mtfester@netMAPSONscape.net wrote:
> In fj.life.in-japan Prophet of the Way <afu@wta.att.ne.jp> wrote:
> 
>>I found this site by a group of historians that call themselves 'liberal' (jiyuu
>>shugi shikan):
> 
> 
>>Iris Chang's Errors in 'The Rape of Nanking
>>looking for truths in the sea of war-time propaganda
>>http://www.jiyuu-shikan.org/nanjing/
> 
> 
> The problem I have with books like Chang's is that it gives ammo to
> those who would refute the whole idea of a massacre. Ie, if a sufficient
> number of errors in a particular work can be found, then the whole
> focus of the book will be called into question. 
> 
Yep. By focusing on the particulars people get away from the fact that 
regardless of how many people were killed it's still an atrocity.

John W.