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My wife's father led resistance against the Japanese in the area southwest of Beijing. He was shot and left for dead in the burial area. I am with my wife today
by miked 17y ago
My wife's father led resistance against the Japanese in the area southwest of Beijing. He was shot and left for dead in the burial area. I am with my wife today only because a doctor just happened to be walking by and spotted him breathing. Where are the pictures of him?
When the US conducted the Doolittle raid in early 1942, the Japanese responded by murdering 250,000 (yes, a quarter of a million) Chinese citizens in their enraged search for a few American flyers. Where are the pictures of those people?
Where are the pictures of those murdered by Japanese biological weapons unit? How about of those infants who were bayoneted by the Japanese during "the rape of Nanjing"?
The purpose of articles like this is not to convey history, but to give a certain kind of person a sense of self-worth, a sense they have trouble obtaining anywhere else. They make the world a little worse for their own ends, then tell themselves how caring and concerned they are.
- poppysan 17y agoI don't think you can try to make light of this WORLD DAMAGING situation with other evils. While the murder of innocents is very evil and condemnable, the effects of the atomic bombs can still be felt by those born deformed and sick by something so long ago. Not to mention the damage to the actual earth. I respect your father in law for his service, but this is larger than a soldier getting shot in wartime.
- miked 17y ago>> I don't think you can try to make light of this WORLD DAMAGING situation with other evils. I'm trying to think of how you got from my discussion of hundreds of thousands of innocents being butchered, these included some of my wife's relatives, to my "making light". >> the effects of the atomic bombs can still be felt by those born deformed and sick The effects of being bayoneted cannot be felt by any of those on the receiving end, at least after the first few minutes. >> Not to mention the damage to the actual earth. When it comes to down to a choice between ending the most horrific war in human history and damaging the earth, I'm going to have to go with the people every time. But then, I'm a secular humanist.
- dionidium 17y agoThis is a complete non sequitur. Photos of a destructive event do not imply that no destructive events preceded it. Further, the photos on that page are presented with relatively little commentary. Perhaps you're bringing your frustration with other articles you've read that suggested the bombings were unjustified to an article that does no such thing?