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TAR20 Leg 11: Best showcasing of Japan ever?
kenchan:
--- Quote from: DrRox on May 10, 2012, 12:26:41 AM ---kenchan...........this is an intersting thread. But I have a question. The following quote from your first post is extremely ambigious to me. Maybe I am just simple minded, but would you explain what you mean by it. I have been to both Hiroshima and Nagasaki......and personally I appreciated the memorial in Nagasaki more....
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Thanks - and sure, I can explain, but which part?
DrRox:
Oops........I forgot the phrase.......my bad.
* The TRAGEDY of Japan: Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima
choroneko:
--- Quote from: DrRox on May 10, 2012, 12:53:56 AM ---Oops........I forgot the phrase.......my bad.
* The TRAGEDY of Japan: Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima
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I think he was just referring to the ones featured or shown in leg 11 of season 20. Nagasaki was not visited.
choroneko:
--- Quote from: kenchan on May 09, 2012, 10:46:08 PM ---
--- Quote from: SuperTux on May 09, 2012, 09:09:19 AM ---
--- Quote from: starrynight on May 09, 2012, 01:42:03 AM ---I'm sure hardly anyone hates Japanese people now, time moves on and people move on, new generations come along as well. Japan has moved on as well.
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This is NOT true in East Asia. Browse fora and you'll see Chinese people, Korean people and Japanese people hate each other online. :lol: Sometimes it looks funny to see them attacking each other.
I appreciate this thread because it helps ventilate the WWII issue and people from different nations can exchange ideas, which would narrow the gap between our opinions. Here I'm gonna say what Chinese people, as far as I know, think of Japan in terms of WWII history. :)
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Thanks for the reply, SuperTux.
The atrocities committed by the Japanese military in the earlier half of the 20th century no doubt gave rise to the animosity felt by Chinese and Koreans even to this day. I have heard that text books in South Korea even in recent years discussed the Japanese occupation (1910-) and the events up to the end of WWII in a rather strong tone (against Japan), which are most likely perpetuating those views. Needless to say, this is not a proud era in Japanese history.
This is why it's so important we take time to talk about it and to reflect upon historical events ( even Phil retweeted my tweet about this thread! :) ).
If we take the lessons from history and spend time understanding why things happened from both angles, as bcp19 suggested, we can all become better citizens of the world -- and hopefully prevent WW3.
* Why did those events happen?
* Why did they *have* to happen?
* And perhaps most importantly, imagine if we were in the political hot seat at the time. What would we have done differently? Or similarly?
* While we are at it... What would the world look like today if WWII didn't happen? And can we use any part of that imagination to prevent future conflict at such a massive scale?
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I always thought, what could've been a better alternative for the atomic bombings?
If it wasn't for those bombings, Japan will never surrender, the war could last longer and could cost more lives.
kenchan:
--- Quote from: DrRox on May 10, 2012, 12:53:56 AM ---* The TRAGEDY of Japan: Atomic Bomb Dome in Hiroshima
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It's a place where a symbol of the human tragedy of war is preserved to this day.
The one in Nagasaki (http://g.co/maps/v9f9q) embodies peace and hope, while the one in Hiroshima embodies the (dare I say this) terror of war in its raw form. They seem to convey the same hope for peace but from opposite angles, which is also interesting. Thanks for bringing this up.
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