"Eric Takabayashi" <etakajp@yahoo.co.jp> wrote in message 
news:41727888.E5AB9CBC@yahoo.co.jp...
> "m.yoshida" wrote:
>
>> > Masayuki,
>> >
>> > Are you denying that the Chinese consider the Japanese actions to be rape,
>> > massacre, and war crimes?
>>
>> I will answer your question after you answer my question, okay?
>
> I'd like to know when the US will bow to foreigners' opinions to recognize any US
> actions past or present, to be rape, massacre, or war crimes, to go so far as to
> use those terms in our own language and history books, in the way Japanese are
> expected to condemn themselves.

Hi, Eric. Greetings.

We appear to be on the same wavelength.

>> > Do you really believe that the Chinese think the Japanese Army was "gentle"
>> > with them?
>>
>> I will answer the above question after I get your answer, okay Mr. Ernest?
>
> Okinawans do not seem to believe that either army was gentle with them, despite
> the fact the damage could have been far worse. After all, two thirds of the
> population of the main island remained alive, and 80 percent of the island is
> still available for civilian use. But pouring flaming gasoline or throwing
> grenades into civilian cave shelters or rape in Okinawa are not recognized as war
> crimes, and many kids in the US go without hearing of it.

Ernest will ask a question: "Eric, which passport do you have, the US or
Japanese?"

Masayuki

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