I looked through your previous posts on Dictatorship Politics in TnT at Trinidad and Tobago News Blog. Nice work there….

I looked through your previous posts on Dictatorship Politics in TnT at Trinidad and Tobago News Blog. Nice work there….

Awesome information you have here. Thanks for sharing….

Awesome information you have here. Thanks for sharing….

I’ve never visited filthy Korea but I do in fact live here…

I’ve NEVER seen anything like Korea. They are obsessed with money and saving face. Even more so than America! They are one of the top countries consumed with consumer debt. Why? Because they will think nothing at charging a $1000 cell phone to keep up appearances but have no investing assets, no promising career and no plans to pursue the later two. There are so many people in this tiny country that its a cut throat competitive atmosphere that spills into their social skills. I’ve been stepped over and pushed by people at the ticket counters on the subways. A waiting line is something of a foreign word and notion as its evident in their driving! People are so impatient they drive on the sidewalks to bypass you!!! Being a pedestrian is a scary thing around here. I could type until there was no more daylight about how horribly rude, impatient, disgusting and sad these people are but I’ve already spent too much time on Korea!

I’ve never visited filthy Korea but I do in fact live here…

I’ve NEVER seen anything like Korea. They are obsessed with money and saving face. Even more so than America! They are one of the top countries consumed with consumer debt. Why? Because they will think nothing at charging a $1000 cell phone to keep up appearances but have no investing assets, no promising career and no plans to pursue the later two. There are so many people in this tiny country that its a cut throat competitive atmosphere that spills into their social skills. I’ve been stepped over and pushed by people at the ticket counters on the subways. A waiting line is something of a foreign word and notion as its evident in their driving! People are so impatient they drive on the sidewalks to bypass you!!! Being a pedestrian is a scary thing around here. I could type until there was no more daylight about how horribly rude, impatient, disgusting and sad these people are but I’ve already spent too much time on Korea!

When saying things like “Ever heard of the Seven Year War? If you’re a Westerner, you probably haven’t” it might help to point out exactly what you mean rather than suggesting Westerners are ignorant and leaving it at that. Especially as there was a “Seven Years War” in European history that most Europeans, if they know anything about the term, will be most likely to associate with it. Turns out the term here refers to the Japanese invasions of Korea in 1582 and 1597, and is not a term used in Japanese history, but presumably Korean. So in other words to be a Westerner familiar with the term you would need to be one familiar with Korean history (or possibly Chinese). On a blog called Japan Probe, most readers are more likely to be familiar with Japanese history. They are also likely to be familiar with the name Hideki Tojo. However Hitler and Tojo cannot be compared in any sensible manner – Hitler was the undisputed dictator of Nazi Germany, Tojo was the Prime Minister – and didn’t even manage to be PM for the entire war. Japan’s war leadership was much more a group effort.

I have never heard mainland war suffering dismissed as “trivial”, but despite the various atrocities visited by the Japanese on mainland Asia, one thing in their favour is that there was never anything analogous to the Final Solution.

Manga and history books depicting Japanese actions in WW2 in a more positive light are published because Japan has a quite free and robust publishing industry, and such things are legal. “Japan” doesn’t release revisionist manga – authors and publishers do. Remember the difference. So Kobayashi Yasunori can publish a series of rant-filled sensationalist Sensouron manga and make money. And people who think he is a blithering idiot can publish books that refute him. Just like the Kokumin no Rekishi debates. History TEXTBOOKS for school use have far more stringent standards. No major high school text denies war crimes (the Tsukurai textbook is neither remotely major, nor a denier: at most a minimizer (stating for example that the Nanking Incident death toll “is subject to much debate” rather than denying it outright)), and Japanese historians are generally very anti-Imperialism anyway, with a left-wing stance that dates back to at least Noro Eitarou’s prewar study of Japanese capitalism.

There’s debate, which may be joined by anyone who has anything intelligent or helpful to add, but to dismiss it as a “fight” is to give up on calm and rational analysis from the start and resort to emotionalism.

When saying things like “Ever heard of the Seven Year War? If you�re a Westerner, you probably haven’t” it might help to point out exactly what you mean rather than suggesting Westerners are ignorant and leaving it at that. Especially as there was a “Seven Years War” in European history that most Europeans, if they know anything about the term, will be most likely to associate with it. Turns out the term here refers to the Japanese invasions of Korea in 1582 and 1597, and is not a term used in Japanese history, but presumably Korean. So in other words to be a Westerner familiar with the term you would need to be one familiar with Korean history (or possibly Chinese). On a blog called Japan Probe, most readers are more likely to be familiar with Japanese history. They are also likely to be familiar with the name Hideki Tojo. However Hitler and Tojo cannot be compared in any sensible manner – Hitler was the undisputed dictator of Nazi Germany, Tojo was the Prime Minister – and didn’t even manage to be PM for the entire war. Japan’s war leadership was much more a group effort.

I have never heard mainland war suffering dismissed as “trivial”, but despite the various atrocities visited by the Japanese on mainland Asia, one thing in their favour is that there was never anything analogous to the Final Solution.

Manga and history books depicting Japanese actions in WW2 in a more positive light are published because Japan has a quite free and robust publishing industry, and such things are legal. “Japan” doesn’t release revisionist manga – authors and publishers do. Remember the difference. So Kobayashi Yasunori can publish a series of rant-filled sensationalist Sensouron manga and make money. And people who think he is a blithering idiot can publish books that refute him. Just like the Kokumin no Rekishi debates. History TEXTBOOKS for school use have far more stringent standards. No major high school text denies war crimes (the Tsukurai textbook is neither remotely major, nor a denier: at most a minimizer (stating for example that the Nanking Incident death toll “is subject to much debate” rather than denying it outright)), and Japanese historians are generally very anti-Imperialism anyway, with a left-wing stance that dates back to at least Noro Eitarou’s prewar study of Japanese capitalism.

There’s debate, which may be joined by anyone who has anything intelligent or helpful to add, but to dismiss it as a “fight” is to give up on calm and rational analysis from the start and resort to emotionalism.

There is a Chinese saying, when you visit a country, you follow the customs of that country. By what you say, they probably have to put up all sorts of signs: No peeing here, No pooping here. You can’t just do whatever you want in a foreign country. How about this, KoreanYoungBoy, I will go to your house, and start trashing around, why? because you didn’t tell me I can’t do it.

You were defending korea because you are a korean, and you were trying to justify all the bad things they do, shame on you.

(you can comment all you want, I am not replying or reading it =))

There is a Chinese saying, when you visit a country, you follow the customs of that country. By what you say, they probably have to put up all sorts of signs: No peeing here, No pooping here. You can’t just do whatever you want in a foreign country. How about this, KoreanYoungBoy, I will go to your house, and start trashing around, why? because you didn’t tell me I can’t do it.

You were defending korea because you are a korean, and you were trying to justify all the bad things they do, shame on you.

(you can comment all you want, I am not replying or reading it =))

Of course they know today’s Japan is not the same as old-time imperial. But every time something inconvenient occurs, they tend to be easily upset about Japan. They have certain prejudices against Japanese people who are now not that evil like some 65 yeas ago.

I am pretty critical about Japan’s wartime crimes and modern-history education and so on. But at the same time I cannot completely contradict that Koreans and Chinese are so small minded or mentally twisted against Japanese. It’s unfortunate enough and embarrassing for Japan.

Of course they know today’s Japan is not the same as old-time imperial. But every time something inconvenient occurs, they tend to be easily upset about Japan. They have certain prejudices against Japanese people who are now not that evil like some 65 yeas ago.

I am pretty critical about Japan’s wartime crimes and modern-history education and so on. But at the same time I cannot completely contradict that Koreans and Chinese are so small minded or mentally twisted against Japanese. It’s unfortunate enough and embarrassing for Japan.

Sometimes, you can’t just “let the past go”. Japan isn’t too keen on letting the Hiroshima past go anytime soon are they?

Japan has always been the black sheep of Asia. It’s been that way ever since they were first created as a nation. Japan has traditionally been the number-one getaway asylum for political prisoners, criminals, and other exiles from their own country, because it’s a small archipelago off the coast of Korea. Now, I’m not saying that as an anti-Japanese statement or anything, bare that in mind. Australia also started their history as a criminal colony, but that’s not having a huge impact on their current status right? What I am trying to do is shed some light on why Japan has always been a black sheep in the family. And most likely, it will remain that way until humanity becomes extinct or something. It’s nothing that can be helped. Ever heard of the Seven Year War? If you’re a Westerner, you probably haven’t. But basically, Japan has too much of a negative history with China, Korea, and other Asian powers to ever work themselves out of the black sheep status they have.

That said, their horrific World War 2 crimes are only the tip of the ice berg as to why Japan is so antagonized. You hear about the evils of Hitler and the Nazi Party, and how the Jews were victims in the horrible Holocaust war crime every day, but how many times have you heard anybody dedicating some memory to victims of Hideki Tojo? Do you even know who Hideki Tojo is? Most Americans don’t. But they know exactly who Hitler is. Anti-Semitism is also a big thing in Asia, Korea in particular. Many Asians are extremely bitter that their suffering under the Japanese Empire during WW2 is considered trivial compared to the Jews’ persecution under Hitler. Sixty something years after it all happened, Japan continues to release revisionist manga and history books that either deny their war crimes, or paint themselves in a more palatable light (“We only did it to HELP them! All those Chinese guys we shot down off cliffs were criminals to begin with! No, we don’t care if that was half the population of the entire country!”). Can you imagine the same thing going on in Germany today?

A lot of Americans find it easy to just say “Koreans should just get over it,” but the thing is, it’s not that simple. Like I said before, WW2 is just the tip of the ice berg. It’s a big, ugly ice berg you can’t truly know of unless you’re Asian. And it’s not an ice berg that’s melting away soon. My advice? Just don’t say anything. If you take the Korean side, you’ll look like an idiot. And if you take the Japanese side, you’ll look like an even bigger idiot. Don’t reprimand Koreans of being racist, don’t “forgive” the Japanese for their crimes. Just let it go. It’s not your fight, and it’s not your debate.

Sometimes, you can�t just �let the past go�. Japan isn�t too keen on letting the Hiroshima past go anytime soon are they?

Japan has always been the black sheep of Asia. It�s been that way ever since they were first created as a nation. Japan has traditionally been the number-one getaway asylum for political prisoners, criminals, and other exiles from their own country, because it�s a small archipelago off the coast of Korea. Now, I�m not saying that as an anti-Japanese statement or anything, bare that in mind. Australia also started their history as a criminal colony, but that�s not having a huge impact on their current status right? What I am trying to do is shed some light on why Japan has always been a black sheep in the family. And most likely, it will remain that way until humanity becomes extinct or something. It�s nothing that can be helped. Ever heard of the Seven Year War? If you�re a Westerner, you probably haven�t. But basically, Japan has too much of a negative history with China, Korea, and other Asian powers to ever work themselves out of the black sheep status they have.

That said, their horrific World War 2 crimes are only the tip of the ice berg as to why Japan is so antagonized. You hear about the evils of Hitler and the Nazi Party, and how the Jews were victims in the horrible Holocaust war crime every day, but how many times have you heard anybody dedicating some memory to victims of Hideki Tojo? Do you even know who Hideki Tojo is? Most Americans don�t. But they know exactly who Hitler is. Anti-Semitism is also a big thing in Asia, Korea in particular. Many Asians are extremely bitter that their suffering under the Japanese Empire during WW2 is considered trivial compared to the Jews� persecution under Hitler. Sixty something years after it all happened, Japan continues to release revisionist manga and history books that either deny their war crimes, or paint themselves in a more palatable light (�We only did it to HELP them! All those Chinese guys we shot down off cliffs were criminals to begin with! No, we don�t care if that was half the population of the entire country!�). Can you imagine the same thing going on in Germany today?

A lot of Americans find it easy to just say �Koreans should just get over it,� but the thing is, it�s not that simple. Like I said before, WW2 is just the tip of the ice berg. It�s a big, ugly ice berg you can�t truly know of unless you�re Asian. And it�s not an ice berg that�s melting away soon. My advice? Just don�t say anything. If you take the Korean side, you�ll look like an idiot. And if you take the Japanese side, you�ll look like an even bigger idiot. Don�t reprimand Koreans of being racist, don�t �forgive� the Japanese for their crimes. Just let it go. It�s not your fight, and it�s not your debate.