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Hi, I’m Sarah, welcome to The Daily English Show.
Today I recommend a song by the Sex Pistols.

The Sex Pistols are an English band that formed in London in 1975. And apparently they’re still active, although not with all the members that were around back in the day.
In 1979, one of the members, Sid Vicious, died when he was only 21.

The Sex Pistols’ first single was called Anarchy in the U.K. and it was released in 1976.

Wikipedia says this about the song: The song's lyrics espouse a nihilistic and violent concept of anarchy.

So, firstly, what is anarchy, or anarchism? Well, for starters, the symbol is an a inside a circle.

Anarchism is a political philosophy encompassing theories and attitudes which reject compulsory government (the state) and support its elimination, often due to a wider rejection of involuntary or permanent authority.

So, I think anarchy is basically something about rejecting government and authority but not necessarily endorsing violence because there are many different ways of thinking that come under the label of anarchy.

But that song definitely seems to be supporting violence:

I am an antichrist
I am an anarchist
Don’t know what I want but
I know how to get it
I wanna destroy the passer-by cos I
I wanna be anarchy!

STICK NEWS

Kia Ora, this is Stick News. Yesterday a man in New Zealand was arrested because a check he wrote for a $10 pizza bounced 16 years ago.

　ニュージーランドである男が逮捕されました。　逮捕理由は16年前に10ドルのピザを配達してもらった時に発行した小切手の不渡りでした。

In 1992, a guy called Richard ordered a Pizza in Wellington, New Zealand. The pizza cost $10 and he paid by cheque.
The cheque bounced and a warrant was issued for Richard’s arrest.
But Richard sometime after the　cheque bounced, Richard moved to Australia and he didn’t know he was a wanted man.
According to the New Zealand Herald, on a recent trip back to New Zealand he “found himself behind bars after stepping in to calm a mate's run-in with police.”
The police checked his identification and discovered the outstanding arrest warrant and then took Richard to the District Court and told him about the $10 bounced cheque.
He pleaded guilty to using a cheque dishonestly.

　1992年、リチャードという男はニュージーランド、ウェリントンでピザを注文しました。　ピザ代金の10ドルは小切手で支払いました。
　小切手は不渡りとなりリチャードに逮捕状が出ました。
　しかし不渡りの後、リチャードは逮捕状が出ている事を知らずにオーストラリアへ移住しました。
　ニュージーランド・ヘラルドによると、最近ニュージーランドに戻ったリチャードは「友だちが警察ともめているところを、友だちを助けるため間に入ったところを逮捕された。」とレポートしました。
　警察は逮捕したリチャードの身分証明書を確認すると未解決の逮捕状が出てきました。　その後、リチャードを地方裁判所へ連れて行き、彼に10ドルの不渡り小切手について尋ねました。
　彼は、小切手の不正利用の罪を認めました。

And that was Stick News for Friday 24th of April.
Kia Ora.

今回のニュース

今回のスティックニュースのイラスト

THE SNOW REPORT

　　in Hirafu

The mountain is still open because there’s still a bit of snow at the top. But this is what it’s like at the bottom. Green.

Word Of The Day

Today’s word is nihilism.

nihilism
n.
the rejection of all religious and moral principles, often in the belief that life is meaningless.

friday joke

Last night I had a dream that I was a muffler.
When I woke up I was exhausted.

I found today's joke here.

※exhauste には２つの意味があり、一つは排気、もう一つは疲れてヘトヘトになる。

conversations with sarah

　　How long are they staying for?

Jim
Do you have any plans for Golden Week?
　ゴールデンウィークの予定は？

Sarah
Yeah, I have friends coming to stay.
　友だちが遊びに来る。

Jim
From New Zealand?
　ニュージーランドから？

Sarah
No, from Aichi.
　いや、愛知から。

Jim
Cool. How long are they staying for?
　何泊するの？

Sarah
Ah, for five days.
　５日間。

サラのメモ：
What is an anarchist?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism

knfの独り言：
世の中には色んな思想があるんですね。　勉強になります。
アナキズムとは

Show 713 Friday 25 April
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