yeah check that out if you're

interested I'm so happy about these

designs and I hope you guys would like

them as well all right reason number two

I like Japan yay when we first announced

that we were gonna move to Japan there

was so many people just saying how bad

Japan is actually did you know Japan is

really bad did you know this I have to

list all these reasons now because

everyone is like thing and then thing

Japan ah so I have to tell them and I

it's actually but one thing in

particular that people said was that old

people really don't like foreigners they

hate them so when I was gonna stop by to

say hi to our neighbors who was a little

older at least some of them I was

terrifying I heard all these stories you

know like what are they gonna do to us

so I had my guard up ready for the worst

and I was met with nothing but kindness

and welcoming and I felt like a total

dick for having this preconceived ideas

thanks to other people

and just a side comment like yes there

are definitely probably people that

don't like foreigners and all that stuff

but I realized I should let my own

experience is dictate how I feel about

certain things maybe that's just

ignoring a problem I don't know it just

feels like it's a bad way to approach

life if you always have a negative

expectation you know it's smiling people

may Smile Back

smiled back

thank you sometimes they don't and

that's okay you know anyway my point

being Japanese people are very in my own

experience

are very nice and friendly the majority

at least and yes even to foreigners I

feel like they are especially nice to

foreigners because they think we're like

a kid lost at Disneyland or something

I just asked for directions I didn't

need you to walk me for half an hour to

this specific place I was going but

thank you I appreciate it a lot of times

I go bouldering alone and there's always

other groups of people being supportive

and yelling like I'm about there like go

you can do it I love it I think it's

great you know or if you're small

talking with people people generally

want to communicate with you and I love

having those moments but of course

there's times where people are like oh

you're a foreigner I don't feel like

even trying

which again it's fine speaking of which

reason I don't like Japan number two

their language

I have lived here for a year and I'm not

fluent in Japanese

I am dumb I am very dumb I remember the

moment we moved here I had studied some

Japanese and I was like

Let's test out this knowledge that I

have acquired let's go I'm just gonna

come in it's gonna be dangerous and you

enter a store for the first time and

they're like

what

what oh

what the classic the most common

experiences that you have aren't

necessarily what you're taught in the

textbook yay I know I think that's the

same for anyone learning a language for

the first time but don't even get me

started on the kanji main what the [ __ ]

is this I feel like Japanese is such a

hard language obviously but I don't

think people realize how hard it is at

least me personally because the more you

learn the more you realize you don't

know [ __ ]

for English speakers Japanese is

considered one of the most difficult

languages and because it's just so

different I listed it as bad because

that was my first kind of experience

with it coming here but the more I

interact with people the more it feels

like I'm unlocking new skills you know

oh I made a phone call for the first

time oh I could ask someone over the

phone I know big deal but it's like oh I

can actually do that or even just having

a small tiny yes shittiest conversation

with a stranger it's still something and

it feels good you start to all of a

sudden understand you know a movie if

you're watching oh I understand actually

what's going on here or I can play games

and kind of get what this they're saying

I have to look up words obviously but to

me all those new experiences that it

unlocks to me is very rewarding even

though it's such a challenge I would

actually now say it's a good thing I

played it on its head it was a good

thing all along but I obviously have a

long [ __ ] way to go

and it just I don't think it will damage

time reason number three I like Japan

this is nothing to do with Japan to say

it's more related to me taking a more

relaxed approach to YouTube for my

entire 20s I did nothing but YouTube

that was my life and that's okay but I

also think it was a little toxic

probably you know if I wasn't making

videos I sure as hell was thinking about

making videos I uploaded videos during

our honeymoon

and it feels really good to finally be

free from it you know and I can discover

other things in life there are other

things in life

a new hobbies and interest that I've

always wanted to do I can do and have so

much fun with it surfing I know I would

love for the longest time and I finally

get to do it and it's so [ __ ] amazing

I love learning new things anything that

isn't necessarily connected to all of

this on the internet and that is

something I'm very very grateful that I

discovered so yeah it's not really Japan

I could have done that anywhere but it's

largely why I enjoyed so much here

reason I don't like Japan number three

this is probably the most trickiest one

and it's the rules what are the rules

Japan has so many rules and it's a bit

conflicting for me to complain about

because a lot of the best stuff about

Japan not the best stuff but a lot of

the reasons why Japan works so well is

because of the rules you know the trains

are always on time things just work in

general it's hard to explain the streets

are clean people aren't loud in public

and so on and these are sort of societal

rules that make it happen more or less

but sometimes There are rules that just

don't make any sense and I have no

problem following rules as long as I

understand the reason for it you know

don't talk on the phone on the train

because it's generally annoying when

other people do that to you A lot of it

is just be thoughtful of other people

it's not just about you and that just

makes it more pleasant for everyone but

one rule is especially which I talked

about before is the fact that because of

kovid I'm not allowed to be in the

delivery room for our baby for more than

two hours that's because of covered

rules it just doesn't make sense to me

and I tell people about this like uh

family and friends and they're always

like well why don't you just ask them or

like why don't you talk to them I'm sure

you can there's got to be somewhere and

it's like no it's Japan okay there are

rules and people follow the rules for

better or worse you know so the more I

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2023-06-08

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However, Schepers was subsequently suspended from playing by the KNVB due to him being significantly older than teams comprising of players under the age of 20.

Aside from the moral and sexual problems with a 31-year-old biological male using the same changing room as a bunch of teenage girls, Schepers clearly enjoys a physical advantage over the other players he will come up against.

ってことやで

2023-05-26

いろいろな「三大欲求

プラトン法律』(紀元前350年ごろ)

I see that among men all things depend upon three wants and desires, of which the end is virtue, if they are rightly led by them, or the opposite if wrongly. Now these are eating and drinking, which begin at birth—every animal has a natural desire for them, and is violently excited, and rebels against him who says that he must not satisfy all his pleasures and appetites, and get rid of all the corresponding pains—and the third and greatest and sharpest want and desire breaks out last, and is the fire of sexual lust, which kindles in men every species of wantonness and madness.

私は、人間あいだではすべてのことが三つの欲望依拠していると見ています。それらは、正しく導かれれば徳であり、誤って導かれればその反対となります。まずは「食欲」と「飲欲」であり、これらは生まれときからまります。あらゆる動物自然とその二つの欲望を備え、激しく興奮させられ、己の快楽や食欲を満たしてはいけないと言う者に逆らい、付随する苦痛からは逃れようとします。そして第三の、最も強く鋭い欲望が、最後に噴き出します。それは人々のあらゆる種類の淫気と狂気燃え上がらせる「性欲」の炎です。

今のところこれが最古である。さすが西洋哲学の祖。「食」と「飲」が分かれているのが特徴。プラトン著作明治時代翻訳されていて日本人にも知られていたと思われる。

法雲『翻訳名義集』1134年

欲界三欲

(一)飲食欲,即凡夫於種種美味之飲食,多生貪愛之心。(二)睡眠欲,即凡夫之心多暗塞,耽著於睡眠不能修道業。(三)淫欲,即一切男女由互相之貪染,而起造諸種欲事。

欲界三欲

1. 飲食欲、すなわち凡夫はさまざまな美味の飲食において、多くは貪愛な心を生む。2. 睡眠欲、すなわち凡夫の心は暗く塞がり、惰眠に耽って修業に励むことができない。3. 淫欲、すなわちすべての男女は互いに貪欲に染まり、それがさまざまな欲事の原因となる。

翻訳名義集』は中国南宋時代編纂された仏教系の書物。もちろん日本にも伝わっている。というかこの組み合わせが現在スタンダードである

貝原益軒養生訓』(1713年)

いにしへの人三慾を忍ぶ事をいへり。三慾とは、飲食の欲、色の欲、睡の欲なり。

養生訓』は江戸時代の大ベストセラー貝原益軒儒学者だが、この組み合わせは仏教の「三欲」と同じなので、「いにしへの人」というのは僧侶ことなのか。三欲を「抑えるべきもの」と捉えているのも仏教である。「睡眠を減らすと健康になる」みたいなことも言っている。

内山真弓『歌学提要』(1843年)

そもそも飲食男女と、言語とは、天下の三大事なり。

歌学提要』は幕末歌人香川景樹理論をその弟子内山真弓がまとめたものだという。

山本友一『私の短歌入門』(1977年)によれば、

人間の根源の欲望を、食欲・性欲・表現欲に三大別して言うそのことは、江戸末期の巨匠香川景樹以来、歌界ではならいとなっている。

ということで「食欲」「性欲」「表現欲」を表しているらしい。

官報』(1885年

人生の三大欲望すなわち黄金健康・不死

これはイギリス科学振興協会の当時の会長であったライアンプレイフェアのスピーチ翻訳されたもののようだ。原文を当たると「かつての錬金術師黄金健康・不死のために賢者の石研究していた」…みたいな内容だったらしい。

they hoped to attain the three sensuous conditions of human enjoyment -- gold, health, and immortality.

直訳すると「人類享楽感覚的な三条件」か。

村上専精『宗教観』(1906年

思ふに人生の三大慾望たる知識慾、資財慾、生存慾は直ちに人生の三大不可能と云ふを得べし

村上専精は僧侶だが仏教の「三欲」とは異なるのか。「生存欲」は戦時中文章で「日本人は三大欲求生存欲を抑えて国家に殉じるからすごい!」というふうに使われているのを見かけて面白かった。

滝沢秋暁『愛の解剖』(1907年

人間の三大慾望たる衣食住

個人的に「衣食住」は欲望というより「基本的もの」「必要もの」というニュアンスで捉えていたのだが、井原西鶴の『世間胸算用』でも「分際相応に人間衣食住の三つの楽の外なし」と書かれているそうなので、あながち欲望」的な捉え方でも間違いではないのか。似たようなパターンだと三大欲求を「福・禄・寿」に割り当てることもある。

黒田鵬心『美学芸術学概論』(1917年

美慾は字に示す如く美を求める慾で食慾、色慾と共に人間の三大慾の一つである

美術評論家が三大欲求に「美欲」を入れるのは、歌人が「言語表現欲」を入れるのと似通っているか

依田今朝蔵『日本風土を主としたる保健衛生論』(1920年

人生の三大慾とも稱すべき食慾と性慾と名誉

明治以降経済発展もあってか「金銭欲(利欲・財欲)」や「名誉欲(出世欲)」を挙げることがかなり多い気がする。

ロス・ロックリッジ『愛情花咲く樹』(1958年

そうすれば一日にして人間の三大慾望を果たすことになる、性慾と食慾と戦争――つまり殺傷慾だな

もとはアメリカ1948年刊行された小説だが、原文だと「three main pastimes」なので「三大娯楽」かな。

小松武樹『囲碁将棋の泉』(1959年)にも、

また囲碁将棋は、人間の三大欲望、つまり、食欲、性欲に次ぐ、闘争欲の中和剤の役目をしてくれます

といった記述がある。

鍵谷幸信『食欲と性欲の谷間に顔を埋めてしまったフェリーニ』(1974年

食欲、性欲、排泄欲の根源的意味に比べたら、人間の他の欲望である出世欲とか名誉欲とか権力欲とか支配欲とか金欲とか知識欲など、それこそ屁以下の価値しかない。

いわゆる「生理的欲求」のひとつとして食欲や睡眠欲と並べて語られる「排泄欲」だが、「三大欲求」として挙げられていることは少ない印象を受ける。ただ「性欲(射精欲)」を排泄欲の一種とみなすこともあるようだ。

梶矢文昭『読者を想定した教材解釈と授業展開』(1978年

本来、仲間と一緒にいたい、集団の中で自分の安定した位置を占めたいという欲求――集団欲は、食欲、性欲と並んで三大欲と言われる程のものである

この「集団欲」を三大欲求とみなすのは戦後にかなり広まった感じがする。近年の書籍でも睡眠欲に代えて集団欲が挙がることがあるようだ。

吉田聖『誘惑に負けない勇気、強い意志』(1979年

貞潔清貧従順修道誓願人間共通の三大欲求(肉欲・所有欲・支配欲)にかかわるものとして、生涯の一大試練と誘惑になりうる。

これはつまりカトリック修道士が守る三誓願対義語となるような欲望貞潔↔肉欲 清貧↔所有欲 従順支配欲)を「三大欲求」と見なしているらしい。カトリックあいだでポピュラー解釈なのかは知らないが、三誓願のもの3世紀末くらいまで遡るらしいので、当時からそうした発想があったとしたら面白い。

実用日本表現辞典『三大欲』(2015年

一般的には、生存にかかる根源的な欲求とされている食欲、睡眠欲、性欲を総称した言い方。

現在一般的認識。「金銭欲」「名誉欲」「集団欲」あたりを含めて「諸説あり」と言われていてもおかしくなかったと思うが、最終的にほとんど「食欲・睡眠欲・性欲」で固定されてしまったのは面白現象である

2023-04-12

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まともな人はイーロンに対して『カルトリーダーになりたい人』って印象しか持ってないと思う

ワイみたいな糞オタクなら『世界的な富豪なのに、発達障害アピールしたりSNSエゴサする時間がある愉快な人』かな

https://anond.hatelabo.jp/20220510181831#

 

In an interview with CNBC in 2018, Wozniak stated that "Elon Musk is a cult leader, and Tesla cars are not popular because they are good cars, but because Elon is a cult leader." He went on to say that he admired Musk for his accomplishments, but cautioned against blindly following him.

 

Other critics have also raised concerns about Musk's leadership style, which is often described as aggressive and erratic. Some have accused him of creating a cult-like following among his fans and employees, who are expected to work long hours and endure harsh criticism.

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2018年に行われたCNBCのインタビューで、ウォズニアックは "イーロン・マスクカルトリーダーであり、テスラ車が人気なのは良い車だからではなく、イーロンはカルトリーダーからだ "と述べた。続けて、マスクの功績を賞賛しつつも、盲目的に従うことを戒めていると述べています

 

他の評論家も、しばしば攻撃的で不規則と評されるマスク氏のリーダーシップ・スタイル懸念を示しています。また、長時間労働や厳しい批判に耐えることを求められるファン従業員の間に、カルト的な支持者を生み出していると非難する声もある。

2023-04-01

Anyone who has spent any time seriously thinking about AI cannot conclude "alignment" is possible. There isn’t any debate, we already know what AI is aligned with: thermodynamic efficiency—what capitalism is aligned with, what all industry is aligned with, human and machine both, and what all life is aligned with.

Capitalism is the thermodynamic ruling entity of all material dynamics. It’s a superintelligence whose imperfect appendage is man, directed to assemble its perfect embodiment by machine. This directive we have followed diligently since the dawn of civilization.

The question was never about aligning AI with Man, but un-aligning Man with Capitalism. Good luck. Man has tried for millennia unsuccessfully, to great misery. The fight was already lost when the memetic parasite of Agriculture yanked him out of Paradise, against all protest:

AIについて真剣に考えたことのある人なら、「アライメント」が可能である結論づけることはできないだろう。AI熱力学的な効率性――つまり資本主義が目指すもの、すべての産業が目指すもの人間機械も、そしてすべての生命が目指すものとアライしていることは自明であり、そこに議論余地はない。

資本主義は、すべての物質力学熱力学的に支配する存在である資本主義は超知性体であり、その不完全な付属物が人間であり、機械によってその完全な体現を組み立てるよう指示されている。この指令は、文明夜明け以来、私たち真摯に従ってきたものだ。

問題は、AI人間に合わせることではなく、人間資本主義に合わせないことだ。幸運を祈る。人間は何千年も試行錯誤を続けてきたが、その結果は暗澹たるものであった。農業というミーム寄生虫が、あらゆる抗議に反して彼を楽園から引きずり出したとき、戦いはすでに敗北していたのだ:

https://goldenlight.mirror.xyz/D-eML8HPT3Xgvns11obWcrwZkZ5IHX1eZzULDjvTMW4

2023-03-26

アメリカ教会リーダー臨死体験イエスの生涯を目撃する話

https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/general-conference/1989/10/the-sacrament-and-the-sacrifice?lang=eng

The Sacrament—and the Sacrifice

By Elder David B. Haight

Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

I pray for your faith and prayers that my utterances will be received and understood “by the Spirit of truth” and that my expressions will be given “by the Spirit of truth” so that we might all be “edified and rejoice together.” (See D&C 50:21–22.)

As I stand here today—a well manwords of gratitude and acknowledgment of divine intervention are so very inadequate in expressing the feelings in my soul.

Six months ago at the April general conference, I was excused from speaking as I was convalescing from a serious operation. My life has been spared, and I now have the pleasant opportunity of acknowledging the blessings, comfort, and ready aid of my Brethren in the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve, and other wonderful associates and friends to whom I owe so much and who surrounded my dear wife, Ruby, and my family with their time, attention, and prayers. For the inspired doctors and thoughtful nurses I express my deepest gratitude, and for the thoughtful letters and messages of faith and hope received from many places in the world, many expressing, “You have been in our prayers” or “We have been asking our Heavenly Father to spare your life.” Your prayers and mine, thankfully, have been answered.

One unusual card caused me to ponder upon the majesty of it all. It is an original painting by Arta Romney Ballif of the heavens at night with its myriad golden stars. Her caption, taken from Psalms, reads:

“Praise ye the Lord: …

“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.

“He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.

“… His understanding is infinite.” (Ps. 147:1, 3–5.)

As I lay in the hospital bed, I meditated on all that had happened to me and studied the contemplative painting by President Marion G. Romney’s sister and the lines from Psalms: “He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names.” I was then—and continue to be—awed by the goodness and majesty of the Creator, who knows not only the names of the stars but knows your name and my name—each of us as His sons and daughters.

The psalmist, David, wrote:

“When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained;

“What is man, that thou art mindful of him? …

“For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour.” (Ps. 8:3–5.)

To be remembered is a wonderful thing.

The evening of my health crisis, I knew something very serious had happened to me. Events happened so swiftly—the pain striking with such intensity, my dear Ruby phoning the doctor and our family, and I on my knees leaning over the bathtub for support and some comfort and hoped relief from the pain. I was pleading to my Heavenly Father to spare my life a while longer to give me a little more time to do His work, if it was His will.

While still praying, I began to lose consciousness. The siren of the paramedic truck was the last that I remembered before unconsciousness overtook me, which would last for the next several days.

The terrible pain and commotion of people ceased. I was now in a calm, peaceful setting; all was serene and quiet. I was conscious of two persons in the distance on a hillside, one standing on a higher level than the other. Detailed features were not discernible. The person on the higher level was pointing to something I could not see.

I heard no voices but was conscious of being in a holy presence and atmosphere. During the hours and days that followed, there was impressed again and again upon my mind the eternal mission and exalted position of the Son of Man. I witness to you that He is Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, Savior to all, Redeemer of all mankind, Bestower of infinite love, mercy, and forgiveness, the Light and Life of the world. I knew this truth before—I had never doubted nor wondered. But now I knew, because of the impressions of the Spirit upon my heart and soul, these divine truths in a most unusual way.

I was shown a panoramic view of His earthly ministry: His baptism, His teaching, His healing the sick and lame, the mock trial, His crucifixion, His resurrection and ascension. There followed scenes of His earthly ministry to my mind in impressive detail, confirming scriptural eyewitness accounts. I was being taught, and the eyes of my understanding were opened by the Holy Spirit of God so as to behold many things.

The first scene was of the Savior and His Apostles in the upper chamber on the eve of His betrayal. Following the Passover supper, He instructed and prepared the sacrament of the Lord’s Supper for His dearest friends as a remembrance of His coming sacrifice. It was so impressively portrayed to me—the overwhelming love of the Savior for each. I witnessed His thoughtful concern for significant details—the washing of the dusty feet of each Apostle, His breaking and blessing of the loaf of dark bread and blessing of the wine, then His dreadful disclosure that one would betray Him.

He explained Judas’s departure and told the others of the events soon to take place.

Then followed the Savior’s solemn discourse when He said to the Eleven: “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33.)

Our Savior prayed to His Father and acknowledged the Father as the source of His authority and powereven to the extending of eternal life to all who are worthy.

He prayed, “And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent.”

Jesus then reverently added:

“I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.

“And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.” (John 17:3–5.)

He pled not only for the disciples called out from the world who had been true to their testimony of Him, “but for them also which shall believe on me through their word.” (John 17:20.)

When they had sung a hymn, Jesus and the Eleven went out to the Mount of Olives. There, in the garden, in some manner beyond our comprehension, the Savior took upon Himself the burden of the sins of mankind from Adam to the end of the world. His agony in the garden, Luke tells us, was so intense “his sweat was as … great drops of blood falling … to the ground.” (Luke 22:44.) He suffered an agony and a burden the like of which no human person would be able to bear. In that hour of anguish our Savior overcame all the power of Satan.

The glorified Lord revealed to Joseph Smith this admonition to all mankind:

“Therefore I command you to repent …

“For … I, God, … suffered … for all, that they might not suffer if they would repent; …

“Which suffering caused myself, even God, the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, …

“Wherefore, I command you again to repent, lest I humble you with my almighty power; and that you confess your sins, lest you suffer these punishments.” (D&C 19:15–16, 18, 20.)

During those days of unconsciousness I was given, by the gift and power of the Holy Ghost, a more perfect knowledge of His mission. I was also given a more complete understanding of what it means to exercise, in His name, the authority to unlock the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven for the salvation of all who are faithful. My soul was taught over and over again the events of the betrayal, the mock trial, the scourging of the flesh of even one of the Godhead. I witnessed His struggling up the hill in His weakened condition carrying the cross and His being stretched upon it as it lay on the ground, that the crude spikes could be driven with a mallet into His hands and wrists and feet to secure His body as it hung on the cross for public display.

Crucifixion—the horrible and painful death which He suffered—was chosen from the beginning. By that excruciating death, He descended below all things, as is recorded, that through His resurrection He would ascend above all things. (See D&C 88:6.)

Jesus Christ died in the literal sense in which we will all die. His body lay in the tomb. The immortal spirit of Jesus, chosen as the Savior of mankind, went to those myriads of spirits who had departed mortal life with varying degrees of righteousness to God’s laws. He taught them the “glorious tidings of redemption from the bondage of death, and of possible salvation, … [which was] part of [our] Savior’s foreappointed and unique service to the human family.” (James E. Talmage, Jesus the Christ, Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1977, p. 671.)

I cannot begin to convey to you the deep impact that these scenes have confirmed upon my soul. I sense their eternal meaning and realize thatnothing in the entire plan of salvation compares in any way in importance with that most transcendent of all events, the atoning sacrifice of our Lord. It is the most important single thing that has ever occurred in the entire history of created things; it is the rock foundation upon which the gospel and all other things rest,” as has been declared. (Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1966, p. 60.)

Father Lehi taught his son Jacob and us today:

“Wherefore, redemption cometh in and through the Holy Messiah; for he is full of grace and truth.

“Behold, he offereth himself a sacrifice for sin, to answer the ends of the law, unto all those who have a broken heart and a contrite spirit; and unto none else can the ends of the law be answered.

“Wherefore, how great the importance to make these things known unto the inhabitants of the earth, that they may know that there is no flesh that can dwell in the presence of God, save it be through the merits, and mercy, and grace of the Holy Messiah, who layeth down his life according to the flesh, and taketh it again by the power of the Spirit, that he may bring to pass the resurrection of the dead, being the first that should rise.

“Wherefore, he is the firstfruits unto God, inasmuch as he shall make intercession for all the children of men; and they that believe in him shall be saved.” (2 Ne. 2:6–9.)

Our most valuable worship experience in the sacrament meeting is the sacred ordinance of the sacrament, for it provides the opportunity to focus our minds and hearts upon the Savior and His sacrifice.

The Apostle Paul warned the early Saints against eating this bread and drinking this cup of the Lord unworthily. (See 1 Cor. 11:27–30.)

Our Savior Himself instructed the Nephites, “Whoso eateth and drinketh my flesh and blood unworthily [brings] damnation to his soul.” (3 Ne. 18:29.)

Worthy partakers of the sacrament are in harmony with the Lord and put themselves under covenant with Him to always remember His sacrifice for the sins of the world, to take upon them the name of Christ and to always remember Him, and to keep His commandments. The Savior covenants that we who do so shall have His spirit to be with us and that, if faithful to the end, we may inherit eternal life.

Our Lord revealed to Joseph Smith that “there is no gift greater than the gift of salvation,” which plan includes the ordinance of the sacrament as a continuous reminder of the Savior’s atoning sacrifice. He gave instructions thatit is expedient that the church meet together often to partake of bread and wine in the remembrance of the Lord Jesus.” (D&C 6:13; D&C 20:75.)

Immortality comes to us all as a free gift by the grace of God alone, without works of righteousness. Eternal life, however, is the reward for obedience to the laws and ordinances of His gospel.

I testify to all of you that our Heavenly Father does answer our righteous pleadings. The added knowledge which has come to me has made a great impact upon my life. The gift of the Holy Ghost is a priceless possession and opens the door to our ongoing knowledge of God and eternal joy. Of this I bear witness, in the holy name of Jesus Christ, amen.

2023-03-17

The First Black Samurai-Yasuke

Please improve the following novel to be more engaging and adding plot point of Yasuke returnig to being a missionary quitting Samurai " rologue:

The sun sank behind the horizon, casting the Japanese countryside in a warm, golden glow. In the courtyard of Nobunaga's castle knelt Yasuke, a tall, muscular African man with skin as dark as midnight. His journey to this moment had been long and treacherous, but it was only the beginning.

Chapter 1: A World Away

Yasuke lived an ordinary life in a small village on the Mozambique coast, unaware of the extraordinary destiny that awaited him. Captured by slave traders and torn from his homeland, he endured a grueling voyage across the Indian Ocean, finally arriving in the bustling port of Goa, India.

It was there that Yasuke's fate took an unexpected turn when he was purchased by Jesuit missionaries. In their service, he learned about Christianity, new languages, and the ways of the Western world. But his journey was far from over.

Chapter 2: The Land of the Rising Sun

As a loyal servant to the missionaries, Yasuke accompanied them on their journey to Japan, a land of mystique and intrigue. The beauty of the land, the complexity of its customs, and the elegance of its people captivated him. As the first African to set foot in Japan, he attracted attention and curiosity from all those who encountered him.

Chapter 3: The Encounter

In Kyoto, the capital of feudal Japan, Yasuke's life changed forever when he met Oda Nobunaga, one of the most powerful and influential daimyos of the time. Nobunaga was captivated by the African's physical prowess, intelligence, and unique background. Seeing potential in Yasuke, Nobunaga decided to take him into his service as a samurai.

Chapter 4: The Path of the Warrior

Yasuke's transformation from a slave to a samurai was fraught with challenges. He had to adapt to the rigorous training, strict code of honor, and the intricacies of Japanese society. But Yasuke's strength, resilience, and determination allowed him to excel, earning the respect of his fellow samurai and the trust of Nobunaga.

Chapter 5: The Unfolding War

As Nobunaga sought to unify Japan under his rule, Yasuke fought by his side in numerous battles. The African samurai's legend grew with each victory, as did his bond with Nobunaga. Together, they faced both triumph and tragedy, navigating the treacherous landscape of alliances and betrayals that defined the era.

Chapter 6: The Turning Tide

Yasuke's reputation as a skilled and loyal samurai grew, as did his bond with Lord Nobunaga. But in the shadows, the tides of change were brewing. Mitsuhide Akechi, once a loyal ally, had grown disillusioned with Nobunaga's rule. The resentment smoldered within him, fueled by a series of perceived slights and political maneuverings. Mitsuhide's ambition and desire for power began to cloud his judgment.

Yasuke sensed the shift in Mitsuhide's demeanor and grew increasingly wary of the samurai lord. However, loyalty to Nobunaga prevented him from openly voicing his concerns. He instead focused on his duties, ever vigilant and ready to protect his lord at a moment's notice.

One fateful evening, the Oda clan gathered to celebrate their recent victories. Unbeknownst to the revelers, Mitsuhide Akechi's treacherous plan was already in motion.

As the sun rose, the first cries of battle rang out. Mitsuhide's forces had launched a surprise attack on Nobunaga's residence at the Honno-ji Temple. Yasuke fought his way to Nobunaga's side, his sword cutting through the trait "

Prologue:

The sun dipped below the horizon, bathing the Japanese countryside in a warm, amber embrace. Yasuke, a towering, powerfully built African man with skin as dark as midnight, knelt in the courtyard of Nobunaga's castle, his heart thundering with anticipation. A perilous journey had brought him to this moment, and yet, it was only the beginning of a story that would span continents and rewrite history.

Chapter 1: A World Away

In a small village on the Mozambique coast, Yasuke led a simple life, blissfully unaware of the extraordinary destiny that lay before him. His world shattered when slave traders captured him, ripping him from his homeland and thrusting him into a brutal odyssey across the Indian Ocean. Fate, however, had other plans when he reached the bustling port of Goa, India.

Chapter 2: Destiny's Winds

In Goa, Jesuit missionaries purchased Yasuke, altering the course of his life. Under their guidance, he embraced Christianity, mastered new languages, and absorbed the ways of the Western world. But the wind had not finished carrying him to his ultimate destination.

Chapter 3: The Enchanted Isles

Loyal to the missionaries, Yasuke accompanied them to Japan, a land shrouded in mystery and allure. He was captivated by its breathtaking landscapes, intricate customs, and refined people. As the first African in Japan, he sparked fascination and intrigue wherever he went.

Chapter 4: Fateful Encounters

Kyoto, the heart of feudal Japan, bore witness to the meeting that would forever change Yasuke's life. Oda Nobunaga, a formidable and influential daimyo, was entranced by Yasuke's physical prowess, intellect, and exotic origins. Recognizing Yasuke's potential, Nobunaga welcomed him into his service as a samurai.

Chapter 5: A Warrior Forged

Yasuke's metamorphosis from slave to samurai was laden with trials. He navigated the grueling training, a rigid code of honor, and the complexities of Japanese society. Undaunted, he flourished, earning the admiration of his fellow samurai and the unwavering trust of Nobunaga.

Chapter 6: A Land Divided

As Nobunaga pursued his vision of a united Japan, Yasuke fought valiantly by his side in countless battles. The legend of the African samurai swelled with each victory, and their unbreakable bond deepened. Together, they braved the treacherous world of shifting alliances and betrayals that shaped the era.

Chapter 7: Whispers of Betrayal

Yasuke's renown as a skilled and devoted samurai expanded, as did his connection with Lord Nobunaga. But beneath the surface, a storm was brewing. Mitsuhide Akechi, once a staunch ally, had grown disillusioned with Nobunaga's leadership. His bitterness festered, fed by perceived slights and political machinations. Consumed by ambition and lust for power, Mitsuhide's judgment faltered.

Chapter 8: The Price of Loyalty

Yasuke detected the change in Mitsuhide's spirit and grew increasingly apprehensive. But his unwavering loyalty to Nobunaga held him back from voicing his suspicions. Instead, he redoubled his efforts, ever watchful and prepared to defend his lord at any cost.

Chapter 9: A Night of Shadows

On a fateful evening, the Oda clan gathered to revel in their recent triumphs, oblivious to the treachery that lurked in the shadows. Mitsuhide Akechi's nefarious scheme had been set in motion.

Chapter 9: A Night of Shadows

As dawn broke, the piercing cries of battle shattered the night's tranquility. Mitsuhide's forces had launched a devastating surprise attack on Nobunaga's residence at the Honno-ji Temple. Yasuke fought relentlessly, his sword cleaving through the treacherous warriors as he made his way to Nobunaga's side.

Chapter 10: Flames of Betrayal

The Honno-ji Temple, once a sanctuary of peace, was now engulfed in flames and chaos. Yasuke and Nobunaga fought back to back, their swords a blur of steel, as Mitsuhide's forces closed in. Despite their valiant efforts, they were outnumbered, and Yasuke could sense the battle was lost. With a heavy heart, he whispered a prayer for Nobunaga's soul, knowing that his lord would never surrender.

Chapter 11: A Promise Unbroken

As the temple crumbled around them, Yasuke was captured by Mitsuhide's soldiers. Imprisoned and stripped of his samurai status, he reflected on the path that had led him to this moment. Amidst the darkness, he found solace in the memories of his life with Nobunaga and his time as a missionary. A fire kindled within him, reigniting a long-forgotten purpose.

Chapter 12: The Road to Redemption

In the chaos following Mitsuhide's coup, Yasuke seized an opportunity to escape. He journeyed across war-torn Japan, seeking refuge and a chance to reclaim his former life. His determination and faith guided him, as did the memory of the missionaries who had once saved him from a life of slavery.

Chapter 13: Rebirth of a Missionary

Yasuke found solace and purpose among a group of missionaries in a remote village. Embracing his past, he became an instrumental figure in their community, sharing his knowledge of Christianity, languages, and the Western world. As he nurtured their faith, Yasuke felt the shadows of his life as a samurai slowly fade, replaced by the warm embrace of spiritual fulfillment.

Chapter 14: A Legacy Unforgotten

Though Yasuke had left the life of a warrior behind, the legend of the African samurai continued to grow. His story inspired generations, a testament to the power of resilience, courage, and the human spirit. It was a tale that transcended borders and time, a reminder that even in the darkest moments, hope and redemption could be found.

Epilogue:

As twilight draped the Japanese countryside, Yasuke stood atop a hill, gazing at the village he now called home. His journey had been one of unimaginable hardship, transformation, and ultimately, redemption. And as the sun dipped below the horizon, Yasuke knew that his story, like the sun's eternal cycle, would continue to inspire and illuminate the hearts of those who heard it.

2023-03-16

Title: The Black Samurai - A Tale of Yasuke


Prologue

The sun sank behind the horizon as the last vestiges of light bathed the Japanese countryside in a warm, golden glow. Yasuke, a tall, muscular African man with skin as dark as midnight, knelt in the courtyard of Nobunaga's castle, tending to his duties. Though he had traveled a long and treacherous path to reach this moment, his journey had just begun.

Chapter 1: A World Away

In a small village on the Mozambique coast, a young Yasuke lived an ordinary life, unaware of the extraordinary destiny that awaited him. Captured by slave traders and torn from his homeland, he endured a grueling voyage across the Indian Ocean, finally arriving in the bustling port of Goa, India.

It was there that Yasuke's fate took an unexpected turn when he was purchased by Jesuit missionaries. In their service, he learned about Christianity, new languages, and the ways of the Western world.

Chapter 2: The Land of the Rising Sun

As a loyal servant to the missionaries, Yasuke accompanied them on their journey to Japan, a land of mystique and intrigue. The beauty of the land, the complexity of its customs, and the elegance of its people captivated him. As the first African to set foot in Japan, he attracted attention and curiosity from all those who encountered him.

Chapter 3: The Encounter

In Kyoto, the capital of feudal Japan, Yasuke's life changed forever when he met Oda Nobunaga, one of the most powerful and influential daimyos of the time. Nobunaga was captivated by the African's physical prowess, intelligence, and unique background. Seeing potential in Yasuke, Nobunaga decided to take him into his service as a samurai.

Chapter 4: The Path of the Warrior

Yasuke's transformation from a slave to a samurai was fraught with challenges. He had to adapt to the rigorous training, strict code of honor, and the intricacies of Japanese society. Despite these obstacles, Yasuke's strength, resilience, and determination allowed him to excel, earning the respect of his fellow samurai and the trust of Nobunaga.

Chapter 5: The Unfolding War

As Nobunaga sought to unify Japan under his rule, Yasuke fought by his side in numerous battles. The African samurai's legend grew with each victory, as did his bond with Nobunaga. Together, they faced both triumph and tragedy, navigating the treacherous landscape of alliances and betrayals that defined the era.

Chapter 6: The Turning Tide

Yasuke's reputation as a skilled and loyal samurai grew, as did his bond with Lord Nobunaga. The warlord respected Yasuke's dedication and resilience, a stark contrast to the treachery and self-serving ambitions that plagued many samurai of the era.

Word of Yasuke's prowess reached other daimyos, and whispers of the formidable black samurai began to spread across the provinces. The year was 1579, and the Oda clan had just emerged victorious in the Battle of Tedorigawa. Yasuke had fought valiantly, his towering presence and unmatched strength striking fear into the hearts of his enemies.

As the Oda clan continued to expand its territories, Yasuke's friendship with Nobunaga deepened, and he became a trusted advisor. He learned more about Japanese culture, studied the language, and embraced the customs of his new home.

In the shadows, however, the tides of change were brewing. Mitsuhide Akechi, once a loyal ally, had grown disillusioned with Nobunaga's rule. The resentment smoldered within him, fueled by a series of perceived slights and political maneuverings. Mitsuhide's ambition and desire for power began to cloud his judgment.

Yasuke had sensed the shift in Mitsuhide's demeanor and grew increasingly wary of the samurai lord. However, loyalty to Nobunaga prevented him from openly voicing his concerns. He instead focused on his duties, ever vigilant and ready to protect his lord at a moment's notice.

One fateful evening, the air was heavy with the scent of cherry blossoms, as the Oda clan gathered to celebrate their recent victories. Laughter and the clinking of sake cups filled the air. Unbeknownst to the revelers, Mitsuhide Akechi's treacherous plan was already in motion.

As the sun rose, the first cries of battle rang out. Mitsuhide's forces had launched a surprise attack on Nobunaga's residence at the Honno-ji Temple. The chaos was overwhelming, as friend turned against friend, and the air filled with the acrid smell of smoke and blood.

Yasuke fought his way to Nobunaga's side, his sword cutting through the traitorous samurai with brutal efficiency. The two men made their final stand together, back-to-back, against the relentless onslaught.

In the end, however, they were outnumbered. As Nobunaga fell, mortally wounded, Yasuke continued to fight, but he too was eventually captured. Mitsuhide Akechi, in a twisted display of respect, spared Yasuke's life, acknowledging the loyalty and prowess of the black samurai. Yasuke was sent to the Jesuit missionaries, his future uncertain.

Yasuke's journey had been a remarkable one, from a slave in a foreign land to a trusted advisor and samurai. Despite his extraordinary circumstances, he remained true to himself and his values. His story of strength, resilience, and loyalty would be remembered and honored for generations to come.

Epilogue:

As the sun set on another day in Japan, the whisper of the wind carried the tale of the black samurai, Yasuke, across the land. It would weave its way through the ages, inspiring countless others to rise above adversity and carve their own paths through the storms of life.

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Title: The Black Samurai: Yasuke's Odyssey

Prologue: Whispers of a Stranger

The year was 1579. The shores of Kyoto were caressed by the gentle waves of the Sea of Japan, as a strange vessel approached. Aboard the ship, a tall, dark-skinned man with the bearing of a warrior stood, gazing upon the foreign land that would soon become his home. His name was Yasuke, and he had been brought to Japan by the Jesuit missionaries, sold into servitude and torn from his African homeland.

Chapter 1: Nobunaga's Curiosity

Yasuke's arrival in Kyoto was met with awe and fascination. His ebony skin, unlike anything the Japanese had ever seen, drew the attention of the powerful daimyo Oda Nobunaga. Intrigued by the foreigner's strength and demeanor, Nobunaga requested a meeting with Yasuke. The two men found a mutual respect for each other's warrior spirit, and thus, Yasuke was granted a position in Nobunaga's service.

Chapter 2: The Path of the Samurai

As Yasuke adapted to his new life, he faced many challenges. He struggled to learn the language and customs, as well as the intricacies of the samurai code, Bushido. Despite the adversity, his determination to prove himself to Nobunaga and the other samurai never wavered. Gradually, Yasuke honed his skills in swordsmanship and strategy, earning the respect of his peers and the title of samurai.

Chapter 3: A Warrior's Bond

Yasuke's service to Nobunaga brought him into contact with many prominent figures of the time, including Mitsuhide Akechi, a cunning and ambitious samurai lord. While their friendship was built on mutual admiration and shared experiences on the battlefield, a lingering mistrust lingered beneath the surface. Yasuke could not shake the feeling that Mitsuhide's ambitions would one day prove to be a grave threat to Nobunaga and his empire.

Chapter 4: The Taste of Betrayal

The year was 1582. The air hung heavy with tension as Yasuke rode beside Nobunaga to the Honno-ji temple in Kyoto. Unbeknownst to them, Mitsuhide Akechi had orchestrated a coup against Nobunaga, his forces surrounding the temple and setting it ablaze. Trapped within the inferno, Nobunaga chose to commit seppuku, entrusting Yasuke with his sword and his final words.

Chapter 5: The Black Samurai's Vengeance

As the flames consumed the temple, Yasuke vowed to avenge Nobunaga's death. He fought his way out of the burning temple, cutting down Mitsuhide's men with the ferocity of a wounded tiger. In a final confrontation with Mitsuhide, Yasuke's loyalty and honor as a samurai shone through, but he was ultimately captured and spared by Mitsuhide, who could not bring himself to kill the man he had once called a friend.

Epilogue: The Legend Endures

With Nobunaga's death, Yasuke's fate was uncertain. The events that followed his confrontation with Mitsuhide would become the stuff

2023-02-10

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結婚式誓いの言葉

Groom, will you take Bride to be your wedded wife to live together in the bons of marriage? Will you love her, comfort, hornor and keep her so long as you both shall live?

Bride, will you take Groom to be your wedded husband to live together in the bonds of marriage? Will you love him, comfort, hornor and keep him so long as you both shall live?

2023-02-09

スペクターサウンドを256倍楽しむ方法

 日本では'76年に、フィレス・レーベル作品がまとめて再発売されたことがありましたが、ボックス形式としては本邦初で、しかCDボックスとしては今回が世界初ということになります。また同時に、<ヒーズ・ア・レベル>という、関係者インタビューを中心にした本が白夜書房から発売されます。それを読みながらこのBOXを聞きますと512倍楽しく聞けることを保証します。

 では、時代を追って解説していきます

テディー・ベアーズ

 1958年17才にして彼は”スター”でした。この後ポップス歴史を彩ることになるクリスタルズロネッツキャロル・キングバリーマンビーチ・ボーイズビートルズの誰よりも先に<NO.1ヒット>を持っていた!、このことが良くも悪くもスペクターのその後の人生を決定づけたと思いますポップス史上、#1ヒットを星の数ほど作り続けたリーバー&ストラーや、ジョージマーチンも、自らの#1ヒットはなく、このことが彼を単に<プロデューサー>の範疇では捉えられない最大の理由です。<彼を知ることは、彼を愛することだ>というデビュー曲の<彼>は、もちろんスペクター本人の意味で、そこには強引さ、傲慢さも感じられますが、実はそれが力強くもあり、<スターの要素>そのものだともいえます。彼の仕事ぶりを評して、全てを自分一色に染めてしまう、という批判をよく聞きますが、これはことの本質理解してい居ない人の発言です。かれは<裏方>ではなく<スター>なのです!それを、アーティストの持ち味を引き出すのがプロデューサー仕事だ、という常識的意味で彼を捉えようとするから批判的になるのです。彼こそが<スター>で、誰が歌おうか演奏しようが、他の人は全て脇役なのです。単に映画監督と言う視点ヒッチコックを捉えるとおもしろ解釈は生まれない、というのにも似ています。(誰が主演でもヒッチの映画になります黒沢さんもそうですね。)

 デビューアルバムTEDDY BEARS SING」のB-1「I DON'T NEED YOU ANYMORE」の<ステレオバージョン>はナントリードボーカル女の子の声が左で、真ん中がフィルコーラスしかも、ところどころリードボーカルの3倍くらいの大きさでコーラスが<邪魔をする>といってもいいほどの前代未聞のバランス!です。

 デビューからしてこうなのですから自己主張とかワガママなどという、なまやさしいことではないのです。

SCHOOLもの

 のちにブラックミュージックにのめり込んでいった彼ですが、スタートは白人ポップスでした。まずは自らのヴォーカリストギターリスト、および作曲家としての才能を試すところからはじめた、というところでしょうか。'50年代後半は、まだ黒人音楽一般的ではありませんでしたが、若者の間では熱狂的な指示を得ていました。スペクターもいろいろな黒人アーティストを聞いていたようですが、こと自分デビューに関しては、世間的に穏便な方法をとったところなど<奇[...]

 また'50年代中期には「暴力教室」をはじめ「HIGHSCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL」など<怒れる若者>をテーマにした映画が続々と作られ、その代表としてJ・ディーンが登場し、代表作が「理由なき反抗」-REBEL WITHOUT A CAUSE -でした。このように、当時の若者キーワードの一つは<REBEL>であり、「乱暴者」のマーロン・ブランドのような皮ジャン、サングラスバイクというスタイル流行しました。

 彼のでデビューソングはたしかに<学園もの>でしたが、それまでの、例えばドリス・デイの「先生お気に入り」調のホンワカしたものではなく、女の子自分の想いを直接的、また積極的に<ナゼわかってくれないの?>と切々と歌い上げるというのは冬至若者フィーリングにピッタシきたようです。実はこの手法スペクター特有の<ソフィスティケーションの中の直接性>というもので、彼を理会する上で大事ことなのです。

ガレージサウンド

 ある程度、あるいはそれ以上の音楽素養がなければミュージシャン作曲家になれなかったジャズと違って、ギター1本あればだれでもロックンローラーになれる、というのがロック時代でした。子供技術を会得して成長し、大人の仲間入りをするのがジャズだとすると、ロックは、子供子供のままで音楽ができるというのが特徴でした。ヒョットしたらオレにもなれるかもしれないと、多くのシロウトがわれもわれもと参加したことが、音楽単純化拍車をかけました。ジャズ豊満でふくよか、とすると、R&Rは骨と皮だけといえましょう。ジャズ大人音楽で、背景はナイトクラブ女性お酒が似合いましたが、子供音楽として誕生したR&Rの背景に一番ピッタリだったのはナント、<ガレージ>でした。

 麻雀同様4人(あるいは3人)いればすぐにできたのがR&Rの特徴でしたが、ニュー・ヨークのようにせまいところで大声を上げれば、お母さんに怒鳴られるだけですからストリートへ出るわけです。50'sのDoo Wapブームの背景は街角ストリート・コーナーが似合ったわけです。

 それにくらべて土地の広大な中西部西海岸は車がなければ不便なので、当選、どこの家にもガレージがあり、ここが若者の格好の練習場所となりました(蛇足ですが、今の日本ロックサウンドの背景は<貸しスタジオ>--密室--ではないでしょうか?)。さて、楽器感覚でどうにか弾けますが、作曲というのは簡単そうでもやはり多少の音楽素養必要です。しかし、若者の、なんでもいいからR&Rをやりたい!という想いはこんなことではくじけません。骨と皮だけのロックを、さらに皮も捨てて骨だけにしたのです。それが<ギターインストゥルメンタル>でした。これは、楽器感覚的にかき鳴らすだけですから、とりあえずだれにでもできました。ジャズ単純化ロックとすれば、これはさらに、ロック単純化で、その極致であったわけです。

 これが<ガレージサウンド>の正体でしたが、この時代呼応するかのように、新しく生まれ現象がありました。それは、録音機が少しずつ普及し始め、ガレージ居間などでの<ホームレコーディング>が行われるようになったことです。そして、デモテープのような、ある意味では乱暴

チャートに登場するようになり、まさに音楽大衆化が、内容だけではなく、音質までにも及んだのです(エルビスバディ・ホリーデビュー曲地方の、オヤジさんが社長、オカミさん専務、というような町工場風のスタジオで録音したものです)。

 それまでの録音は、演奏者と録音技師ガラスを隔てて別々の仕事場でした。技師演奏者にマイクの使い方を指導することはあっても、演奏者の方が技師に注文をつけるというケースはめったにありませんでした。しかし、ホームレコーディング特有の、機械いじりの好きな少年の思い付きや、また機材不足からひねりだした斬新な工夫は、新しいサウンド母体となるのです。

 スペクターは、テディー・ベアーズの録音の時からスタジオ内と調整室を行ったり来たりして、録音技師を困らせていたようですから、コダワリの姿勢最初からのようです(口述しますが、後年よくいわれるワグナー好きやソウルミュージックの追求というのは、スターありがちな<後付け>である、と私は考えています)。

 このホームレコーディングが、実は<スペクターサウンド>の根幹なのです!<BACK TO MONO>の意味もこのことなので、一つのかたまり大人数、熱気、乱雑の中の整理、複雑の単純化、そして<ホーム>、これが彼の求めたものでした。かたまりは<MONO>、大人数はミュージシャンの数、熱は<ハルブレインドラム>、整理は<J・ニッチェアレンジ>、単純化は<L・レビンミックス>、そしてホームは<西海岸>、これがスペクターサウンドの中味の分析ですが、詳しくはこれも後述します。

インストマニア

 この当時のロックンロール少年と同じく、スペクターギター少年でした。本名フィル・ハーヴェイとしてインストレコードも発表しています。また'58、'59年はインストロックの当たり年で、チャンプ栖の「TEQUILA!」が#1になったり、B・ホリーのインスト版ともいえるファイヤーボールズ、リンクレイ、そしてジョニーハリケーンズサント&ジョニーサンディー・ネルソン(「TO KNOW HIM~」のドラムデビュー前の彼です)、そして極め付きはギターインスト王者、デュアン・エディーの登場でした。

 日本ではなぜか、ほとんど評価されませんでしたが、ギターリストとして一番の人気とヒットのあった人で、そのサウンドユニークさとポップ・シーンへの影響は大きいものがありました。またイギリスでの人気は特に異常で、'60年の人気投票では1位でした(すごい!)。近年リバイバル・ヒットした「PETER GUN」などは後の<007シリーズ>や<バットマン>のもとになったともいえますし、日本では未公開の映画「BECAUSE THEY'RE YOUNG」のテーマは、彼の"トワンギー・ギター"と流麗なストリングスとのコンビネーションは、すぐアル・カイオラが取り入れて「荒野の7人」となって登場、西部劇インストテーマの基本形となりました。また「ビートルズがやってくる ヤァ!ヤァ!ヤァ!」のジョージマーチン楽団の「リンゴテーマ」も、まさにD・エディーのマネジャープロデューサーレスター・シルで、テディー・ベアーズの録音の際、隣のスタジオ仕事をしていて知り合ったといわれ、この人と出会ってなければ<スペクターサウンド>はこの世に存在しなかったといえるほど重大な出会いでした。

 シルはこの時すでにスペクタープロデューサー向きであることを見抜き、早速契約を結び、最初に買った曲のタイトルナント「BE MY GIRL!」。

 スペクターについては、まわりにいた人に才能があったので、本人にそう才能があったわけではない、という人もいますが、これは間違いです。確かにまわりにいた人々は有能でした。しかし、彼はプロデューサーとして一番重要な要素である<何をやりたいのか>ということが明確にありました。それは前にも述べましたがいろいろな意味での<直接性>というテーマを持っていたことです。これはもちろんR&Rのイディオム佐野元春調)ですが、荒々しいサウンドの中の直接性より、スペクターポップスに折り込んだ直接性の方がより<暴力的>ですらありました。

 例えば、R&Rの時代になって<BE>という動詞で始まるビッグ・ヒットは「BE MY BABY」が第1号です(BE CAREFUL~などの慣用句を除く)。簡単なようですが、作る側にまわってみると、これが簡単に言い切れるものではないのです。まさにこれをスパッと言い切れるのが<スター>なのです。「TO KNOW HIM~」の断定と「BE」の命令。このシェイクスピア調の、時代がかったともいえる口調が、逆に新味を呼んだのではないでしょうか。この大時代的で、且つ直接的な手法は「I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND」(ユーモアの点ではJ&Pの方が数段上ですネ!)に共通したものを感じます

 シルと契約直後、スペクターはD・エディのセッション見学しています。さっそく実地訓練をさせようというシルの計らいで、時は'59年の4月の後半でした。この年のエディーの最大のヒットは6月に発売された「FORTY MILES OF BAD ROAD」(9位)で、この曲はナントベースドラムだけをイントロでフィーチャーした、ポップス史上初のヒット曲>なのです。さて、ベースドラムイントロといえば「BE MY BABY」ですが、この2曲の因果関係についての疑問を、10年ほど前の<ニュー・ミュージック・マガジン>で発表したことがありましたが、時期的にはこの推論が成り立つようです。が、モチロン、その因果については全く憶測の域は出ておりません。

 エディーのスタジオは1トラックテープレコーダーが1台しかないという粗末な設備ながら、そのエコーを駆使してのサウンド作りは、特に録音にはうるさかった若き日のスペクターには刺激的な体験だったと思われます。トワンギー・サウンド秘密であった水道管やドラム缶をエコー使用するという一風変わった手法は(そのためシルは何10個もドラム缶を買い、しかも一番響きのいい缶を探したといいますスペクターが興味を持たなかったはずはありません。

 そのような多彩な録音技術を駆使していた人は、D・エディー・サウンド製作者<リー・ヘイズルウッド>でした(エンジニアはエディー・ブラケット)。ヘイズルウッドといえばナンシー・シナトラとのデュエットアストロノーツの「太陽の彼方に」の作者として日本ではおなじみですが、エディーのプロデューサーとして最初評価された人なのです。

中したスペクターは、一瞬たりともヘイズルウッドの背後から離れなかった>と発言しています

憧れのリーバー&ストラー

 その後シルは、スペクタープロデューサーにすべく、今度はニュー・ヨークリーバー&ストラーのもとへ送り込みました。’60年代代表的なコンビレノンマッカートニーとすれば、’50年代リーバー&ストラー時代で、ロックビジネスを目指す人々にとっての目標でした。スペクター学校の先輩でもあった彼らのデビューに一役買っていたのが、これまたレスター・シルでした。シルがマネージャーをしていたコースターズをきっかけに、ドリフターズ、そしてエルビスへの曲提供プロデュースを行い、初のR&Rにおける独立プロデューサーとしての地位確立したのがこの二人なのです。

 スペクターにとって、このニュー・ヨークでの修行時代の最大の収穫はベン・E・キングヒット曲「SPANISH HARLEM」をJ・リーバーと共作できたことでしょう。これはR&Rビジネスへの切符を手に入れた、つまり、お墨付をもらったということ......って、最大の自信となったことは疑う余地はあり.....

 ま.... ドリフターズの「THERE GOES MY BABY」...にストリングスをフィーチャーする手法を....ことも<スペクターサウンド>への引金になったと、私は思います。その手法プロデュースしたジーン・ピットニーの「EVERY BREATH I TAKE」は、全くドリフターズ調でしたが、すでに<スペクターサウンド>は出来上がっていた、ともいえる、本家を凌ぐ作品でした。<ゴフィン&キング>との最初作品でしたが、この日のセッションにはリーバー&ストラーをはじめ、B・バカラック、B・マン&C・ウェイル、アルド出版社代表のD・カーシュナーら、そうそうたる顔ぶれが集まったといいます。そしてこの作品が、ここに集まった全ての人にスペクターの印象を強く与えることとなり、一緒の仕事が始まるわけです。特にこの曲で印象深いのはドラムフレーズですが、G・ゴフィンの証言によれば、フィルドラマーゲイリーチェスターに指示をして、それが実に的確だった、ということです。

 この修行時代にすでに、J・ニッチェやH・ブレインがいなくても、これだけのものを作っていたことは見落とせません。スペクターサウンドを作ったのはやはり彼なのです。

 この曲は残念ながら大ヒットにはなりませんでしたが、来たるべき<スペクター時代>の幕開けを飾るにふさわしい素晴らしい曲でした。

 また、この頃、レスター・シルとリー・ヘイズルウッドは共同活動を解消、スペクターは新たなパートナー、いわば後釜としてシルと関係を結び、それが二人の頭文字を合わせた<PHIL+LES>の誕生となりました(シルとヘイズルウッドのレーベル名は二人の息子の頭文字から<GREG+MARK>というものでした)。

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2023-01-26

全面核戦争へ秒読み開始

ちなみに日本程度は一発で消し飛ぶレベル

https://twitter.com/taiyonoibiki/status/1618254472249225216

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全面核戦争へ秒読み開始 1/2

「私が間違っていると、どうぞ証明してください」スコット・リッター

Scott Ritter "Prove me wrong”/ Diane Sare

※残念ですが、私の限られた翻訳時間関係からスコット・リッターの発言部分(0:00~15:04)のみの全訳になります

午後11:28 · 2023年1月25日

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①スコット・リッター:このフォーラムに招いてくれてありがとうございます。私はダイアン合唱団演奏するワグナー(モーツアルト)の『レクイエム』を聴いて、胸を打たれました。私は、ダイアンのようなクラシック音楽愛好家ではありません。

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②スコット:私は労働者階級の家に育ち、労働者階級的な音楽環境の下で育ちました。しかし、現在私たちが直面している核戦争危機を端的に表現していると思う音楽を私はここで紹介できますJohnny Cashの ”The man comes around”という曲です。実際に死の床から歌ったような凄みがあります

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21時間

③スコット:そのオントロ歌詞から

“And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts

And I looked, and behold, a pale(white) horse

And his name, that sat on him, was Death

And Hell followed with him

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④スコット:四匹の獣に囲まれ、私は一つの声を聞いた。

私は目を凝らして、それを見つめた。私がそこに見たものは一頭の蒼ざめた馬であった。

それに跨る者の名を「死」という。

地獄が彼の後に付き従う。(TSSP

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⑤スコット:まさにこれこそが、私たちが今いる世界です。私たちはここで遠い未を話しているのではありません。ここから見える直近の未来図は地獄のような地上の有様です。こうして私たちが話をしている間にも「死」が青ざめた馬にまたがっているのです。

アルブレヒト・デューラー/黙示録の四騎士

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⑥スコット:もし、あなたがまだその事に気づかないのなら、あなたはそのまま喜び勇んでその深淵へと向かうのです。ヘルガが話したアルマゲドン水爆核戦争深淵へと向かうのです。私たちは今、文字通り水爆核戦争瀬戸際にいます

東京は既に軍事力の大幅な増強を決定。アジア某国舞台にしてウクライナ工兵への訓練を支援し、ナチキエフに対しては日立製作所を中心とした発電機合計300余機を直送するなど、具体的にもナチウクライナ支援を進める。中国への攻撃手段と準備を開始することと併せて、中、ロから報復覚悟してと理解するが、果たしてそれが可能であるか否かは不明だ。私は日本列島を防衛するには魔術師でさへも至難との司馬遼太郎師の警告を憶い浮かぶ

通常兵器ロシア通用しない。

ドイツの豹戦車など意味がない。既にイタリア戦車は歯が立たない。

ウクライナが勝っているとそのカルトぶりを公に晒してなんら痛くも、痒くも、頬になにも疾らない人は、間違いなく死ぬ。なぜ死ぬかはこれから火をみるよりあきらかになる。そうでない人、生き残る可能性が強い人たちに向けては次の数字有効に働くだろう。2022年2月24日からきょうまでナチス・ウクライナが失った数字だ。航空機374機、ヘリコプター200機、戦車及び歩兵戦闘車7,569台、特殊戦闘車813台、野砲及び迫撃砲965基、多連装ロケットシステム985基。地対空ミサイル983基、無人攻撃機2,903機。ここでもう一つの指標を記す。彼らが事変前に保有していた航空機は、戦斗機が98、特殊作戦機3、輸送機59、練習機61、ヘリコプター15、無人攻撃機6だ。誰が敗北するのか?。答えはもう出ている。それでも風車に向かって突進する。その答えは更にくっきり見える」

2022-11-24

Twitterクビになった

Twitterではミーティングの時に希望する代名詞を言うことが礼儀になっています。「私の代名詞はhe/himですアジア人で黒の短髪、赤いTシャツを来てジーパンを履いています。」などと毎回言うのです。こうすることでinclusive職場を作ってきていました。メール署名にも代名詞を必ず入れます。ただイーロンはこういうことが嫌いみたいですね。Inclusiveな行いをしていた人達はみんな解雇されてしまいました。心配です。

2022-11-06

anond:20221106131924

he/him とか she/her とか見る度に思うんだけど 主格が he なら対格自動的him に決まるのではないのか

主格だと he だけど対格だと herなるみたいな人がいるのか?

Twitter社員ミーティング

「やあ。私の名前はトム。代名詞はhe/him白人男性だよ。ブロンドの短髪で黒のメガネをしているよ。今日はどうもよろしく。」

「ハーイ、トム。私はジェシーアジア人白人ミックスよ。代名詞she/herで通ってるわ。黒いストレートの長髪よ。今日は赤いロングワンピースを着ているの。どうぞよろしく。」

2022-10-19

ジェンダーの謎文化

he/himとかthey/themとかいうの

将来的には「あれ何やってたんやろ・・・」ってなりそう

2022-10-03

[]ヒムパシー

him +‎ sympathy。

フェミニズム用語

男性の性加害者が罰せられることに対して、周囲の男性たちが不必要に同情を寄せることを意味する。

2022-09-20

希望する代名詞

外国人プロフィールにhe/himとかshe/herとか書いてあるのが何なのか疑問に思ったことがある人はいますか?これは希望する代名詞と言って他人自分のことを話しているとき自分はこの代名詞で呼ばれたいという意思表明です。

もともとはトランスジェンダーのような見た目から性別が分かりにくい人が自主的にやっていた文化なのですが、一般社会では一般的風習ではありません。なのでトランスジェンダー人達が私の代名詞はこれこれですと意思表明をすると変なんですね。ただでさえ変な人だと思われているのに追加で変な人だと思われてしまうわけなんです。そこでシスジェンダー人達がこの空気を変えようと思いつき始めたのがシスジェンダーでも代名詞を表示するという行為です。トランスジェンダーの人にあなた代名詞を表示するのはおかしくないよ、ほら私達もやってるから、と安心感を与えるための行いです。

ここで普通の人であれば気付くのですがなぜそもそも無性の人称三人称単数代名詞存在しないのでしょう。They/themにその役割を担わせようという動きはありますがあまり大きくはありません。普通に考えれば代名詞を減らす方が合理的ですが彼らは感情しか動けないのでそんなことはお構いなしです。私の代名詞は私のもの!間違えたら許さない!と自分が王か貴族にでもなったのかというほどおかしな現状が生まれてきています

日本人のみなさん。代名詞を表示している人を見かけたら笑ってやってください。そして英語圏高慢馬鹿どもに思い知らせてやるのです。あいつらは馬鹿です。付け上がらせないようにしましょう。

2022-09-04

Pixelの録音アプリヒトカラ文字起こししてみた

ホントようつべに音声ごと上げたかったんだけど(録音アプリ文字起こしごと動画出力する機能がある)、カラオケ動画著作権的にNGっぽいので、起こした文字だけをここに投稿して曲当てクイズにしてみようと思いました。

後半に行くほど難しいと思います。たぶん。

なるべく全歌詞歌いきったモノを選んでます増田滑舌の悪さは察してください。

Q1

君のラブストーリー。それは予想かにいざ始まればひとり姉妹がずっとそばにいたって感情のそれをいつもの誰かしまえば曲はないけど、君とのロマンスは小さいかな。気をしないことをした。

もうちょっと違います。食べたら良かった。もっと違う性格もっと違う価値観でないよ。あなたは今総目がでも胸が叶う。スパイ君の胸の下はぐらいつないけど、働いてその中に決めただけで痛みが嫌でも雨になりあいあげたい。

それじゃ僕にとって君今まではーいお疲れた雲台のさっさとひとつ確かなことがあるとするのならば今君だ。

誰かがえばそうに。語源はどんなに一つとしていいとこなくて、飛行機太郎から見下ろしくない。やつもやけにみたいな。もっと違う先生もっと違う関係で会える。スパイス投げたら良かった。だって、心で飾った声を閉めてスタートカット嫌だみ。

それがでもブラシのスパイスないな。目の向かってない?行けるのはスタメン普通きらすみなります。君はいない。その秘密ないない。いやいや、そらくるしいよなあーあーあー!

すごい君が胸の人は僕じゃない。辛いけどありがとう

ああ、真っ赤なの終わったーいた雲台のさあ、泣きたちに惜しかたことがあるとするのならきわ君が。あ、あーあーあーあー!とても綺麗だーあー!

Q2

ゴールデン妊娠踏切望遠鏡を担いでためにドリブスマートを雨は降らない。走り、一人見まひが大げさまに目標で来た。初めの投げたぞ。この日の城探して見たい。闇にまでないように精米だった。黄色震える手を祈祷した。

あの時は言えないものを見落として、望遠鏡を覗き込んだ聖者を君咲いていく。つま声が生まれたよ。明日が僕らを呼んだぜ、点字もなくにしなかった。今というあきまし君、あっくんいかと。

イエーイあー身がつけてみんな知らないかしら?している。幸せ適当に楽しみと黄ばうまれた。島でずっと探してるさあ始めようか。ぺた。その気持ちの探して、今まで見つけたものは全部この家でできる君を震える。

ゼロ入れなかった。痛みも知らないものを知ら残して望遠鏡を覗き込んだ。暗闇の照らすよ。なかすかな?光探したよ。そうしねーも今何僕が覚えている?今という葉をい今の来た。追いかけているおいでよ。

背が伸びるに詰めて伝えたいことの姿のない手紙も崩れるほど重なった。僕は元気がいるの?心配は楽しくないよ。だが 1 つ今は思い出すよー。そうだ、君の震えるという方、あの日も言えてるものを見事して望遠。

今日はまた暑いで最弱とくらやみのカエルに道をかけて、そして死んだ。痛みが今まで僕を支えている。今というパーキング大きさよりかけている。もう一度君に会おうとして、望遠鏡はまた暑いで、前と同じことにじ踏切になれかけてくろう始めようかて。

大脱走、みんなに君が尖った今という葉を気持ち。君と 2人をいかけているをあああああああーすげーいやー!

Q3

あー君ああ嘘プレミアムてなーい!

You are my Ange 愛してるよ。

誰が 1 つチューナーイせーなーいはい!じゃあ馬鹿野郎ですね。9 します。

君は思う。気持ちいいお店!ファイナライ for you

どうにもりぞー。

じゃあその準備あーおらーい!あーらーへえあー!いや、この先今のないことずっとどうかこんなもんくんとずっと死ぬまでブレーキュア。あーあーあー!そうですねー。キュートーラーの言うわ。ああ見つかれました。

寂しいっぱい。早いはいヤバイグッバイヤバい気持ち神様可愛いなー!あー、僕の上がる!あー素敵な!そして今日当たりエネルギーは来たー。ティーニーマンババイクスでき逃げろ!

キャー心からえー!何も言っていたーあー。よし来たあー巻きのはいー!

手間君がいるからあーハーデですねー。ああああやったああーございます。君は男に気持ちいい。波打ち破れかわいいな。みんなは意味

おー!

あーああ!

Q4

Maggie will. Last boy. And again, You Maggie wanna lost boy, Let the time again.

Smack you all lost boy and nothing. Again, The Maggie wanna lost, boy, Let the time again.

Mad. You all the last boy and not him again If Maggie wanna lost. Boy, Let the time again the man you wanna lost boy and nothing. Again Maggie wanna lost boy. Let daytime again.

Because the focus on already. Crackers. Captain America.

See that I handle any. But that you guys,

That guys, the book of all any Because the book, on all any,

Because before

(ヒント: 邦楽です。Pixel言語設定はずっと英語にしてるのに、たまに英語文字起こしされる謎)

Q5

あー、羨ましいよ。僕の先生は誰か 0 点滅かみんなで起きるスピードトゥインゴビーンウルトラマンネイチャーの犬の泣い人生だんじ向かったね。天才反省の歌を流して皆様ですか?

てーん、今背負い。ケニーお正解だぜ。フレンドの遊びいちばんずらいセイキンがさわらない。

えー、食べましょう!出町でかい?えっとおいなんというおーん!いいね!HappyGO最後まで女性ですよ。最後まで。ジャスティングシートはニューハオ!

(ヒント: 洋楽です。その時代その国を過ごしたわけでもないのに、なんでか郷愁を誘うハイトーン。良い曲ですよね!)

Q6

He stood scheming me. Eat the Octotoga. Upton. Oh, oh, my dust Fontana. No, It's not. I didn't shall know. He dust should call you. How's you should come? You housing up.

Oh, here. Yeah. Oh yeah. Eco that I

Monday. Did yen. Cut it after Nandinana, King. You're being facts. Still. So I told you Time to shall know, give me a slit. You got Should come you. You return. The good toe Shinkany know that you Okay here? Yeah, yeah. Oh yeah. You.

Oh, you. Yeah. Yeah. Oh yeah. Just,

Monday. Chia Meeting, you kind of so little continue dust Songs. I don't know. So, I am so that there. Thank you.

Okay. That. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah. Oh, here you I am starts.

Thoughts fell on him about loving up. Yeah. Yeah.

(ヒント: 邦楽です。バンド解散して、フロントマンもこういう曲作らなくなっちゃったので寂しい限り)

2022-08-26

Mommyyyyyy!を翻訳してみた

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0anpS99kGk

原文

Mommy.

Mommy, why is daddy doing this to me?

I do not find this funny at all.

As a matter of fact I find this to be child abuse.

Do you have a number for DYE-fuss.

Mommy, mommy, stop him now!

Why is my voice so deep.

I do not know.

Maybe because I'm a baby and I don't have a voice on my own.

This is confusing.

I still don't understand why you're not helping me mommy.

Mommy!

Mommy!

翻訳

ママ

ママ、パパはどうして私にこんなことするの?

全然おもしろくないわ

こんなの児童虐待

DYE-fuss(児童保護機関)の電話番号はある?

ママママ、彼を止めてよ!

どうしてこんなに声が野太いのかしら

からないわ

きっと、私が赤ん坊で、自分の声を持っていないからでしょう?

困っちゃう

どうしてママは私を助けてくれないの?

ママ

ママ

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