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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (147308)5/20/2002 1:41:49 AM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) of 1585653
 
However, there is a HUGE difference. Korean freedom fighters never called for the death and destruction of Japan. Koreans never made it a formal policy to slaughter Japanese women and children (although I'm sure the thought had crossed their minds, to say the least). All Koreans wanted was their country back.

How do you do know that the S. Korean freedom fighters did not call for the death of all Japanese? If they did, it would not be a surprise.

As for Japanese women and children, we nuked Horishima and Nagasaki. How many women and children died that day? Does that make us terrorists? And if you don't think there wasn't terror that day, think again.

And most importantly, there was NO analog to Hamas in Korea during the Japanese occupation. No formalizing of an evil doctrine, no Mafia-like tactics to keep dissenting opinion from existing, no constant flood of suicide bombers onto the Japanese mainland targeting women and children.

The Koreans were very much under the thumb of the Japanese; they had little chance to rebel until near the end. The two situations are very different. The two cultures are very different.

And again, I don't condone suicide bombing; however, I am honest enough to admit that I can see how it can come to that. I don't think that makes me bad.

So before you continue conjuring up even more extreme scenarios, you might want to consider the many oppressed people groups throughout history (such as Korea 1910-1945) who never resorted to the organized evil that Hamas and other groups are spreading across Palestine.

What about the organized evil that goes on in Northern Korea? The ruler of N. Korea personifies evil; he has treated his people badly. Does it matter whether the evil is directed at the Japanese or the Korean themselves? Personally, I don't think so.

ted
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