Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!news.daionet.gr.jp!news.yamada.gr.jp!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.wirehub.nl!news2.euro.net!216.196.110.149.MISMATCH!border2.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: "Ryan Ginstrom" Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Politicians block comic over 'fake' Nanjing Massacre tale Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 00:27:32 +0900 Lines: 28 Message-ID: <2tfhb5F1vl46qU1@uni-berlin.de> References: <73fde4f0.0410141040.6f70a6c4@posting.google.com> <73fde4f0.0410141415.1c2658f6@posting.google.com> <2tbirjF1tlj10U1@uni-berlin.de> <2tf2ecF1v20j3U1@uni-berlin.de> <2tfb4mF1uhk7mU1@uni-berlin.de> <41727888.E5AB9CBC@yahoo.co.jp> <2tfd93F1u9dlhU1@uni-berlin.de> <417283EF.78BF8224@yahoo.co.jp> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-2022-jp" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de a2hmYoY9U3GzVOWP9ghBLwg3cZq4/EJoXkyNBPnGN7gVVQDwdY X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:19530 "Eric Takabayashi" wrote in message news:417283EF.78BF8224@yahoo.co.jp... > I am not making any claims of "widespread rape" by Americans during the war or > occupation, merely that it happened. OK. Well, of the rapes that happened during the occupation I would say that it is not a war crime, which (I think) was your original question. For the rapes that happened during the war, I guess you would have to look at each case. But whether given actions were "war crimes" is not a very good way to categorize the suffering of the Okinawans, IMO. BTW, if you haven't read it I can recommend 図説 沖縄の戦い (ISBN: 4309760317) for a good account of the Battle of Okinawa. > Have you never heard of "Negro Cave"? No. -- Regards, Ryan Ginstrom ryang@gol.com