Genzaburo Yoshino How do you live?

Genzaburo Yoshino was born in 1899 studied literature n philosophy.in 1925,Japan passed the Public Security Preservation Law making it a crime for anyone to say or write things tgat were critical of the government.here we have the official secret act and the fake news law in Msia.A special branch of the poluce the Tokko or Thought police spied on political groups and atrested thousands of people for their progressive ideas esp those interested in socialism n communism.yoshino was imprisoned for 18 months.this novel has a powerful message on the value of thinking for oneself and standing up for others during troubled times.its a unique book,and particularly valuable to us now,when violence against citizens is on the rise and independent thinkers are being attacked by their governments both here and abroad.so Salman Rushdie of PEN and Snowden n Assange as defenders of free speech as well as young Aaron Schwartz will go down in our minds as fighters of freedom of expression and open knowledge to public domain. went to the hills and forest to seek solace in news of death of an old friend.the power of healing nature in the chirps of yellow sunbird n squirrels jummping on branches dispels the darkness of the soul.the question of why and how do you live have no answers.just live it.viva la vida.n cest la vie