[chrisser]

I’m not as familiar with this issue as I’d like, but I have some sympathy for the Japanese of today. How many of those who committed atrocities in WWII are alive today? I don’t feel any responsibility for slavery because I wasn’t there. Should today’s Japanese feel responsibility for the actions of their grandparents?

[GoldenState_Rose]

Chrisser, the difference is that we acknowledge slavery, discuss it, and as a nation have condemned it.

Japan is not at that point with their dark pages.

[D_Idaho]

I agree. Sometimes it’s hard to let go of the past, but eventually, you have to move on.

[GraceG]

[ I’m not as familiar with this issue as I’d like, but I have some sympathy for the Japanese of today. How many of those who committed atrocities in WWII are alive today? I don’t feel any responsibility for slavery because I wasn’t there. Should today’s Japanese feel responsibility for the actions of their grandparents? ]

While Cultural Marxism is still around, it is not safe to acknowledge the sin of your people’s past because they will use it to destroy your country, your culture, and your race.

If we can someday throw Cultural Marxism into the toilet hole it deserves to be in we can discuss and acknowledge all the sins of the past, until then I don’t blame any civilized country who doesn’t want to lest they give their enemies a giant “guilt button” they can press repeatedly for resources.

[fidelis]

"I’m not as familiar with this issue as I’d like, but I have some sympathy for the Japanese of today. How many of those who committed atrocities in WWII are alive today? I don’t feel any responsibility for slavery because I wasn’t there. Should today’s Japanese feel responsibility for the actions of their grandparents?"

I was in Hawaii last October and visited the Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor for the first time. I was a little surprised to see the place full of Japanese tourists, mostly honeymooners. They were all very solemn and respectful as they walked through the large exhibit rooms.

Anyway, as you know if you have visited the Memorial, there is a short video you watch before you take the skiff out to the Memorial itself. The video thoroughly narrated and showed footage of the events that led up to the Japanese attack, the attack itself, and the aftermath, including an enumeration of casualties. After the lights came back on, I saw several young Japanese women with tears streaming from their eyes and visibly sobbing over what they had just seen.

[Old Teufel Hunden]

"Should today’s Japanese feel responsibility for the actions of their grandparents?"

I can't speak for everyone, but I'm not asking them to feel shame for the actions of their nationalistic forbearers. I do think it's fair to acknowledge their past and not deny it however. Keep in mind, these same people that are denying that any of this ever happened would like to see an apology from us for dropping the bombs.

I would contend (along with many American servicemen who were looking at the prospect of invading Japan) that we saved more Japanese lives by dropping that bomb than not dropping it. For proof of that, read what the Japanese civilians did on Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa.