Comments on: Japan News for December 05, 2006 http://www.japanprobe.com/2006/12/05/japan-news-for-december-05-2006/ Japan News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Garrett http://www.japanprobe.com/2006/12/05/japan-news-for-december-05-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-3582 Garrett Tue, 05 Dec 2006 03:04:42 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=747#comment-3582 That's attributing a bit too much to Perry, don't you think, Madneo? Perry's arrival definitely ahd an impact, but was hardly the only precipitating factor in Japan's civil war and the concurrent Meiji restoration. In order for Perry's arrival at Shimoda to have had the impact that it did, conditions for a complete upheaval of society must have been at least partially in place, which they were. The point of the article on George Mason's HNN site was not that Perry was the only factor, but seems to be targeted at Americans who think the Pearl Harbor attack more or less came out of nowhere. That’s attributing a bit too much to Perry, don’t you think, Madneo?
Perry’s arrival definitely ahd an impact, but was hardly the only precipitating factor in Japan’s civil war and the concurrent Meiji restoration. In order for Perry’s arrival at Shimoda to have had the impact that it did, conditions for a complete upheaval of society must have been at least partially in place, which they were.

The point of the article on George Mason’s HNN site was not that Perry was the only factor, but seems to be targeted at Americans who think the Pearl Harbor attack more or less came out of nowhere.

]]> By: madne0 http://www.japanprobe.com/2006/12/05/japan-news-for-december-05-2006/comment-page-1/#comment-3569 madne0 Tue, 05 Dec 2006 01:56:11 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=747#comment-3569 "Was Pearl Harbor a direct result of Perry’s opening of Japan? This historian argues that it was." Of course it was. If not for Perry, Japan would be stuck in the 17th century. Hence, no airplanes. Damn you Perry. Damn you to hell. “Was Pearl Harbor a direct result of Perry’s opening of Japan? This historian argues that it was.”

Of course it was. If not for Perry, Japan would be stuck in the 17th century. Hence, no airplanes.
Damn you Perry. Damn you to hell.

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