Would a Japan/China war be good for the US

[justrading]

To add to my earlier point about China and WWII, one of the sore points between Japan and China/South Korea/other Asian countries is the continuing visits to the Yasukuni Shrine by Japanese Prime Ministers and other leaders.

Imagine if Germany had a shrine to Hitler, Himmler et al, and Merkel visited it every year to pay her respects.

 

[justrading]

Quote from oldtime:

"they"? so that's the way those Chinese are

and how are "those Americans"?

just between you and me

I hear those blacks like to eat a lot of fried chicken

That's why I like Swedish girls

all they want to do is screw

Oh for heaven's sake OT leave the bloody political correctness out of this discussion.

I watched the Super Bowl with MY best friend, a Yank from upstate New York. HE brought along a couple of HIS friends. Even though it was 6 something in the morning here in Bangkok, WE all drank Bloody Marys and then lots of beer, interrupted by breakfast.

By the time the game was over, WE were all pretty sloshed. THEY left to do THEIR own thing but HE had taken a personal day so WE continued with beer and wine.

That concludes today's English lesson.

 

[oldtime]

Quote from justrading:

To add to my earlier point about China and WWII, one of the sore points between Japan and China/South Korea/other Asian countries is the continuing visits to the Yasukuni Shrine by Japanese Prime Ministers and other leaders.

Imagine if Germany had a shrine to Hitler, Himmler et al, and Merkel visited it every year to pay her respects.

it wouldn't be a shrine to Hitler

It would be a shrine to all those who needlessly gave their lives

In the name of a misguided cause

 

[justrading]

Quote from oldtime:

it wouldn't be a shrine to Hitler

It would be a shrine to all those who needlessly gave their lives

In the name of a misguided cause

You miss the point completely.

Google Yasukuni Shrine.

 

[oldtime]

Quote from justrading:

You miss the point completely.

Google Yasukuni Shrine.

why don't you just google, and tell me what it says? I am kind of busy, and have better things to do

If you don't care enough about it and your only reply is, "Google it" it must not be that important

you should google "apathy"

 

[justrading]

Quote from oldtime:

why don't you just google, and tell me what it says? I am kind of busy, and have better things to do

If you don't care enough about it and your only reply is, "Google it" it must not be that important

you should google "apathy"

I'm not in the business of educating the lazy and ignorant.

 

[oldtime]

Quote from justrading:

I'm not in the business of educating the lazy and ignorant.

sometimes, you just have to hope they die off, and don't reproduce

 

[justrading]

Quote from oldtime:

sometimes, you just have to hope they die off, and don't reproduce

Nah, I would never wish that of you. You're an OK bloke, if a bit grouchy at times.

 

[d08]

Quote from justrading:

I agree with you completely about the dangers of such views, though I am not sure I would characterise that as brainwashed. China suffered immensely in World War 2 and they tend to have a long view of things. It might be difficult finding Russians with nice things to say about Germans.

My parents both suffered in that war, my mother especially as she was interned by the Japanese (in Singapore) because she was classified as an enemy alien. They were not bitter, indeed when my mother visited Japan in the '60s she thought that they were rather nice on an individual level. But you never heard them say much about the war and the Japanese, other than occasionally recounting the horrors they went through.

Russians (that includes the government) still think Stalin was a great man and celebrate him - this is a guy who in fact killed more civilians than Hitler.
To this day, most Russians think they "liberated" Europe from evil Germans when in fact what they did is rape and pillage when it comes to Eastern Europe (excluding the obvious, German soldiers were respectful toward the ordinary civilian).

Oddly enough, while your parents suffered - what about the thousands of American Japanese civilians who were sent to internment camps on US soil simply for being Japanese (many died or were killed there consequently).

 

[oldtime]

Quote from justrading:

Nah, I would never wish that of you. You're an OK bloke, if a bit grouchy at times.

too late, I already reproduced, and those kids of mine have all kinds of independent ideas.