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[khyber]

That's effed up.

Man those Japanese government officials will go to some pretty insane lengths to convince it's people that they were acting morally responsible during WWII.

[The Bobster]

Calling Guri Guy, calling Guri Guy ... thought you'd be here by now, actually.

[Guri Guy]

I am a little busy at the moment. I did notice the thread however.

Keep an open mind and be objective and we can have a civil discussion later. Otherwise, I won't bother. Thanks.

[The_Conservative]

Where's Gord when you need him? He also cast doubt on the Nanjing massacre if I remember rightly....

[Alyallen]

There's a time to argue and a time to shut the hell up and let sleeping dogs lie...

Good choice, guys

[cbclark4]

Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.
(some long hair from a few years back said that)

[The Bobster]

[Alyallen]

[The Bobster]

[stevemcgarrett]

Ya know, I've been to the Nanjing Memorial, my wife has family who lost everything to the Japanese elsewhere, and my father fought against the Japanese during the war, seeing their "handiwork" firsthand.

It's really despicable the lengths that many in the Japanese government will go to in denying their sordid war record. The excuse used to be that only right wing reactionaries held these views but now it's become almost mainstream.

I'd like to believe it is a matter of saving face but after nearly seven decades of mounting evidence, including countless testimony from former Japanese soldiers, that excuse has also worn thin.

While I don't condone rubbing the Japanese collective noses in their historical crap heap at every available opportunity--as Koreans are wont to do (unlike most Chinese)--they must be held accountable for their public positions, including visits to the war shrine.

On a similar note of concern: I wonder what the official Japanese position is on the scorched earth tactics it used in January and February, 1945 as they retreated from Manila. The number of civilians killed there might have exceeded the number in Nanjing, not that that alone matters much.

I'm still amazed--although I should know better--at just how many Japanese tourists to the Pearl Harbor Memorial are ignorant of what happened there too.

So here's a BIG middle finger to you wannabe samurai and all the apologists for them.

[jinju]

evil people. Abe's party is basically what you would get if the Germans were morally deprived like the Japanese and still had the NSDAP around. sick country.

[Ilsanman]

So the Japanese documents say 20,000 died, and the Chinese say 300,000? My guess is the true number 'lies' (good pun, huh?) somewhere between the two of them.

Though I choose not to study history based upon the fact that it's pretty much all fairy tales, I seem to see this trend within Asia, where the bullshit meter is going skyhigh.

[YoshaMazov]

I'm surprised Abe didn't mention the time in '45 when the evil US empire dropped two atomic bombs on Japan completely unprovoked and then failed to rebuild any of the country.

Japan doesn't always make the most sound decisions. It's like the Onion headline from Our Dumb Century, "Japan Forms Alliance With White Supremacists in Well-Thought-Out Scheme"

[Ilsanman]

No, biting America's hand is more Korea's specialty.