It's creepy. It is not unimaginable that under Japan's new "Terrorism and Other Crime Preparations" legislation passed into law on Thursday, I might be jailed or investigated for even making a post like this. If you think that sounds too extreme, I hope you will read/watch on.
The new legislation passed into law yesterday lists 227 crimes which may be construed (due to the extremely loose and "sloppy" wording of the new law) as terrorist acts. What are some of these despicable, terrorist acts? Well, how about liking or Retweeting a Tweet? How about planning to illegally pick some mushrooms from the mountain side? Copying sheet music? Protesting a new building being built across the street?
Japan is already notorious for its Orwellian stranglehold on the press. With this new legislation, I am left wondering how long it will be before people I know personally, in my immediate circle, begin to bump into this free-speech gagging, rideshare outlawing, deep state Japan. Let's hope it doesn't happen, but damn. As an anarchist who is quite outspoken online about freedom from taxation, the benefits of cannabis, and the evils of government, I have to admit it's a bit...real.
Here's the vid.
SOURCES:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/japans-terrible-anti-terror-law-just-made-the-minority-report-reality
Thanks for watching.
~KafkA
Graham Smith is a Voluntaryist activist, creator, and peaceful parent residing in Niigata City, Japan. Graham runs the "Voluntary Japan" online initiative with a presence here on Steem, as well as Facebook and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)