(Near the Tokyo Station)WHAT SHOULD BE EXAMINED
One movie I wanted to see again is "Key Largo." I might happen to see it again on a cable TV channel. The movie was relaesed in 1946 featuring Humphrey Bogart and a hurricane. Indeed, it is not so bad sometimes to go out for watching an old film on a big screen.
SECTION I: JAPAN THE GREATEST CREDITOR
The Japanese Government has issued a huge amount of government bonds to absorb money from its citizens.
The American Government has issued a huge amount of government bonds to absorb money from the global market, or mostly from Japan and China.
The Chinese Government possesses in principle everything in China as it is the communist despotic nation, so that figures of government domestic debts have no meaning. It does not even need to sell its bond to Japan or America to finance its domestic administrative work.
Yet, Japan is the largest creditor to the world, the fact and significance of which is seldom discussed in Davos.
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Japanese investors increased their exposure to foreign assets by ¥59 trillion ($566 billion) in 2007 alone, setting a record top of ¥610 trillion ($5.9 trillion) and making Japan the world's largest creditor nation for the 17th straight year.
http://goldnews.bullionvault.com/yen_carry_trade_101620084
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As for America, it is impossible to wipe out $15 trillion debts held by American households.
The American economy cannot return to the state around 2000.
With this notion, you may check the following figure:
http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2010/0208/debt-recession-worldwide-finances-global-debt-bomb.html
Eventually, we must see which is right or wrong, sane or insane, or humane or hateful, Japan or America, though they look like leading the world in the great glittering borrowing game.
Indeed, Prime Minister Mr. Yukio Hatoyama said to President Mr. Barack Obama, "Believe me!" in Tokyo last fall.
So truly, I say to Americans, "Believe me not, since you are yet to believe my Lord Jesus!"
SECTION II: Baruch Spinoza
The great Judaist scholar in the 17th century Spinoza lived on lens-grinding.
He did not even accept an offer of professorship in a certain university, but he continued to live on lens-grinding.
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Baruch or Benedict de Spinoza (Hebrew: ברוך שפינוזה, Portuguese: Bento de Espinosa, Latin: Benedictus de Spinoza) (November 24, 1632 – February 21, 1677) was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Jewish origin.
Spinoza lived quietly as a lens grinder, turning down rewards and honors throughout his life, including prestigious teaching positions, and gave his family inheritance to his sister. Spinoza's moral character and philosophical accomplishments prompted 20th century philosopher Gilles Deleuze to name him "the 'prince' of philosophers."
In the universe anything that happens comes from the essential nature of objects, or of God/Nature. According to Spinoza, reality is perfection. If circumstances are seen as unfortunate it is only because of our inadequate conception of reality. While components of the chain of cause and effect are not beyond the understanding of human reason, human grasp of the infinitely complex whole is limited because of the limits of science to empirically take account of the whole sequence.
Given Spinoza's insistence on a completely ordered world where "necessity" reigns, Good and Evil have no absolute meaning. Human catastrophes, social injustices, etc. are merely apparent. The world as it exists looks imperfect only because of our limited perception.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch_Spinoza#Later_life_and_career
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However, his philosophy reflects the era of history and his personal disposition as well as his racial or religious background.
If it had been very painful to think that way, he should not have pursued the way of thinking.
Spinoza, in other word, must have been happy inside, so he did not think about a Messiah coming to him for salvation of the limited human intellectual power.
Anyway, the most talented philosopher is always found not in a university but in a humble workshop of a town.
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(We can't go on together with suspicious mind. We can't. No, no, we can't. But..., "Yes, We Can!!!...??" Be president somewhere.
http://www.zianet.com/jw_laurie/Sounds/suspiciosminds.mid )
Phi 1:28 And in nothing terrified by your adversaries: which is to them an evident token of perdition, but to you of salvation, and that of God.
Phi 1:29 For unto you it is given in the behalf of Christ, not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake;
Phi 1:30 Having the same conflict which ye saw in me, and now hear to be in me.