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To: Worswick who wrote (7224)	10/20/1998 3:46:00 PM
From: Bosco	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9980

G'day all - dear Clark, regarding Nanking Massacre, not sure I dare to bite off for more than I can chew, but memory is a funny business. In the worst case scenario, we as a species forget the lesson but perpetuate the hatred. Even recently, the reactionary elements in Japan has refused to acknowledge the event in history as characterized by a young scholar [forgot her name and locale, possibly Berkeley.] OTOH, as time goes by, fewer and fewer people retain the 1st or even 2nd hand memory of the event. Idealistically, I do think people should learn from history like this and the Holocaust. Japan is always a culture of contradiction to me. OOH, it has allowed itself to be hijacked by perverted militarism until the detonation of the 2 atomic bombs. OTOH, it is a culture that produces sublimed thinkers like DT Suzuki and Yasunari Kawabata. Does the Chinese have "hostility" and antipathy toward the Japanese? Well, if the former does, it is misplaced. As time goes by, the proportion of mainland chinese touched by the Cultural Revolution and the Nanking Massacre grows increasingly apart. At the intellectual level, if Nanking Massacre is the catalyst of racial anger, then Cultural Revolution is fertile ground for self-hatred. I do not think that the Chinese hates itself on both pragmatic and philosophical grounds. An aside, as it is one of Steve's themes, it is interesting to point out Chiang Kai Shek and Chou En Lai, among others, were once students in Japan. Ok, so much for philosophizing <g>, on a separate but no less sober note, some more disturbing news about Indonesia in today's NY Times. After the massive reaction against the ethnic chinese last summer, the blood thirst seems to rachet up another level. Some muslim leaders were killed and a full blown retribution ensured. Sad! best, Bosco