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To: Elroy who wrote (229723)	4/18/2005 2:34:25 PM
From: combjelly	Respond to of 1576653

"Fine, but this is the type of detail that should be in the news." Yup. There is little or no attempt at analysis. And for something like this, it is critical. Unless you are interested in the details that led up to WWII or had origins in that area, the Rape of Nanking or the occupation of Korea isn't likely to be something you know much about(1). The pervasiveness of the Japanese apologists doesn't really come up unless there is some event that comes up like the "comfort women" or the current riots. Frankly, I don't even know how pervasive the apologists are. Every once in a while a Japanese government official will say something stupid, but you know politicians, and every few years there is a furor over some newly approved textbook(2). But with no insight into how textbooks are approved, who knows what that means? Is this the equivalent of some Georgia school district putting stickers on biology textbooks saying that evolution is just a theory, or is it the national equivalent of Texas saying that abstinence is the only form of contraception that will be taught in the public schools? (1) Not that I know much about it. Atrocities have never been my favorite topic, but the events surrounding and leading up to WWII are worthy of study. The Japanese glorification of Bushido resulted in those who they took over to be held in contempt. And the contempt, along with the shame that grows out of that, might be a more powerful motivator to the Chinese than the rapes and killings. (2) Your statement of "along the lines of "we don't think it is good to educate our 7 year olds that Japan raped and murdered 30 million Chinese from 1930 to 1945. We'll teach them that when they are 16." Or something like that." probably would be accepted. But in 2000(I think) when the issue of textbooks came up, the Japanese government responded something along the lines of "the way we teach history is an issue of sovereignty. We will teach it in any way we see fit". That, needless to say, was not a very comforting statement...

To: Elroy who wrote (229723)	4/18/2005 3:32:15 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1576653

The Japanese are calling it the Nanking "incident" where only 20-40k Chinese were killed.........big discrepancy and the Chinese are outraged. Fine, but this is the type of detail that should be in the news. I've seen spots on this situation for 3 weeks, and the "Chinese" side's demands are not really made clear. It's not that hard for a news station to say "This is exactly what the textbook says blah, blah, blah", and this is what the Chinese think it should say "blah blah blah". And then its odd that the Japanese don't provide some explanation (which makes sense to me) along the lines of "we don't think it is good to educate our 7 year olds that Japan raped and murdered 30 million Chinese from 1930 to 1945. We'll teach them that when they are 16." Or something like that. The story "The Chinese are upset about a textbook which glosses over wartime atrocities" should be a headline, not the complete story. Agreed. ted