[seowulf]

Something has always bothered me about applying group blame for the acts of individuals. I don't expect to get credit for my parents good deeds nor blame for their misdeeds, and neither should today's generation of Japanese.

Most of the WWII generation is gone and those alive had nothing to do with the war.

You're right that it should be remembered. Not so that we can blame the Japanese as a group, but so we can learn the lessons of history and that people can behave like real SOB's if they lose the restraint of civilization.

[kellynla]

And that is why people like me and others are here.

To remind those who have forgotten and to educate those who never learned.
Because those who forget history are doomed to repeat it.

Never Forget!

Semper Fi,
Kelly

[MagnusMaximus1]

"Most of the WWII generation is gone and those alive had nothing to do with the war."

Though that is basically true, it does remain a fact that, comparatively speaking, a much larger number and percentage of Nazi leaders were held accountable for WWII atrocities. Many of those who escaped prosecution and/or punishment by the War Crimes Tribunals were hunted down and "justice" was eventually served. However, that was - still is - not the case with the Japanese imperialists. Those who were not tried, imprisoned or executed, went on to become rich, powerful political leaders and/or industrialists in post-war Japan.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Japanese war crimes were planned, fostered and directed as a national policy. Today's revisionism is also a national tactic. The denial is multi-generational and, in fact, the ongoing racist attitude of the Japanese as a superior Asian race is still present in the highest levels of their society as article on FR have documented several times. The accountability of the Japanese for Japanese barbarism has never been acknowledged.