11/11 Author of Rape of Nanking committed suicide:
http://csua.org/u/9xx
\_ From the article: "Many soldiers went beyond rape to disembowel
women, slice off their breasts, nail them alive to walls. Fathers
were forced to rape their daughters and sons their mothers as other
family members watched."
\_ Where does that info come from I wonder?
\_ The article said she interviewed survivors in China.
\_ Considering the well-documented atrocities committed
by the biological warefare Unit 731, these things
are all very plausible.
\_ So here's what I don't undestand. How did Japan go
from this level of barbarism to being some of the most
peaceful people in the world in one generation?
\_ America.
\_ Perception of external threats from western
imperialist nations leading to desire to have
its own colonial empire leading to invasion
of korea, manchuria. Ideology of superiority
of Japanese and society turning militaristic
leading to despise and dehumanization of
other asian people. Whether Japan is peaceful
or not is still to be seen. It can only be
judged when the nation is under duress. US
did have a positive influence on Japan since
WWII.
\_ Is Japan denying what Unit 731 did too?
\_ I just searched for Unit 731 on google, and boy, I got
pretty angry. I guess what the US did to the Iraqi
prisoners seems like Child's play in comparison.
Now tell me, is Japan denying Unit 731?
\_ the right wingers certainly are denying it,
or the very least, not wanting to teach it
in school or discouraging people to write
about it.
\_ It's pretty horrid. Look for the William Kristol
interview with a veteran of that unit.
The guy's statements are stomach-turning. -John
\_ There were also interviews of Japanese soldiers
who witnessed or participated in the Rape of
Nanking. Some felt a lot of guilt, while others
tried to explain it.
\_ And how have they ruled out some pissed off Japanese right wing
nut killed her?
\_ why do you hate right wing Japanese people?
\_ It's that whole SoCal supermarket--samurai sword thing.
Read up on Yukio Mishima, you may be amused. -John
\_ The US govt is not interested in embarrassing its Japanese ally
with whatever war crimes it committed in China. I don't think it
has ever been interested.
\_ Well, "authorities" said it was suicide. What "authorities"?
Local cops, I assume. How difficult is it for leet Japanese
ninja types to fake a suicide that will fool the local
constabulary?
\_ An alternative theory is that the research on the Bataan
Death March which the http://sfgate.com article said she was doing in
Kentucky days before she was foudn dead traumatized her enough to
commit suicide. Like maybe she opened up old wounds of some
80-year-old WWII vet and felt guilty about it...
\_ What's he gonna do, beat her to death with a walker?
\_ you're a craven asshole.
\_ Not really, I thought pp was making nonsense hypotheses.
Wasn't meant like that.
\_ I agree, but then it's well known the motd is full
of psycopath.
\_ And FOB idiots. |
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