坂本龍一が8月30日のSEALDsデモに参加して、「フランス革命に近いことが起きている」とコメントしたというニュースを見て、それはないだろうと思ったのだが、彼が語ったのは憲法は元々我々が戦って勝ち取ったものではないかも知れないが、今まさに我々はそれをしようとしており、その意味ではマグナカルタやフランス革命に近いという文脈だった。
これから先、ギロチンも始まるかも知れないという妄想はさておき、ここではデモは文化であるという話をしよう。
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翻って日本のデモの姿を俯瞰してみる時、ジブリ小冊子「熱風」2月号に再掲された國分功一郎のブログが面白い。
適度にだらしなく、犬たちが自分の縄張りをマーキングするみたいに、但し自立した大人として振る舞う群衆、僕もそんな雰囲気のデモがこの国でもできればと切実に思う。今の国会が閉幕した後もSEALDsの若者たちその他大勢がこんな具合に日常の中で行動を見つけ、根付かせていけば、デモが王道を行く日が来るのかも。
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It sounded to me like a joke when the news reported that Ryuichi Sakamoto, musician made a speech at the recent SEALDs demo on 30 August in which he said it was similar to French Revolution. The real, or more precise story in his speech was that our constitutions may not be something that we fought to achieve, but now in this moment we challenge to do so, and in this sense we are in a similar situation to those of Magna Carta and French Revolution.
Well, putting aside my delusion of possible guillotines as we move on, what I should stress is active demonstrations tend to reveal the culture of each nation and its maturity.
Look at the recent case of farmers in Paris in AFP news reported on 4 September.
This far is possible in this advanced nation as a routine in terms of political appeals.
Comparing the situation in Japan against it, the February issue of "Neppu" (Studio Ghibli's monthly magazine) is very interesting as it copies Koichiro Kokubun's blog discussing how he looks at demos.
Fairly slovenly, just like dogs mark the territory of their own in the street, but still within the behavior of mature adults: Such a view is fascinating to me for the atmosphere of our demos. Even if the Diet ends passing Abe's security bills with full of false interpretations, as long as the young people around SEALDs and others continue to find their way of actions routinely to root it in depth, one day the demo may become authentic for this country's democracy.
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