Scott Reynolds wrote:

> On 10/19/2004 7:05 PM, Eric Takabayashi wrote:
> > Scott Reynolds wrote:
> >
> >>I never got the impression that Eric feels rage at White Americans, but
> >>maybe I'm just looking at what he wrote from a different perspective. I
> >>think he has a point about there being double standards when it comes to
> >>how some Americans assess their country's actions in wartime. I think he
> >>is exaggerating to some extent, though.
> >
> > Exaggerating what?
>
> The general degree of ignorance among Americans of the wrongs their
> country has committed (or that were committed in its name) throughout
> history.

So why don't Americans hate Americans who commit atrocities, demanding the
same be done to them as those darn Japs? (eg, recall handling of My Lai
Massacre) Why are they not as angry about American wrongdoing being covered
up? Why don't we teach such as _War Without Mercy_ or _Embracing Defeat_ in
all schools to show the darker side of the US and the human side of the
Japanese, during and after WWII? Why does survey show even American ignorance
of the A-bombings (or the reasons for them) is on the increase?

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