tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post3350156217263922735..comments2023-10-28T07:30:04.147-04:00Comments on Human Voices: Prove it!Capt. Fogghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-61413663345326834522007-03-04T10:02:00.000-05:002007-03-04T10:02:00.000-05:00I don't know who is worse, those who forget histor...I don't know who is worse, those who forget history, those who ignore it, those who deny it or those who invent it, but I don't have much faith in progress any more.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the kudo.Capt. Fogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-12656383667794634232007-03-03T23:43:00.000-05:002007-03-03T23:43:00.000-05:00I agree with DK, this is an interesting post. I a...I agree with <B>DK</B>, this is an interesting post. I actually knew a bit about this prior to reading what you wrote but it's one of those things that is not largely or thoroughly covered and you've done an excellent job summarizing. Well done.<BR/><BR/>But hey, you know the old phrase right? Those that forget history...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-36206200443650427512007-03-03T09:12:00.000-05:002007-03-03T09:12:00.000-05:00And the bridge over the river Kwai, of course.The ...And the bridge over the river Kwai, of course.<BR/><BR/>The Chinese haven't forgotten, nor the Koreans or any other country overrun by the Japanese, whose atrocities sickened Hitler's observers for their sheer animalistic excess.<BR/><BR/>We've covered up for the Japanese for over 60 years. We punished very few of the worst war criminals and instead of hanging their version of Adolph Mengele, we hired him to teach us how to do it.<BR/><BR/>Why are we so in love with that police state with it's corrupt, racist and rapacious economy I don't know, but we are and we are encouraged to worship the mythology of their superiority to an extent I find nauseating.Capt. Fogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-54382861612023336622007-03-02T19:16:00.000-05:002007-03-02T19:16:00.000-05:00Interesting post. Other than the Bataan Death Mar...Interesting post. Other than the Bataan Death March, most of the history of World War II in Asia is glossed over in American history courses. I've also not seen any of this news concerning the current regime in Japan... I guess our eyes are on the Terrorism ball; at the expense of focusing on other contemporaneous terror.d.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08723367478934978210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-54632136251600774932007-03-02T18:23:00.000-05:002007-03-02T18:23:00.000-05:00We can do no wrong and we never did anything wrong...We can do no wrong and we never did anything wrong and we will punish anyone who says we did. There has been a move for years to get the schools to teach the history of WW II and it has been squelched and put down by their militarists and right wing politicians - meanwhile shrines to some of the worst war criminals stand - and have been visited by Abe.<BR/><BR/>It may be apocryphal, but I hear of Japanese tourists showing up at the memorial in Pearl Harbor and not knowing what it's about.Capt. Fogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03093968390001879062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15168595.post-13540707664387752412007-03-02T16:36:00.000-05:002007-03-02T16:36:00.000-05:00I have to read more about this guy, Abe... The rig...I have to read more about this guy, Abe... <BR/><BR/>The right-wing "we can do know wrong" machine sounds like it is in full swing on the other side of the Pacific.RRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12196333516263804947noreply@blogger.com