Agreed. Even though this has a hilarious start, and I still love this mini drama, some things are indeed not really…
honestly a couple of times she deserved to be buried in concrete. but yeah doesn't have to be "the end". it could've been 3 lives setup "money" down, time for "honey" ... and finally "brainy" :D
my memory could be playing tricks now, but germany's re-evaluation of that time came late 60s early 70s when some…
yeah that's the guy, and the election where his old role became known was in 1962. so despite that knowledge he managed to get elected in 1962 and later became a chancellor in 1966. not bad.
Although I understand your thoughts and feelings, one thing about your post bothers me, and that is, that there…
well, there was another vocal nazi guy falkenhausen a career military guy who wrote a lot about japanese way. obviously he wasn't the only advisor there. many were criticizing that japanese approach was creating resistance fighters but quite a few were also calling them out on the basis of violating basic military codes and saying such behaviour was beneath civilized nations. also reports from german ambassadors to china & to japan. so yeah there were few nazis were although not horrified but definitely disgusted.
but yeah it's all before 1939 and medical experimentation was not common knowledge. i could be wrong but i don't think nazis and japanese shared their research so it's unlikely that either side would horrify their peers in this context.
This is a tough one. I deeply condemn, and empathize with Korean sentiment regarding the horrific, inexcusable,…
my memory could be playing tricks now, but germany's re-evaluation of that time came late 60s early 70s when some lad with serious baggage was going up for election. prior to that public opinion polls indicated that they did nothing wrong. japan still maintains they did nothing wrong.
Although I understand your thoughts and feelings, one thing about your post bothers me, and that is, that there…
i'm sure there are a lot of letters and diaries floating around prior to ww2 mainly debating how that alliance would work out. even before nazis got into full stride. actually yeah, i think there are a lot of documents after the fall of nanjing. not just john rabe's but when germany decided to cut ties with china and ally with japan.
but yeah feels weird arbitrating who was "better" in war crimes olympic games.
oh right, so Masaji Kitano & Co of Unit 731 had no choice but conduct vivisection on people from baby to old…
Well if you're not from europe then your exposure to that history will be limited. In WW1 that was the case, but not in WW2. Lads were signing up with optimism and expected a fast victorious war.
reason why those 2 countries ignored all conventions and rules of war because they didn't think they could lose. but it's generally accepted now that as far as atrocities they are all time champions.
So, of course can't deny someone a right to respect whoever but they shouldn't be surprised if they are scorned.
So… a boycott in 2025 over something said in 2015 Because everyone remembers exactly what they said or believed…
I'm pretty sure there was a year where every 2 weeks some western celebrity was apologising for a homophobic or whatever remark made a decade or even decades ago. I guess it died down in the west so feels new. But yeah I agree in principle.
oh right, so Masaji Kitano & Co of Unit 731 had no choice but conduct vivisection on people from baby to old…
does america feel guilty about middle east? i'm kind of getting a completely opposite impression.
it doesn't matter that he didn't do that. if some german said "I respect my grandfather, we are here today thanks to them" and it turns out his grandfather was working in some concentration camp my eyebrows would be on the back of my head. my impression would be "he didn't do that because he didn't get an opportunity" as they say "if it quacks like a duck..."
that said, some countries in europe, us & canada can publicly commemorate their nazi ancestors.
but they shouldn't be surprised if their take on the situation will be met with scorn in other countries.
btw, i assumed you're from europe if you are from asia i could've used different examples.
oh right, so Masaji Kitano & Co of Unit 731 had no choice but conduct vivisection on people from baby to old…
oh, so turns out you are an apologist after all.
in any case in germany there's law, where in the privacy of your own home you can worship your grandpa for whatever.
if you get his paraphernalia and go out in the streets and will start saying that he was a good nazi not like the other nazis that's against the law and some people will be annoyed with you regardless. while in japan even a mass murderer will be giving lectures to school kids.
so how japan deals with that burden of guilt gives a very wrong different vibe to a lot of people.
My problem with stuff like this is, while yes Koreans were victims of the war....so were the Japanese. People…
oh right, so Masaji Kitano & Co of Unit 731 had no choice but conduct vivisection on people from baby to old people. i'm not being a nazi apologist but from what i read compared to those lads Dr Mengele look like a philanthropist. In any case just like ss & gestapo in germany kamikaze squadrons were considered elites. So only idealists needed to apply. definitely no rich person forced them to go there.
anyway unlike the nazis, they were not tried for war crimes because US protected them in exchange for the research they made. would be interesting to see how much of this research helped out big pharma companies.
but yeah it's all before 1939 and medical experimentation was not common knowledge. i could be wrong but i don't think nazis and japanese shared their research so it's unlikely that either side would horrify their peers in this context.
but yeah feels weird arbitrating who was "better" in war crimes olympic games.
reason why those 2 countries ignored all conventions and rules of war because they didn't think they could lose. but it's generally accepted now that as far as atrocities they are all time champions.
So, of course can't deny someone a right to respect whoever but they shouldn't be surprised if they are scorned.
it doesn't matter that he didn't do that. if some german said "I respect my grandfather, we are here today thanks to them" and it turns out his grandfather was working in some concentration camp my eyebrows would be on the back of my head. my impression would be "he didn't do that because he didn't get an opportunity" as they say "if it quacks like a duck..."
that said, some countries in europe, us & canada can publicly commemorate their nazi ancestors.
but they shouldn't be surprised if their take on the situation will be met with scorn in other countries.
btw, i assumed you're from europe if you are from asia i could've used different examples.
in any case in germany there's law, where in the privacy of your own home you can worship your grandpa for whatever.
if you get his paraphernalia and go out in the streets and will start saying that he was a good nazi not like the other nazis that's against the law and some people will be annoyed with you regardless. while in japan even a mass murderer will be giving lectures to school kids.
so how japan deals with that burden of guilt gives a very wrong different vibe to a lot of people.
mainly because they don't feel it's a burden.
In any case just like ss & gestapo in germany kamikaze squadrons were considered elites. So only idealists needed to apply. definitely no rich person forced them to go there.
anyway unlike the nazis, they were not tried for war crimes because US protected them in exchange for the research they made. would be interesting to see how much of this research helped out big pharma companies.