[lit-ideas] Re: Is Huntington right?

Lawrence, to further your admiration of the Japanese and their cute little war 
dreams, read The Rape of Nan King by Iris Chang.  I heard her discuss it and 
wish I hadn't.  The Japanese actually shocked the Nazis with their brutality.  
You might think that cute too.   How can you abominate one class of people 
while admiring another for doing at least as bad or worse?  



----- Original Message ----- 
From: Andy Amago 
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 4/10/2006 10:31:04 PM 
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Is Huntington right?


Lawrence, you don't think that was bizarre?  Obviously not.  You said it was 
cute.  Cute little tanks going boom boom, then going to bed.  A regular bedtime 
story.  No wonder the Japanese were capable of Nan King.  They obviously saw 
nothing wrong with it.  It strikes me as strange that you get all up in the air 
over Muslims torturing, but you admire a population that did what it did in Nan 
King, which was far worse than what any Muslim has done, beheadings included 
and think cute their reduction of tanks to a bedtime story (or whatever that 
was).  Is that a bit inconsistent?  If they had half a chance, you don't think 
they'd do Pearl Harbor all over again with those cute little tanks?  


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Lawrence Helm 
To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: 4/10/2006 10:05:37 PM 
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Is Huntington right?


Occasionally after writing a note Ill have the vague impression that some 
Leftist or Liberal will find something to criticize.  I had that feeling about 
the note below.  I thought it might be in the category of  neglecting some 
other nation like Australia, or perhaps an indication that I was looking for 
trouble, but I didnt anticipate your approach Omar: that you arent surprised 
that I like Japan since they are racist.  Well, there you go.

Lawrence

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