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Originally Posted by Chock
Joking aside - as the above threads clearly were - I don't think we should hold a grudge against an entire nation forever, after all, most people on this forum weren't even alive when WW2 took place. Yes, some of my relations suffered at the hands of the Japanese in WW2, but that's really up to them to hold a grudge, as they were the ones that suffered.
But having said that, it is slightly worrying to note that some history appears to have been tweeked before it is taught to Japanese children. Most nations have some stuff in their past of which they can be less than proud, certainly my country (UK) has done its fair share of stomping on other cultures throughout history, and while it's not really up to me to apologise for it, there is nothing wrong with accepting that it happened and keeping it in the history books.
So if the Japanese want to be proud and patriotic about their country, okay fine, but altering history isn't exactly a great basis for a proud heritage. Sure, they could be proud about some of the great technical innovations they made in WW2 and before (like the Mitsubishi A6M, Samurai swords or whatever), but an Orwellian-style missing out the nasty stuff from the text books is just plain wrong.
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Good points all round Chock. This thread is not really anything big; here in Canada we are made to stand for the anthem in grade school and the U.S. of course has the pledge of allegiance. The revisionism is fishy and certainly not helping to quell tempers in that region.
Here is an interesting paper on Japan's revisionism from the IJPS.
The idea that Japan is out to re-militarize and conquer is pretty silly :p