Reply To: Dismay – Japanese Injustice Travesty and Tefillos

RSRH: No one is condemning the overarching system of justice that Japan claims to have; rather the application of “justice” as pertains to the Bochurim (see the 2 points I made above) is completely arbitrary and capricious and neglects to work with the real facts of the case, and this is what we call out “foul” to and abhor.

Moreover, what really is called to question is: what drives you to defend the Japanese judges and prosecutors who are going out of their way to leverage every ounce of punitive measures they can dredge up against 2 fine people (non-criminals by any stretch of the imagination), when our every morsel of energy should be used to be Noseh B’Ol Im Chaveiro (with the Bochurim) and to feel their pain; and from this realization of pain, to cry out to Hashem on their behalf? Every ounce of energy used to defend the Japanese is robbing yourself of the energy to throw yourself in front of the Kisei HaKavod and beg for the plight of the Bochurim. The Japanese can defend themsleves just fine without your help; Jews need other Jews to defend them against our oppressors.