Is anyone else still slightly creeped out by the Japanese?
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Jeeesh, give the Japanese a break! They atoned ... they atoned plenty! They gave us transistor radios, Godzilla, Rodan, Benihana, Kurosawa movies, tin toys, karate schools, Sony, Panasonic, Yamaha, and Mitsubishi cars, motorcycles, and electronics.
What else do ya want ... an apology note with a Whitman Sampler?
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"Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat it."
Is what I worry about with regards to the Japanese.
It's not personal. It's just war.
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:
Mostly, history is written by the victors.
That is why the Japanese example is particularly atrocious.
History is written by whoever is around to write it.
The Russian view of WW2 differs from the American view, as does the French, British, Australian, Canadian etc etc.
Everyone rewrites their own history to be as heroic as possible. That's why the French focus on the Resistance, the Russians of the battle of Stalingrad, the British on Dunkirk. The Japanese focus on the bombs and their impact. I'm not suggesting that its healthy of them not to acknowledge the atrocities they committed during the war, just saying that it's not unusual or creepy. Last time I checked my history, the Japanese and the Germans were not the only ones to have committed heinous acts during wartime.
I have to say I dont understand this thread or the views in it. I dont find the Japanese creepy, threatening or particularly weird. I know my father's generation hated them, but he was the WW2 generation, so it's kind of understandable. But that was, you know nearly 70 years ago. So a big ??? from me.
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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Jeeesh, give the Japanese a break! They atoned ... they atoned plenty! They gave us transistor radios, Godzilla, Rodan, Benihana, Kurosawa movies, tin toys, karate schools, Sony, Panasonic, Yamaha, and Mitsubishi cars, motorcycles, and electronics.
What else do ya want ... an apology note with a Whitman Sampler?
Indeed.
They also gave us Momofuku Ando, a guy who many have practically deified (and some now place in the Harvest Gods pantheon) for his efforts to feed everyone in the world possible, via a product that required no skill or tools beyond the ability to heat water.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momofuku_Ando#Commemoration_in_the_United
_States
Mind you, war itself is an atrocity, and beastly acts come with it, not least of which was our nuking of a primarily civilian population, japanese biowarfare efforts (Unit 731), german death camps, russian gulags, etc...
Ain't nobody innocent when the shootin starts, nobody.
-Frem
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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Jeeesh, give the Japanese a break! They atoned ... they atoned plenty! They gave us transistor radios, Godzilla, Rodan, Benihana, Kurosawa movies, tin toys, karate schools, Sony, Panasonic, Yamaha, and Mitsubishi cars, motorcycles, and electronics.
What else do ya want ... an apology note with a Whitman Sampler?
Datsun? Toyota? Lexus? Honda? Anime? hello?
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Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:Quote:
Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Jeeesh, give the Japanese a break! They atoned ... they atoned plenty! They gave us transistor radios, Godzilla, Rodan, Benihana, Kurosawa movies, tin toys, karate schools, Sony, Panasonic, Yamaha, and Mitsubishi cars, motorcycles, and electronics.
What else do ya want ... an apology note with a Whitman Sampler?
Datsun? Toyota? Lexus? Honda? Anime? hello?
Oh yeah, anime. Teenage girls love that stuff!
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Originally posted by Jongsstraw:Quote:
Originally posted by JEWELSTAITEFAN:Quote:
Originally posted by Jongsstraw:
Jeeesh, give the Japanese a break! They atoned ... they atoned plenty! They gave us transistor radios, Godzilla, Rodan, Benihana, Kurosawa movies, tin toys, karate schools, Sony, Panasonic, Yamaha, and Mitsubishi cars, motorcycles, and electronics.
What else do ya want ... an apology note with a Whitman Sampler?
Datsun? Toyota? Lexus? Honda? Anime? hello?
Oh yeah, anime. Teenage girls love that stuff!
Where is that perv 6? Asian girl groups.
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I'm not suggesting that its healthy of them not to acknowledge the atrocities they committed during the war, just saying that it's not unusual or creepy
I disagree, I think a nation being in denial about atrocities committed on such a massive scale is unusual.
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So a big ??? from me.
It's the slavish relationship the Japanese have with authority that worries me. Such unquestioning submission to authority makes me think of concentration camp guards 'just following orders'.
It's not personal. It's just war.
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Originally posted by kpo:Quote:
I'm not suggesting that its healthy of them not to acknowledge the atrocities they committed during the war, just saying that it's not unusual or creepy
I disagree, I think a nation being in denial about atrocities committed on such a massive scale is unusual.Quote:
So a big ??? from me.
It's the slavish relationship the Japanese have with authority that worries me. Such unquestioning submission to authority makes me think of concentration camp guards 'just following orders'.
It's not personal. It's just war.
Who are you and what have you done with the normally delusional kpo?
In this surrealistic experience, you are, like, kinda making sense, like. What gives?
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