<news:iJV5b.137906$ This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it It seems like that anti-Japanese propaganda that was around during the war still survives to an extent today. It's a pity that people like Sue continue to perpetuate such nonsense <snip patronising crap Snip away, I just hope that you'll think again before spurting your racist propaganda all around the web again. It's for your benefit too, Sue. I've seen your posts in the past and my level of respect for you dropped quite significantly after your little ill-thought outburst. Author Iris Chang reacts to Iris Chang's book is not regarded by even those Japanese who do accept the Nanking massacre, and for good reason. I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to find out why, because I can't be bothered with you. What a damn shame.  Everyone in the country will lose sleep over that bit of startling news. Funny that you should pop your head into a thread about the whaling issue again. Until you are prepared to discuss the issue taking the facts into full account (rather than just making up a load of bollocks) I don't know why you bother. As for Sue, she is not worth the bother. She has criticised an entire race of people _base_d on the actions of a sub group of that race. This kind of stereotyping is commonly known as racism . She has criticised Japan's dealing with history and then mentioned Iris Chang's book, which contains numerous inaccuracies. This kind of statement is commonly known as hypocrisy .

The media do report it, and it is taught in schools. Japanese live in a democracy and to suggest that the media is somehow suppressed (by whom?) is just not correct. You claim.  Why is it that many knowledgable commentators on Japanese society disagree with you? By the way, the short scene depicting the rape of Nanking was censored from the movie Empire of the Sun before it was released in Japan.  The Japanese distributors of the film claimed falsely that this was done with the consent of the director.

comprehension problem here. Totally minor comprehension problem compared to Phelan's, which are too major for me too address. which is all rather convenient for you huh ? All right, as you are keen to improve your reading skills, I have bothered to correct your earlier post.  Enjoy.

: Totally minor comprehension problem compared to Phelan's, which are too : major for me too address. You evidently were unable to read the information in the posted URL.... What you posted is just Nizkor's home page.  What specifically do you want me to read?

I'll leave it as an exercise for the reader to find out why, because I can't be bothered with you. Mutual, I'm sure.

Righty-o Phelan, some free comprehension tuition. Your original sweeping generalization was that somehow all Japanese were responsible for what happened over 50 years ago. I said: Remember the Japanese are a whole nation of holocaust deniers - they still haven't faced up to anything they did in WWII except the comfort women. that is a sweeping statement, you can twist it around anyway you like. you say the Japanese are a whole nation of holocaust deniers which is completely inaccurate and untrue, which is what I was pointing out.  It is a generalisation as you are making the assumption that every citizen of Japan is a holocaust denier and that they haven't faced up to what happened during WW2. There may in fact be a significant number of people, possibly even a majority of citizens of Japan, who are deeply sorry for what went on, but no, in your eye's they are ALL holocaust deniers. I would still say that is a generalisation, and the only denial going on here is that you cannot accept that you have exaggerated the whole matter.