Quote:
|
Originally Posted by goldorak
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by The Avon Lady
Noticing that you come from Italy and that we're talking about the former Axis countries of WWII, would you apply that to your country? :hmm:
|
It applies to every "democratic" country.
Japan has 2000 + years of history, and only 50 years of democratic government.
And I was answering to this quote : "They are way too democratic to go backwards now".
Japan has been a democracy for only 50 years, it represents nothing in respect to their whole history.
And to be honest, democracy was forced on japan, so it is not so radicated within their political culture.
Quote:
|
I wouldn't, although Italy has tinkered with fascism every now and then.
|
No, since the end of ww 2 Italy has been a democratic republic.
Quote:
|
While the Japanese supress the hsitory of their own wickedness which they perpetrated during WWII, this appears to be done in order to avoid a national shame. I think that's a shame and a disgrace in itself but I don't see this as a sign or a concern of their reverting back to the days of an emporer with his empire.
|
Maybe japan will not revert to the old ways, but they sure as hell have a nationalistic and expansionist view that if given free reign could bring more harm to the region than north corea, cina, russia and india put together. |
LOL, you're a funny man. Any country could bring more harm to that region, any country could bring more harm to any region of the world for that matter. To single out Japan is silly. Japan's history does not make it any more potentially dangerous than any other country within the region or the world today. The fact that the parents and grandparents of modern day Japan were imperialists and expansionists does not mean that the Japan of today is in any way more likely to revert back to the old ways (In the words of Saladin from Kingdom of Heaven, "I am not that man". If you want to go that route, that's like saying that the Germany and Italy of today are just as likely to revert back to fascism and start another war in Europe. Or that France or Britian would return to being imperialists and decide to take back their many former colonies in Africa and Southeat Asia and the world.
Conclusion: Japan is no more of a threat than any other country in the world, history does not dictate your future. Your future is made in the present and what you do at this very moment.
EDIT: I don't think I got across whay I was trying to say.