Comments on: Koreans and Asian Race Relations, USDM K-Rage http://blog.ronhsu.com/2009/07/01/koreans-and-asian-race-relations-usdm-k-rage/ Atia of the Julii, I call for justice! Tue, 29 Nov 2011 08:04:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jarrod http://blog.ronhsu.com/2009/07/01/koreans-and-asian-race-relations-usdm-k-rage/comment-page-1/#comment-1145 Jarrod Thu, 05 Aug 2010 17:15:44 +0000 http://blog.ronhsu.com/?p=526#comment-1145 Justin touches on why other Asian countries are so hostile towards Japan. On one hand it seems wrong to hold the current generation accountable for the actions of one that's pretty much dying off right now, but on the other, many see the modern Japan as complicit/condoning its past war crimes. Nazi Germany was arguably more criminal than Japan (at least in scale), but owning up to that history has done a lot to disassociate modern Germany from Nazi Germany. On the other hand, Japan's official government position has been analogous to Holocaust denial--comfort women were 100% willing, Rape of Nanking didn't happen, and Pearl Harbor was self-defense against American aggression. (At least, it did when I was interested enough to do the research a few years back. Things may have changed since.) I think the rest of Asia wouldn't be unwilling to forgive Japan if it admitted its past mistakes, but Japan's alternate denials and justifications shows that it is, at best, unrepentent, and at worst, biding its time to try again. Until then, you have this strange dissonnance between the pressure to associate with one of the most culturally and economically influential nations in the region, and this festering anger. Justin touches on why other Asian countries are so hostile towards Japan. On one hand it seems wrong to hold the current generation accountable for the actions of one that’s pretty much dying off right now, but on the other, many see the modern Japan as complicit/condoning its past war crimes. Nazi Germany was arguably more criminal than Japan (at least in scale), but owning up to that history has done a lot to disassociate modern Germany from Nazi Germany. On the other hand, Japan’s official government position has been analogous to Holocaust denial–comfort women were 100% willing, Rape of Nanking didn’t happen, and Pearl Harbor was self-defense against American aggression. (At least, it did when I was interested enough to do the research a few years back. Things may have changed since.) I think the rest of Asia wouldn’t be unwilling to forgive Japan if it admitted its past mistakes, but Japan’s alternate denials and justifications shows that it is, at best, unrepentent, and at worst, biding its time to try again. Until then, you have this strange dissonnance between the pressure to associate with one of the most culturally and economically influential nations in the region, and this festering anger.

]]> By: Justin Liu http://blog.ronhsu.com/2009/07/01/koreans-and-asian-race-relations-usdm-k-rage/comment-page-1/#comment-1016 Justin Liu Tue, 20 Jul 2010 04:16:36 +0000 http://blog.ronhsu.com/?p=526#comment-1016 Good story and good points. I thought I was imagining things at first/stereotyping but after a while I had to look for answers. regard this "I eventually did learn about Japanese atrocities on my own...It took a long time for me to calm down about it." Yeah, it's a wonder that this doesn't get more attention considering how hard the German government came down on pro-nazi behavior post war. Still I hope that one day chinese people in general can let go and make peace. (my family was from an area that the Japanese ran their anti-guerrilla campaign of "three alls" "Kill All", "Burn All" and "Loot All". ) Good story and good points. I thought I was imagining things at first/stereotyping but after a while I had to look for answers.
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“I eventually did learn about Japanese atrocities on my own…It took a long time for me to calm down about it.”

Yeah, it’s a wonder that this doesn’t get more attention considering how hard the German government came down on pro-nazi behavior post war. Still I hope that one day chinese people in general can let go and make peace. (my family was from an area that the Japanese ran their anti-guerrilla campaign of “three alls” “Kill All”, “Burn All” and “Loot All”. )

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