シニシズムではなく

中国がアメリカの発表した人権レポートに反論した，という記事．他人のことをとやかく言える身分か，と．

BEIJING, March 9 — China today criticized the human rights record of the United States, arguing that racial discrimination remained pervasive and that the American military abused prisoners held at detention centers abroad.
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The Chinese report also noted a deterioration in conditions for Muslims in America since the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks and bemoaned the use of "various kinds of torture" at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and other overseas detention centers where suspected terrorists are held.
The unchecked spread of guns in private hands and secret wire taps authorized by the White House were among the other rights problems China cited.(J.Kahn@NYT3/9/2006)

人権擁護の程度の低さを非難し合うという姿は太平洋戦争中の日米英関係を彷彿させる．しかし，所詮「人権」はプロパガンダのネタでしかないというシニカルな理解には与することはできない．上述のような地政学的な変化があるにしても，そのような文脈においてしか受け取られないとしたら残念なことだ．

Allies of a Kind: The United States, Britain, and the War Against Japan, 1941-1945