韓国ふざけんな

8/26よりベルリンでＩＨＯ（国連地名標準化会議）が行われます。
ご存知の方も多いと思いますが、そのときに日本海の名称がなくなってしまうかの知れません。
抗議のメールを送ろうという投稿がありましたのでコピペします。

皆さん、今チェックしてみたら、会議の開催まで後わずかではないですか。時間がありません。私が例文を下に書きますから、これを送るか、または自分でこれを参考にして書いてlaaribi@un.orgに送ってください。また、この投稿を様々な掲示板にコピぺして下さい。御知り合いの方達にもご協力をお願いしてください。

Dear Mr. Amor Laaribi

Recently, it has come to my attention that IHO (International Hydrographic Association) has decided to consider the possibility of changing the name of Sea of Japan to East Sea. Although I well understand that the Twenty-first Session, Berlin, 26 August and 6 September, 2002 of UNGEGN is not an opportunity to solely deal with this issue, I would like to convey the serious concern the Japanese people hold on this issue to the participating nations of this session.

South Korea has been insisting that the name of that sea should be East Sea because they have historically called it by that name. Furthermore, they say that they were forced to use the name "Sea of Japan" when they were occupied by Japan from 1910 to 1945.

But their insistence is not true. The Sea of Japan became to be known to the Europeans in early 19th century (long before Japan occupied Korea), and since then, that sea has been internationally called the Sea of Japan.

Secondly, I would like to point out that, when you look at the map, you can easily recognize that Korea's contact with what they call East Sea is quite minimal. Indeed, the eastern shoreline of Korea has only the partial contact with the western edge of the sea. On the other hand, I have to emphasize that Japan has much longer shorelines with the sea and, unlike Korea's partial contact, Japan occupies all the southern and eastern edges of the sea. Thus, we can easily understand that the sea is under more geographic dominance by Japan rather than by Korea.

Lastly, I would like to mention that, from Korea, that sea is indeed "east" sea. However, from Japan, it is rather "north" or "west" sea. And from Russia (the other important nation which has contact with the sea), it is "south" sea. Korea wants to call it East Sea simply because of their ethnocentrism, and as I argued above, their insistence does not have any rational basis. Furthermore, I do not think we should take into account irrational ethnocentrism when we consider the name of the sea.

For these reasons, I do not think it is fair to reconsider the name of Sea of Japan. It is indeed Japan's sea (from geographic perspective), and the name of East Sea is quite unfair to both Japan and Russia.

Please convey the matters discussed above to the participating nations. Once again, all the Japanese people are seriously concerned with this issue, and we all hope that the historically and geographically legitimate name "Sea of Japan" remains intact for good.

Sincerely,
Takahashi

本文は先の抗議メールとダブっていますが、違うアドレスに出すのでいいでしょう。急いで書いたので、どこか間違っているか、または意味が不明瞭な所があるかも知れません。そのような個所を見つけたら、どんどん訂正してください。