2 ms·
> "Who's defending Imperial Japan?" When you repeat the justification that the Japanese government used for going to war with the US more or less verbatim with
by ThrowawayR2 2y ago
> "Who's defending Imperial Japan?"
When you repeat the justification that the Japanese government used for going to war with the US more or less verbatim without explaining the background, well, that would be you, sir.
> "I dislike the wholesale excusing of one sides actions because the other side was worse."
That's not a moral or principled stance. That's just whataboutism.
> "Given that Imperial Japan was so awful I'm wondering how far you would allow the U.S. to go?"
You seem to be looking for an answer to paint me in a bad light and I'm feeling magnanimous today so I'll oblige you: like most Asians other than the Japanese, I see no moral problem with either the atomic bombings or the firebombings of Japanese cities in WW2.
- JKCalhoun 2y agoI am white but I have been told by my (Taiwanese) manager that, "All Asian's hate the Japanese." I know only a little of the history of Japan and its neighbors but he assured me there is a long history of Japan being the aggressor behind this sentiment. I don't feel like I'm trying to paint you in a bad light, rather hoping you'll concede that one side doesn't get a free pass if the other does something atrocious. Perhaps it was my having been raised a Quaker during a formative period of my life, but an eye for an eye is quite the opposite of my philosophy.