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Saturday, May 03, 2008

War criminal in Asia

This is so true. I always remebered what my grandfather and grandmother said about them. They were brutal and utterly evil. But all of sudden, japan becomes this democractic "peace loving" nation (today, their navy and their air forces are the largest in asia), that possesses a so called, "self defence force". No weapon on earth is ever "self defence" in nature. Given the might of their blue water navy, it doesn't look self defence at all.

I always had to endure the senior japanese man whom I attended the airfix modelling course at a shoppping complex off Selegie road. He kept blowing that japanese forces were really doing good and they are really the real victims. Sometimes I just cannot bear to listen to his crap that I walked out of his shop to take a breather. His ideas are weird and crazy, but what was even more unbearable was the two local gundam/anime craze jokers that barked and cheer him on his stories and skewed opinions. Usually, they will end up whacking Chinese or Koreans.

Finally somebody from the US decided to speak up for a lost generation that were victimized. The US is the least expected place that I can think of to stand up for the wrongs that were done to my grandparents's generation and my own people.



As for me, more japanese anime? Nah! I believe in the years to come, we will do better. Already the Koreans films are so much well received by our local housewives and aunties than japanese ones.

3 Comments:

  • Hi hi,

    Heheh. I understand, no one likes revisionism. No one likes distortions of history and a nation that has whitewashed this history. However...


    "But all of sudden, japan becomes this democractic "peace loving" nation (today, their navy and their air forces are the largest in asia), that possesses a so "

    60 years of it. Enforced by McArthur with a constitution to match.

    And they have been democratic.

    The current generation is not the guilty generation of the past. The previous generation is mostly dead. The leaders from that generation, Tojo and his irk are dead.

    You can't claim collective guilt on a people who have not known war at all.

    By Blogger Chuang Shyue Chou, at Wednesday, December 24, 2008 10:37:00 AM  

  • "called, "self defence force". No weapon on earth is ever "self defence" in nature. Given the might of their blue water navy, it doesn't look self defence at all.""

    Blue water navy without aircraft carriers and much amphibious capacity? I think that navy can't enforce anything. Can Japan land a division of troops at one instance anywhere? No. It's not possible with their capabilities. Japan can't be doing any invasion, not until they build aircraft carriers and numerous large LSTs.

    Most of their fleet is geared towards ASW work, ie trade route protection. It's quite obvious why. They aren't a self-sufficient island. Heheheh

    Boorish nationalists are found everywhere, even in Singapore. Japan is no exception.

    By Blogger Chuang Shyue Chou, at Wednesday, December 24, 2008 10:41:00 AM  

  • What we can do is to highlight the atrocities of the Imperial government of the 1940s.

    Educate people.

    Illuminate people.

    Show them.

    That way, modern day Japanese would have to confront that there is a dark part of their history that cannot be whitewashed.

    By Blogger Chuang Shyue Chou, at Wednesday, December 24, 2008 10:42:00 AM  

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