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From: worthj1970@yahoo.com (John W.)
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Subject: Re: Politicians block comic over 'fake' Nanjing Massacre tale
Date: 14 Oct 2004 15:15:23 -0700
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"Paul Blay" <ranma@saotome.demon.co.uk> wrote in message news:<ckmiee$qv3$1$830fa7b3@news.demon.co.uk>...
> "John W." wrote ...
> > Fascinating....
> > 
> > From the Japan Times
> > http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nn20041014a3.htm
> > 
> > Politicians block comic over 'fake' Nanjing Massacre tale
> > 
> > Shueisha Inc. said Wednesday it will halt publication of a "manga"
> > comic featuring the Nanjing Massacre of 1937 in response to complaints
> > by Japanese politicians who claim the slaughter never happened.
> 
> What purports to be the original protest text can be found here
> http://www.jref.com/forum/showthread.php?p=134388#post134388
> although doubtless I could have found a more official source.
> 
> It actually reads stronger than is implied in the Japan Times article in some
> respects.  One aspect skimmed over in the article is the accusation that 
> the Nanjing Massacre was (in main) a political anti-Japanese fiction by
> China.

I really, really wish I was surprised by this. Really I do.

I know every country has it's bonehead politicians, but somehow in
Japan there seems to be more (maybe they just get more publicity),
they don't seem to have any idea that they're boneheads, and they
don't have any aides stopping them from doing bonehead things.

John W.