[lit-ideas] Re: Is Huntington right?
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 21:10:31 +0100
> My father's uncle (great uncle?), was a Japanese prisoner of war.
so was one of my uncles, Simon: on the Burma Road. (It was something we
never talked about; not that I knew him at all well.)
Judy Evans, Cardiff
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From: "Simon Ward" <sedward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 8:59 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Is Huntington right?
> > Simon, what do you think of what the Japanese did in Nan King, and, more
> > importantly, their remorse-less reaction to it today? I don't know
about
> > Britain, but in the U.S. one of the things the justice system looks for
is
> > remorse, regret, sorrow over one's actions. There was none of that in
the
> > Japanese response. The Chinese people were demonstrating against their
> > heartlessness. What do you think of that situation?
>
> Irene,
>
> Sometimes it's difficult to remove one's tongue from one's cheek, but I'll
> try.
>
> My father's uncle (great uncle?), was a Japanese prisoner of war. Like
many
> with the same experience he didn't ever talk about it. We can only presume
> that theirs was an horrific time, and indeed the evidence bears this out.
> For some years, veterans made great attempts to obtain an official apology
> from Japan, but to little avail. The Japanese, it seems, whilst being
> exceedingly polite, have a certain pride which doesn't allow them to
> apologise.
>
> The best analysis that came out of it concerned the Japanese culture, in
> particular the warrior ethos in which it was seen as cowardice to
surrender.
> The Japanese applied this to their enemies and the result was a brutal
> prison camp regime.
>
> I've no doubt John McCreery can enlighten you much more than I can where
> this is concerned and certainly, I have no views to express as regards Nan
> King.
>
> I'm currently reading about 'Blowback' and 'False Flags'. I'm leaning
> towards the latter.
>
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