http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2007/03/05/now-playing-china-and-japans-tragic-history/ Uniting the Asian Conscience Tue, 18 Nov 2008 09:17:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2007/03/05/now-playing-china-and-japans-tragic-history/#comment-259 Kuroyama Thu, 08 Mar 2007 04:13:47 +0000 http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2007/03/05/now-playing-china-and-japans-tragic-history/#comment-259 IMO the denial is the sticking point. Its the saying to the face of "sorry", when the actions clearly show the opposite to be true. In school I learned so much about how Japan had assumed a pacifist role in modern society, and had renounced war. Now I live in Japan but thats not the Japan I live in! Rising sun flags are everywhere, Nazi uniformms, and gear can be bought from mail order companies with ease. In every bookstore there are books and videos celebrating the 3rd Reich, Hitler, and asking the question of what would happen had the Axis powers won! I wasnt expecting docile timidity, but neither was I expecting a country working to change their constitution to allow them to bear nuclear weaponry... IMO the denial is the sticking point. Its the saying to the face of “sorry”, when the actions clearly show the opposite to be true. In school I learned so much about how Japan had assumed a pacifist role in modern society, and had renounced war. Now I live in Japan but thats not the Japan I live in! Rising sun flags are everywhere, Nazi uniformms, and gear can be bought from mail order companies with ease. In every bookstore there are books and videos celebrating the 3rd Reich, Hitler, and asking the question of what would happen had the Axis powers won! I wasnt expecting docile timidity, but neither was I expecting a country working to change their constitution to allow them to bear nuclear weaponry…

]]> http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2007/03/05/now-playing-china-and-japans-tragic-history/#comment-248 Cattygurl Wed, 07 Mar 2007 03:12:39 +0000 http://www.thefighting44s.com/archives/2007/03/05/now-playing-china-and-japans-tragic-history/#comment-248 It's unfortunate that there are still factions of people that have their ego and self-esteem wrapped up in a false sense of nationalism that they choose to stay in denial. I don't understand their position of trying to downplay or call the situation an incident- even if it was 100 people, that's 100 lives lost. It’s unfortunate that there are still factions of people that have their ego and self-esteem wrapped up in a false sense of nationalism that they choose to stay in denial. I don’t understand their position of trying to downplay or call the situation an incident- even if it was 100 people, that’s 100 lives lost.

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