Today, as I watch the NHK news, I am reminded of a conversation with my late father.

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"Tomoichi. You're mistaken."

I looked at my father's profile, a little surprised.

"As long as the aircraft is a civilian aircraft, shooting down a civilian aircraft for any reason is unacceptable."

I countered my father with a feeling of surprise.

"Even if it was clear that Korean planes were violating Soviet airspace for espionage purposes and threatening their national interests?"

The father told his son crisply.

"Even if the aircraft's captain and most passengers on board were spies, and even if they violated the airspace maliciously."

If there is only one innocent passenger on board, no one can justify the act of taking that life, no matter who it is."

To the stunned son, the father continued quietly.

Isn't that what we call 'human' and 'life'?"

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The father's words can be translated into the following lines

Even if there is a Hamas stronghold in the basement of the hospital, and even if the hospital personnel are Hamas supporters and are holed up in the hospital with malicious intent,

If there is just one unrelated sick person, child, or infant out there, no one can justify the act of taking that life, no matter who it is."

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I don't care which side "justice" is on. I am not interested.

I think, 'My father is right.