安省议会一致通过66号议案纪念南京大屠杀的受害者

原文来自北美财经网

版权属于xiaoming Guo 

Queen’s Park Unanimously Adopted Motion 66 to Commemorate the Victims of Nanjing Massacre

来自谷歌翻译，以英文原文为主

“1937年12月13日，日本帝国军队在中国当时的首都南京发动了为期六周的屠杀。松井石根将军指挥下，20多万中国士兵和平民被无情地杀害。虽然确切的伤亡人数永远不会被人知道，但这种暴行超越了统计和种族的范围。“Soo Wong女士星期四在提出动议时说。

运动66是由斯卡伯勒银币公司的MPP女士Soo Wong女士介绍的。安大略省议会通过66号议案，承认和尊重南京大屠杀的20多万受害者，并通过每年12月13日正式承认南京大屠杀和其他二次世界大战亚洲暴行的学习，日“在安大略省。

“要充分理解这个议案的意义，了解这个罪行的历史背景是至关重要的。 1937年12月13日，标志着世界历史上一个可怕的一天。这一天，日本帝国军队进入了当时的中国首都南京，开始不仅被称为南京大屠杀，而且被称为南京大屠杀。在六个星期的时间里，日本帝国军队犯下了大规模暴行，涉及强奸和谋杀无辜者。历史学家指出，在40天内，有超过20万人被处决。随之而来的抢劫，焚烧和杀戮行为是无情的，非人性化和可怕的。屠杀事件涉及男女老少因性暴力而遭受残暴和羞辱的行径，这场暴行为自己的可怕绰号“南京大屠杀”赢得了暴行。这场大屠杀的受害者被视为不人道的，他们被视为数字“。陈智昌议员在辩论中表示支持这项议案。

“在日本帝国军决定强奸掠夺和杀害南京城的六个星期内，这被西方人称为”地球上的地狱“，就是因为接近2万到8万人被强奸。一些八岁的女孩被强奸。孕妇没有幸免。根据我所做的研究，一些孕妇的肚子被打开了。南京有大规模的屠杀。有人回忆起街上流着血。这是一场种族灭绝“，丽莎·麦克劳德女士在议案辩论中说。

Xiaoming Guo

On  the afternoon of October 26, 2017, Ontario legislature unanimously passed the Motion 66 commemorating the victims of Nanjing Massacre. Nanjing Massacre is also know as the Rape of Nanking, was an atrocity committed by Imperial Japanese Army after they captured Nanjing, the capital of Republic of China at that time.

黄女士还提到，立法机关在2009年通过了第147号法案，以纪念乌克兰饥荒的受害者，并于1980年通过决议，纪念亚美尼亚种族灭绝的受害者。

黄女士进一步陈述多伦多地区学校董事会2008年一致表决承认南京大屠杀的事实，多伦多市于2016年一致通过宣布12月13日为南京大屠杀纪念日的动议。

“历史上的大规模暴力行为需要广为人知，研究，记忆和强烈谴责，以免再次重演。如果我们不揭露这些危害人类的罪行，如果这些罪行的肇事者认为他们可以摆脱这种大屠杀，而且如果我们允许这些罪犯的否认者摆动我们保持沉默，我们就是同谋和同谋。 “Scarborough-Rouge River的MPP赵先生表示支持Motion 66。

“如果我们要帮助确保我们不重复那个时代的错误和屠杀，那么我们首先要记住他们确实发生了，并且忽视所有否认他们是真实的人。我们需要记住，种族或民族优越性的假设导致了人类经历的最黑暗的夜晚。我们需要记住，在绝望的经济环境下，爆发性的愤怒与国家团体，宗教团体和族群的替罪羊，会导致这种大规模的人类悲剧，这种大规模的人类犯罪“，先生说。多伦多 - 丹佛斯的MPP Peter Tabuns。

“对于日本宣称大屠杀从未发生过的右翼和民族主义势力来说，非常重要 - 非常重要的是，该国领导人指出，世界上的现实是被理解，承认和承认的。我们在这个会议厅可以帮助这个项目，可以帮助承认现实，使其不可否认。“塔布恩斯先生补充说。

“在安大略省，我们坚信所有人都有权享有不可剥夺的普遍权利。我们决不能忘记南京人民遭受的暴行，正如我们不能忘记对世界其他边缘化群体的不公正和悲惨的暴力行为一样。在南京大屠杀80周年的时候，这个动议强调了促进国内外和平与人权的必要性“，克里斯·巴拉德（Chris Ballard）在场上说。

“记住南京不是要挑出一个特定的罪魁祸首 - 尽管有。这是因为世界各地的许多国家都不以过去为自豪，加拿大是第一个。它对待土着社区的方式要求不断提醒我们自己的种族主义和残酷的能力，并要求表现出持续的和解承诺。在第二次世界大战期间，加拿大和美国对待日本的方式，提醒我们也有义务消除歧视。“娜塔莉·德·罗西耶斯女士支持这一动议。

“犹太人社区里有大屠杀，亚美尼亚的种族灭绝;在英迪拉·甘地遇害之后，锡克教徒被认为是安大略省的种族灭绝屠杀;卢旺达种族灭绝;在乌克兰人饿死的时候，有传言说罗兴亚穆斯林现在正在缅甸经历一段可怕的时光。 Yazidis--我们仍在为Yazidis哭泣，他们正在经历什么;在叙利亚，我们担心科普特教堂仍然被炸毁，斯里兰卡的泰米尔人有着可怕的历史，当然还有朝鲜和韩国的性奴隶“，吉拉·马尔托夫人认为，南京大屠杀应该像安大略省的其他大屠杀所承认的那样被纪念。

“我无法想象，让那些经历了南京人民经历的事情，让人们否认的人是什么样的 - 不仅积极地否认，积极地压制历史。因为我们都知道历史如此重要的原因是，如果我们不记得历史，而且我们也不积极追求历史，那么历史就会 - 而且悲剧的是，历史将会 - 重演“，约翰·范霍夫先生说，愤怒反对大屠杀否认者。他在结束发言时说：“今天我们不仅要通过这个议案，而且要求所有人确保南京大屠杀不是庆祝，而是永远不会被人遗忘。按照我们的方式，这是我们可以做到的一个方法。我衷心希望在今年通过之前，不只是议案，而是议案（条例草案第79条）成为法律，所以我们可以尽我们所能。

韩冬先生在支持“议案66”时也要求立法机关通过“议案”79.关于黄女士及其79号法案，他说：“支持这个法案的签名超过10万个。她孜孜不倦的宣传使得这个议院一致通过了二读法案79。该法案目前正在立法过程中，应受到尊重“。

鲍勃·德莱尼先生引用了美国作家赫曼·沃克的话：“战争结束的开始在于纪念”，支持“议案66”和“议案79”。他呼吁：“让我们在安大略每年的12月13日协助理解，教育，和平与进步 - 不仅在中日之间，而且在亚洲国家之间，也是为了促进世界所有国家的和平。这是这个动议的精神和它支持的宣言法案。我鼓励所有成员支持“。

议案66和议案79是重要的，因为新纳粹意识形态正在崛起。 2016年上半年，德国共举行98场极右极端摇滚音乐会。受全球极右极端主义的影响，2017年1月29日，魁北克圣弗伊发生大规模枪战。即使我们每年都有大屠杀纪念日，纳粹的想法在70年后依然活跃？我们还记得二战期间欧洲集中营的大屠杀。然而，二战期间在远东的大屠杀在纳粹大屠杀纪念日几乎被忽视。德国和日本在二战期间都是法西斯国家。这两个轴心国家都是种族主义的，向邻国发动残酷的战争，在其扩张战争中实施暴行。纳粹德国在欧洲造成了五千万人的伤亡，法西斯日本在远东造成了五千万人的伤亡。新纳粹思想的兴起有许多因素。无视远东轴心的浩劫是其中之一。爱国者可以前往日本，并且阅读有关纳粹大屠杀战犯所在的日本人参拜靖国神社的消息。如果我们在欧洲屠杀大屠杀，而忽视远东战犯的崇拜，我们正在为新纳粹思想留下一扇敞开的大门。议案66和议案79对于我们宝贵的多元文化社会中的种族主义，仇外心理和仇恨是重要的。

MPP在女王公园通过了议案66，重申了我们对人权的承诺。正如克里斯·巴拉德说：“在安大略省，我们坚信人人都有权享有不可剥夺的普遍权利。我们决不能忘记南京人民遭受的暴行，正如我们不能忘记对世界其他边缘化群体的不公正和悲惨的暴力行为一样。作为南京大屠杀80周年，这个动议强调了促进国内外和平与人权的需要。

“On December 13, 1937, Japanese imperial forces initiated a six-week massacre in the then-capital of China, Nanking. More than 200,000 Chinese soldiers and civilians were indiscriminately killed under the command of General Iwane Matsui. While the precise number of casualties will never be known, this atrocity goes beyond statistics and ethnicity.” Ms. Soo Wong said in her moving of the Motion on the Thursday.

Motion 66 was introduced by Ms Soo Wong, MPP for Scarborough-Agincout.  By passing the Motion 66, Ontario Legislature acknowledge and honour the over 200,000 victims of the Nanjing Massacre, as well as foster learning of the Nanjing Massacre and other World War II atrocities in Asia by formally recognizing December 13th in each year as “Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day” in the Province of Ontario.

“To fully understand the significance of this motion, it is crucial to know the historical background of this crime. December 13, 1937, marks a horrific day in world history. On this day, the Imperial Japanese Army moved into the then-Chinese capital, Nanjing, and began what would be known not only as the Nanjing Massacre, but also as the Rape of Nanjing. Over a period of six weeks, the Imperial Japanese Army committed mass atrocities involving the rape and murder of innocents. Historians note that in 40 days, over 200,000 people were executed. The acts of looting, burning and killing that ensued were relentless, dehumanizing and horrifying. The massacre involved men, women and children who were brutalized and humiliated through acts of sexual violence, which earned the atrocity its own terrible moniker, the Rape of Nanjing. The victims of this massacre were treated as subhuman, and they were treated as numbers”, Hon. Michael Chan stated in his debate in supporting the motion.

“During the six weeks that the Imperial Japanese Army decided to rape and pillage and murder the city of Nanking—it was called by westerners “hell on earth.” It was, because close to 20,000 to 80,000 were raped. Some girls as young as eight years old were raped. Pregnant women weren’t spared. According to the research I’ve done, some pregnant women had their bellies slit open. There was massive carnage in Nanking. Some recall that the streets were red with blood. It was a genocide”, said Ms. Lisa MacLeod in the debate of the motion.

Ms. Wong also mentioned that the Legislature passed Bill 147 in 2009 to commemorate victims of the Ukrain Famine, and passed resolution in 1980 to commemorate victims of the Armenian Genocide.

Ms. Wong further stated the facts that the Toronto District School Board has voted unanimously to recognize Nanjing Massacre in 2008, and the City of Toronto has passed a motion unanimously in 2016 to declare December 13 as the Nanjing Massacre Commemorative Day.

“large-scale acts of violence in history need to be widely known, studied, remembered and vehemently condemned so that they are not repeated ever again. If we fail to expose these crimes against humanity and if the perpetrators of such crimes think they can get away with such carnage, and if we allow the deniers of these crimes to sway us to stay silent, we are accomplice and complicit to the crime.” Mr. Raymond Cho, MPP for Scarborough-Rouge River, said in support of Motion 66.

“If we want to help ensure that we don’t repeat the mistakes and massacres of that time, then we need to first remember that they actually happened, and to ignore all those who deny that they were real. We need to remember that assumptions of racial or national superiority lead to the very darkest nights of human experience. We need to remember that scapegoating of national groups, religious groups and ethnic groups, when mixed with explosive anger over desperate economic circumstances, can lead to this kind of large-scale human tragedy, these kinds of large-scale human crimes”, said Mr. Peter Tabuns, MPP for Toronto-Danforth.

“For the right-wing and nationalist forces in Japan that claim that the massacre never happened, it is very important—very important—that the leaders of that country note that the reality is understood, acknowledged and recognized around the world. We in this chamber can help with that project, can help acknowledge the reality—make it undeniable.” Mr. Tabuns added.

“In Ontario, we stand for the belief that all human beings are entitled to inalienable universal rights. We must never forget the atrocities committed against the people of Nanjing, just as we cannot forget the unjust and tragic acts of violence committed against other marginalized groups around the world. As the 80th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre approaches, this motion reinforces the need to promote peace and human rights both at home and abroad”, said Honourable Chris Ballard on the floor.

“To remember Nanking is not about singling out a particular culprit—although there is. It’s because many countries around the world are not proud of their pasts either, Canada being the first. The way it treated indigenous communities calls for constant reminders of our own capacity for racism and for cruelty, and it calls for demonstration of an ongoing commitment to reconciliation. The way Canada and the US treated the Japanese during the Second World War reminds us of the duty to eradicate discrimination as well”, said Ms. Nathalie Des Rosiers in support of the motion.

“There’s the Holocaust in the Jewish community; the Armenian genocide; the massacre of Sikhs—which is considered a genocide in Ontario—after Indira Gandhi was killed; the Rwandan genocide; the Holodomor, when the Ukrainians were starved; rumours that Rohingya Muslims now are going through a horrific time in Myanmar; the Yazidis—we are still crying for the Yazidis and what they’re going through; in Syria we are concerned that the Coptic churches are still being blown up; Tamils in Sri Lanka have a terrible history; and of course North Korea and the Korean sex slaves”, argued Mrs. Gila Martow that Nanjing Massacre should be commemorated just as the other Holocaust Ontario recognized.

“I can’t imagine what it’s like to have people who have gone through what the people of Nanjing went through, and have people deny—and not only deny but actively, actively try to suppress history. Because we all know the reason history is so extremely important is that if we don’t remember history and we don’t actively pursue history, history can—and, tragically, history will—repeat itself”, said Mr. John Vanthof, angering against the Holocaust deniers.  In concluding his speech, he said: “It’s not only incumbent on us to pass this motion today, but incumbent on all us to ensure that the Nanjing Massacre is—not celebrated, but that it’s never, ever, ever forgotten. This, in our way, is one way we can do it. I sincerely hope that before this year passes, not just the motion, but the bill (Bill 79), becomes a law so we can do our part”.

In supporting Motion 66, Mr. Han Dong also urged the legislature to pass Bill 79. Regarding Ms. Wong and her Bill 79, He said “more than 100,000 signatures were collected supporting the bill. Her tireless advocacy resulted in this House unanimously passing Bill 79 at second reading. The bill is currently in the legislative process, which shall be respected”.

Mr. Bob Delaney cited the quote of American author Herman Wouk: “The beginning of the end of war lies in remembrance”, in supporting both Motion 66 and Bill 79.  He called out: “let us in Ontario use December 13 each year to assist with understanding, education, peace and progress—not just between China and Japan, not just among Asian nations but to foster peace among all the world’s nations. That’s the spirit of this motion and the proclamation bill it supports. I encourage all members to support it”.

Motion 66 and Bill 79 are important because neo-Nazi ideology is rising. There were 98 far-right extremist rock concerts in Germany in the first half of 2016. Under the influence of the far-right extremism in the globe, a mass shooting happened at Sainte Foy, Quebec on January 29, 2017. Why are neo-Nazi ideas still active after 70 years even though we have Holocaust Remembrance day every year? We remember the Holocaust in the concentration camps in Europe during WWII. However, the Holocaust during WWII in the Far East is virtually ignored on Holocaust Remembrance day. German and Japan were both fascist countries during WWII. Both of these Axis countries were racist and waged brutal wars to their neighbors, carried out atrocities in their expansionist wars.  Nazi German inflicted 50 millions of casualties in Europe while Fascist Japan caused 50 millions of casualties in the Far East. Many factors contribute to the rise of neo-Nazi ideas. Ignoring the Holocausts by the Axis in the Far East is one of them. Eropeans can travel to Japan, and read news about the Japanese worship at Yasukuni Shrine where the Holocaust war criminals are enshrined.  If we stigmatize the Holocaust in Europe while ignoring the adoration of war criminals in the Far East, we are leaving a side door open for Neo-Nazi ideas to come back. Motion 66 and Bill 79 are important for preventing racism, xenophobia, and hate in our precious multicultural society.

By passing of Motion 66 in Queen’s Park, MPPs reaffirm our commitment to human rights. As Hon. Chris Ballard said: “In Ontario, we stand for the belief that all human beings are entitled to inalienable universal rights. We must never forget the atrocities committed against the people of Nanjing, just as we cannot forget the unjust and tragic acts of violence committed against other marginalized groups around the world. As the 80th anniversary of the Nanjing Massacre approaches, this motion reinforces the need to promote peace and human rights both at home and abroad”.

Xiaoming Guo