There Could Be Joy In Destruction, Too, Couldn't There? Isn't Jesus Christ's Second Coming Supposed To Occur Only After A Lot Of Unmitigated Destruction? But Again, Human History Is Fraught With Tragedies In Which Man Spared No Effort To Destroy With Millenarian Joy, Only To Learn That No Messiah Appeared Afterwards.

-Kenzaburo Oe

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There Could Be Joy In Destruction, Too,

Kenzaburo Oe

There Could Be Joy In Destruction, Too, Couldn't There? Isn't Jesus Christ's Second Coming Supposed To Occur Only After A Lot Of Unmitigated Destruction? But Again, Human History Is Fraught With Tragedies In Which Man Spared No Effort To Destroy With Millenarian Joy, Only To Learn That No Messiah Appeared Afterwards.

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Jesus

Men

Effort

In The Recent Years There Have Been Criticisms Levelled Against Japan Suggesting That She Should Offer More Military Forces To The United Nations Forces And Thereby Play A More Active Role In The Keeping And Restoration Of Peace In Various Parts Of The World.

Military

Japan

Years