I think I need to do this regularly again.
So, I'm sure everyone is aware of what is going on with the Senkaku Islands.
What happened between Japan and China in the past is unforgivable. Japan did some atrocious acts and need to be held accountable for their actions. Not to mention, karma is a bitch and continues to shit on Japan anyway with natural disasters. God has a way of balancing things out.
With that said, nowadays Japan is one of the most respectful countries (with one of the most respectful people) in the world. It boggles my mind that China uses what happened 90 years ago, as propaganda to fuel the hatred against Japanese people in China (many of which use happily use Japanese products & idolize Japanese celebrities on day to day basis. It makes me puke at the level of lowness the Chinese government has gone and the fact that many of the Chinese people believe it.
The Chinese people have been under either a Communist Dictatorship or Monarchic Dictatorship since the dawn of time. There has always been someone dictating what the people know, how the people should act, and how much they should pay. I'm upset because logically, it sounds an awful lot like stockholm syndrome. Many Chinese people have a deep sense of nationalism to their country and have developed an empathetical connection with their history (or what they've been exposed to at least). So much is withheld from their history books. They even withheld the history of Tiananmen Square. Just ridiculous.
I'm typing on my blog because my sister in law is Chinese and I love her. I feel for her, my brother in law, and their future family. I also don't want to share my opinion with the world of facebook because not everyone can see, or relate to my point of view.
I'm also upset because the United States has such a foothold in Japan that I'm more concerned with the f*cking 213 billion barrels of oil that Japan is sticking their necks out for (but realistically - WHO is?).
Here, let me put my tin-foil hat on...
Japan has had rights to these lands since the 1800's. All of a sudden in 1968, China says, "Holy shit. There's tons of oil there. Lets get dangerous." At the time, they didn't want to dispute anything, because the BIG BAD UNITED STATES of UHHHMURICA was administering them. No one wanted to screw with the States.
So the waiting period begins...
SO...NOW in 2013, that they've got more leverage in their pants and nuclear warfare at the ready, with their communist buddies in NK, lets bully and scare the Japanese people into giving us that oil. Well seriously, WHO really is orchestrating this one? I mean, no disrespect to China, but I don't think Xi Jinping alone has the competence to spearhead World War 3.
Ok, lets derive the problem from this: Why is there conflict over the Senkaku Islands?
Possible answers:
1) Because there is an abundance of bonito fish that the Japanese people live off of.
WRONG.
2) Because it is a valuable asset in the culture of the Japanese & Chinese societies.
WRONG.
3) Because the Chinese government has ongoing grudges against Japan due to historical conflict.
WRONG.
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The truth of the matter is that they speculate that there is roughly 213 billion barrels of crude oil around the outskirts of the island. They could give a shit less about the island itself.
In the end of the day, who wants crude oil? Consumers need it and corporations want to profit off of it. I'm no believer in anti-corporations & anti-government, but what makes no sense to me is that we (the people of the world in the 21th century), believe that we can't put a price on water because it is a natural resource. Many of us can't understand why people pay for bottled water when water from the tap is free. Many of us can't fathom why Canada is selling water to the States for next to nothing.
The bottom line is, we as a human race use natural resources in our communities. The natural resources should be shared; the expenses of transporting and sharing these natural resources should be paid for and jobs be made for. The natural resource itself should not have a price tag.
If we all continued to believe that all natural resources have price tags, then all these guys are missing the real money maker. I should start up a corporation that rations and controls air supply. Then again, someone probably has probably had this thought already with how the Ozone layer is depleting at such a rapid rate.
Stop profiting off of each other. Money doesn't buy happiness. Money buys stuff. Stuff can help make people happy, but in the end of the day, unsatisfied or unhappy people remain unhappy despite money.
Why can't people reflect on their lives and fix their underlying issues to increase happiness and satisfaction instead of bandaid it by buying stuff.
Crude oil is a fucking bandaid. It's going to eventually run out. Let the crude oil stay where it is. Live off of something else. We've got so many brilliant people in the world yet we can't a fucking solution on creating new energy. It drives me nuts.
Do you know how much energy hydrogen bomb creates? Why can't they figure out how to harness the energy, instead of use it to kill each other.
Ok. I'm going to end my rant right now. This is going nowhere and I'm just getting more upset, lol.
Humanity, lets get it together, hey?
