masayuki yoshida wrote:

> How many people are still ignorant?

Everyone reported as surprised, it would seem.

>
>
> > > If, despite of there
> > > being such rich references in Japan, many people are not familiar with the project,
> > > they would be very busy in doing other things for their own living.
> >
> > Like bitching about North Korea when they ignored the issue for over two decades. As a
> > matter of fact, there are thousands more Japanese and their descendants trapped in
> North
> > Korea, but despite some sparse news coverage such as of family members missing
> relatives
> > for FIVE decades, the public still doesn't care about them.
>
> What books did you read for the understanding of that?

I don't know there are books covering the widespread Japanese ignorance of Unit 731.
Japanese are probably ignorant of how ignorant they are. However, books such as Unit 731
Testimony written by an Australian, suggest the scope of the need for Japanese people to be
told.

> > > That is one of their choices.
> >
> > Like crying over 140,000 disposable pieces of paper instead.
>
> Common phenomena in Japan or other countries.

I know it is common in Japan, which is the country we are talking about. That is the
problem with Japan.

> > > I can understand that as a matter of sensitivity people don't want to
> > > know about such an evil history.
> >
> > You mean about their OWN wrongdoing. When it comes to Japan as victim, they must never
> > forget. Of course Hiroshima overshadows other mass deaths of Japanese during the war.
>
> Whether what you are talking about is their OWN wrongdoing is dependant on political
> positions.  It is not a right way to view historical events only from moral points of
> view.

Here we go again. Strange Japan does not take such a view when they demand the rest of the
world adopt their views on WWII, nuclear arms, or any other political position Japan has or
is promoting.

> > > To forget or to be unaware is *sometimes* the best way
> > > for getting through the stress burden society.
> >
> > What day was today? Why are the Japanese so sensitive about today?
>
> At war times, everyday people died.

So why is Japanese suffering or Hiroshima special? Why don't Japanese talk about suffering
in Asia (ten times greater) the same way?

> >How much less stress it
> > would be to forget or to understand such an outcome as inevitable when starting a war
> > against the US.
>
> What are you implying?  I have no idea.

I am saying you should adopt the same view toward Japan and  Japanese suffering, you are
promoting for other countries and their suffering. If people are supposed to be ignorant
toward Unit 731 and the suffering they inflicted, then Japanese should feel the same way
about Japanese suffering such as the A bombings.

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