mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:

> So, how was the Nanking Massacre/Incident stopped?

Irrelevant.

> Do you see a difference, perhaps?

Irrelevant.

> > Do you recall the reaction (or should I say, lack of reaction)?
>
> If by "lack of reaction", you mean public outcry when the events came to
> light, then yes I do.

I mean how the men who risked their lives to stop the slaughter were also considered
traitors and forgotten for 30 years, or how even the only man convicted of
wrongdoing, enjoyed a degree of public support and was given favorable treatment
because of the President.

> I suspect you do not recall that, and having no recollection, are simply
> incorrectly assuming there was no public reaction. In fact, it was a
> HUGE story, dominating headlines for weeks.
>
> > Point?
>
> Right now, that you have no idea what you're ranting about.

It is you who are talking about irrelevant matters.

> >> If so, how does that square with your statement above?
>
> > The actions of and reactions to three men who stopped 150, and ONE who reported
>
> Tell me, Mr Takabayashi, which Japanese soldiers put a stop the Nanking
> killings? What public investigation into was performed? Who was
> court-martialed?

How is this relevant?

> > it one YEAR later, have nothing to do with my statement at all.
>
> Right, because it is apparent you have no idea WHAT the reaction to My
> Lai was.

I am talking about what people think of the men.

> > Please, please, you and Ernest go on and tell me all about how Americans can
> > view actions of Americans and Japanese in an equal light,
>
> Sorry, but I refuse to use your fabricated words.
>
> >or how Americans who
> > commit atrocity are no different from Japanese who commit atrocity.
>
> This makes no sense in regard to the first part of your sentence.
>
> Please keep your rants more coherent.
>
> >> And what did Japan do following Nanking?
>
> > More.
>
> Wrong;

Japanese didn't commit further atrocities?

> they instituted the "comfort women" program. See, the Tokyo
> government was concerned as well, but having no way (or will) to
> discipline anyone in the field, they figured the problem was the lack of
> "release" for their noble troops. Hence the program.
>
> > The US has not stopped, either.
>
> Sorry, you are way off here.

The US is not committing abuses, even now, with Americans turning a blind eye?

> > Point?
>
> That you don't know what you're talking about.

No, the point is you favor your own country and its people and history, over others.
Not remarkable or unusual, or to be criticized in itself, but you, like Ernest,
should at least be able to admit it.

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