The verdict has been announced for the Nakano City four-murder case. In court, the perpetrator reportedly said, "I am an otherworldly being. This is a virtual space."
Honestly, I cannot understand it. Even if he experienced isolation or bullying, that does not justify killing people. His parents or family may have supported him, but still—committing murder and then calling it a "virtual space" is utterly cowardly.
Anger wells up. It's unforgivable. Yet this anger itself is proof that I have not crossed that critical line as a human being.
To preserve one's dignity at the end of life does not mean doing something noble or lofty.
It simply means not killing others. Even that alone is worth protecting.
The perpetrator shows no awareness of the destruction he caused and only performs an act to escape the death penalty.
It is true that Amida Buddha does not abandon anyone, and yet—once that line is crossed, one is almost finished as a human being. In a paradoxical way, such tragedies sometimes teach us what it means to walk the human path.
This is what "dignity at the end" really means.
日本語版note：
凡夫日記：晩節の価値
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