Drug problems
Sep 22nd 2009 14:02
※I tried to rewrite the previous essay. Thank you very much.
Noriko Sakai, a Japanese popular actress and singer, was arrested on drug charges last August.
It made such a great impact that the media have continued their heavy coverage for over a month non-stop as if their broadcasting ethics were paralyzed.
Sakai’s image as a pure and innocent lady, which is far apart from that of the drug users, intensified her story.
This topic escalated, too, because it had been exposed immediately after the arrest of actor Mamoru Oshio for drugs.
A series of news have raised a question about how far drugs are prevalent into the entertainment world.
Noriko Sakai, a Japanese popular actress and singer, was arrested on drug charges last August.
It made such a great impact that the media have continued their heavy coverage for over a month non-stop as if their broadcasting ethics were paralyzed.
Sakai’s image as a pure and innocent lady, which is far apart from that of the drug users, intensified her story.
This topic escalated, too, because it had been exposed immediately after the arrest of actor Mamoru Oshio for drugs.
A series of news have raised a question about how far drugs are prevalent into the entertainment world.
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American media is just as bad, but I think scandal is amusing to people no matter where they are in the world.
artists of all societies are prone drug use and or abuse
Hello, John.
Thank you for the correction and suggestion.
I didn't come up with good words for the idea "ethics were paralyzed".
Your writing "ethics was effectively suspendid..." is clear.
I suppose English language prefers concrete expressions to Japanese does.
English doesn't necessarily "prefer" more concrete expressions. There is a diverse number of figures of speech. However paralyzed ethics is simply not something that resonates with an English ear. For example, you can have "ethics thrown out the window" or "ethics went on vacation" to indicate unethical action.
In fact I wouldn't say "paralyzed ethics" is wrong, it's simply not common enough to where I can pick up the meaning as quickly as something else.
An example where "paralyzed" would sound natural:
"The city was paralyzed with fear over the influenza outbreak."
In this case city can be equated to a limb or body where you have the normal state of voluntary action, and paralyzed state where voluntary action is impossible. I can't really equate ethics to a state of moving/not moving so the metaphor doesn't work as well.