in article BD9C26BA.29AB6%eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp, Ernest Schaal at
eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp wrote on 10/20/04 2:29 PM:

> in article 2tmb77F21evoaU1@uni-berlin.de, m.yoshida at masa@yahoo.co.jp
> wrote on 10/20/04 2:26 PM:
> 
>> "Ernest Schaal" <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote in message
>> news:BD9C1FE1.29A8A%eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp...
>>> in article 2tm99gF1vl9m2U1@uni-berlin.de, m.yoshida at masa@yahoo.co.jp
>>> wrote on 10/20/04 1:53 PM:
>>> 
>>>> "Ernest Schaal" <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote in message
>>>> news:BD9C18DA.29A81%eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp...
>>>>> in article 2tm6vbF211ck1U1@uni-berlin.de, m.yoshida at masa@yahoo.co.jp
>>>>> wrote on 10/20/04 1:13 PM:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> "Ernest Schaal" <eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:BD9BC081.29A25%eschaal@max.hi-ho.ne.jp...
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Okay, so you estimate the number of Chinese victims at 40,000-50,000, so
>>>>>>> why
>>>>>>> do you say: "One of the reasons why Japanese scholars of modern history
>>>>>>> use
>>>>>>> the term "Nanking Incident" would be that the debate is included a
>>>>>>> question
>>>>>>> whether or not the "Rape" really took place."
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Do you think the rape occurred? Do you doubt that the Japanese military
>>>>>>> committed atrocities? Do you think the 40,000-50,000 deaths were
>>>>>>> justified?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> There seems to be a conflict between your most recent statement and that
>>>>>>> of
>>>>>>> the time before. I am not trying to trick you, instead I am trying to
>>>>>>> get
>>>>>>> you to clarify your remarks.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> By the way, I doubt the high numbers of the Chinese estimates and the
>>>>>>> real
>>>>>>> low numbers of the Japanese apologists. I don't doubt that rape and
>>>>>>> murder
>>>>>>> was used as a military tactic to scare other Chinese cities into
>>>>>>> surrender.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://www.wellesley.edu/Polisci/wj/China/Nanjing/nanjing4.html
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> You never answered my questions:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Do you think the rape occurred?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Do you doubt that the Japanese military committed atrocities?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Do you think the 40,000-50,000 deaths were justified?
>>>> 
>>>> I said three times here in this thread that my position is closed to
>>>> Prof. Hata's one.
>>>> 
>>>> Masayuki
>>> 
>>> Prof. Hata's article never comes out and answers the questions I asked you.
>>> Now let us do this simple.
>>> 
>>> Prof. Hata wrote that he expressed doubts about some of the sources, but he
>>> neither denied nor affirmed that the rapes occurred. Do you think the rape
>>> occurred?
>>> 
>>> Prof. Hata never commented on whether he thought the Japanese military
>>> committed atrocities. Instead, he wrote merely on the number of deaths. Do
>>> you doubt that the Japanese military committed atrocities?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Prof. Hata never commented on whether he thought the deaths were justified.
>>> Do you think the 40,000-50,000 deaths were justified?
>> 
>> He commented what you want to know in the following book:
>> http://tinyurl.com/5xxhs
>> First, read the original text in Japanese!
> 
> Why are you afraid to answer three simple questions?
> 
> Why are you afraid to declare whether you think the rape occurred or not?
> 
> Why are you afraid to declare whether you think the Japanese military
> committed atrocities or not?
> 
> Why are you afraid to declare whether you think the 40,000-50,000 deaths
> were justified or not?

The above are the three simple questions I asked

> Could it be that you are ashamed of your own views?
> 
> Could it be that you are ashamed of your own bigotry?

The above are two reasonable inferences from your refusal to answer.