Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: ysd_m@yahoo.co.jp (masayuki yoshida) Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Gifu bombing anniversary? Date: 7 Jul 2003 16:04:46 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Lines: 40 Message-ID: <545bd492.0307071504.2137ebd@posting.google.com> References: <3F05CA44.9F142BE8@yahoo.co.jp> <545bd492.0307041729.584a4fdd@posting.google.com> <545bd492.0307051812.607d5677@posting.google.com> <545bd492.0307060259.ded87dc@posting.google.com> <3F080357.7FBD4621@yahoo.co.jp> <3F0973F7.32C604E1@yahoo.co.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: 219.186.4.21 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1057619086 9861 127.0.0.1 (7 Jul 2003 23:04:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 7 Jul 2003 23:04:46 GMT Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:2251 Eric Takabayashi wrote in message news:<3F0973F7.32C604E1@yahoo.co.jp>... > Scott Reynolds wrote: > > > On 7/6/2003 8:09 PM, Eric Takabayashi wrote: > > > > > masayuki yoshida wrote: > > > >>Although Eric ALWAYS points out the lack of our > > >>history knowledge, are American people far more knowledgeable about > > >>their own nation's past than Japanese? > > > > > > This is totally besides the point, and this attempt at diversion is a common > > > tactic among Japanese when confronted over Japanese political or social issues. > > > > Why is it beside the point? > > Because he is trying to cloud the issue by turning the attention to America, which > does indeed have its own problems. But we're talking about Japan. This is no more than your guess, Eric. I was not trying to cloud any issue by turning the attention to other topics. As a matter of fact, there is no reason why I was doing so. If you want to discuss any topics on Japan and Japanese with me, kick off them anytime. I will make comments on them as far as I have spare time and am interested in them. Then, how about this topic - why dozens of school head committed suicide recently in Hiroshima, your prefecture. Anyway you seem to have mental stress that you should relax. Are you all right, Friend? Masayuki > > This "Japanese youth are amazingly ignorant > > of history" line is just another variant on the "Japanese are unique" > > myth, and I really don't think it stands up very well to scrutiny. As > > Masayuki pointed out in another post, some kids (like he himself as a > > high school student) are interested in history and take the trouble to > > learn something about it by reading books, watching documentaries on TV, > > and the like. Others could care less. I think you can find both types of > > kids in just about any country.