The Japanese High Court has ruled that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and Board of Education did not breach the Constitution "by requiring school teachers and other staff to stand when the Hinomaru flag is raised and the national anthem sung during school events". This is the right decision by the Japanese judiciary for the following reasons:
1. The teachers had the option of teaching in the school
2. The imposition is frivolous upon the teachers - required only to stand up and sing
3. The teachers action was in act the wrong one. They should have argued that 'nationalism' is contrary to the national constitution, and that the actions of the government ought to be compatible with the preservation of human rights. Nationalism is an abstract policy which is destined to elevate the threat of collectivism. This places the onus upon the government to stipulate the reasons for adopting a nationalist policy. This requires it to adopt a scientific perspective to defend the policy. It has not done that.
Most particularly the action is a sham because there are so many other more significant breaches of human rights to protest, and these 'liberal' teachers chose such an incidental issue. Why not protest the fact that the Japanese extorts wealth from Japanese people and wastes it with dubious measures of accountability. Why don't they challenge the veracity of the Japanese constitution, in as much as it facilitates this, and is thus a crime against human nature.
We are very much interested in the issues of justice. In fact, we are establishing a consulting service to help people pursue legal remedies in so far as they correspond to constitutional matters.
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