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German cities still have plagues/statues/memorials everywhere to remind people about the holocaust and the past. In Japan, you will not find a single prominentl
by dba7dba 12y ago
German cities still have plagues/statues/memorials everywhere to remind people about the holocaust and the past. In Japan, you will not find a single prominently placed memorial to remind people about the wrongs Japan did, unfortunately.
Even the few small ones that had been placed in country side have been taken down in recent months/years thanks to Abe. And interestingly, Abe's mother's ancestors are from Korea supposedly.
- ekianjo 12y ago> German cities still have plagues/statues/memorials everywhere to remind people about the holocaust and the past I don't attribute much importance to monuments and statues. Do people actually care about them ? There were monuments to the ones who fell during 14-18 all over Europe and it did not prevent any of the European countries to enter a large scale bloody war all over again 20 years later. So what are the monuments good for?
- dba7dba 12y agoGermany: Reminding one's population of the country's sins is the true sign of sincere apology. Japan: When you actively rewrite history books to hide your past sins, you cannot be apologizing sincerely.
- ekianjo 12y ago> Japan: When you actively rewrite history books to hide your past sins, you cannot be apologizing sincerely. I agree with you on this, but if you think Japan is the only country rewriting history books my friend, you are deeply mistaken. Look at what US kids are taught about History, and cry.
- dba7dba 12y agoekianjo, of course not. But we are talking about japan here.
- Mithaldu 12y ago> I don't attribute much importance to monuments and statues. Do people actually care about them? Yes. Here's a cemetary of russian victims in the center of Hannover, right across the street of one of the most popular gathering places in the entire city. https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4lzlr7p5kmao7s1/AACiUPiTvnMoYYom-E3FGmGMa?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4lzlr7p5kmao7s1/AACiUPiTvnMoYYom-... https://goo.gl/maps/MkW1V https://goo.gl/maps/MkW1V Notice how it's well-kept and clean.
- Crito 12y agoHow many plaques and statues does Japan need to erect before you will be satisfied? I posit that even if they installed as many plaques and statues as Germany, you would still find another reason to criticize them.
- dba7dba 12y agoThe issue is there is NONE in Tokyo as far as I know. I would love to be proven wrong with links, pics.