15. April 201

 anfmerksam gemacht, dass seit geraumer Zeit ein Komitee in Japan für die Verleihung der Friedensnobelpreises an das japanische Volk für seine Bewahrung der Verfassung von 1947, insbesondere aber des Artikels 9 (Friedensartikel).

To:
The Norwegian Nobel Committee :
Dear Mr. Thorbjorn Jagland Chair of the Nobel Committee
The Japanese Constitution is a pacifist constitution that stipulates renunciation of war in its preamble and notably Article 9. Article 9 in particular has been playing an important role since the end of WWII in preventing the Japanese government from waging war. Article 9 has become the hope of those who aspire for peace in Japan and the world. However, the Japanese Constitution is currently under the threat of being revised.

To spread a peace constitution in all the countries of the world, we request that the Nobel Peace Prize be given to the Japanese citizens who have continued maintaining this pacifist constitution, Article 9 in particular, up until present.

Akio Lee schickte Foto und Text.
Dr. Akio Lee hat in neuendettelsau studiert und promoviert. Er lehrt derzeit an der Luth. Hochschule in Tokyo.
(Ein weiterer Text als pdf hier.)

Statue Of A Homeless Jesus Startles A Wealthy Community

The bronze sculpture depicting Jesus huddled under a blanket on a park bench has provoked praise and complaints — and a call to the police — in its new North Carolina neighborhood.

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Statue Of A Homeless Jesus Startles A Wealthy Community
by JOHN BURNETT
April 13, 2014

The Rev. David Buck sits next to the Jesus the Homeless statue that was installed in front of his church, St. Alban's Episcopal, in Davidson, N.C.
John Burnett/NPR

A new religious statue in the town of Davidson, N.C., is unlike anything you might see in church.

The statue depicts Jesus as a vagrant sleeping on a park bench. St. Alban's Episcopal Church installed the homeless Jesus statue on its property in the middle of an upscale neighborhood filled with well-kept townhomes.