Originally posted by: gopunk
[the DIFFERENCE is that the Germans are apologetic and realize their mistake. JAPAN on the other hand, has YET to apologize for jack sh!t. they STILL do not think they did anything wrong.
I am willing to believe that the Japanese have changed, but they have not done anything to indicate it.
truth be told, this is partly the fault of the Chinese (and Korean and whoever else). Jewish people are very very vocal about the holocaust (well, and they're white) so everybody knows about it. The Asians... not so vocal, so not that many people outside of the Asian community are really aware of what happened, and so Japan has had no pressure to really address this issue. But what the Japanese did is just as horrible as what the Nazis did, and to a larger number of people. Don't let Hello Kitty fool you.
here's my 2 cents, i know i'm late to the post, and it's late tonight, so i can't read through 4 pages of text to bring up an issue at least day and a half old, but why not.
i actually thought of that when Schindler's list came out. I wondered Why can't Koreans or Chinese come up with something like that? but i'm not sure how much of it is actually the "fault" of those people. because you are looking at it with today's perspective in America. but if you look at it, Jewish American has been in the American culture for way longer than their eastern brethren in ww ii atrocities. just look for prominent Jews in American culture vs prominent koreans and Chinese. and no Notorious C.H.O a (horrid example of a Korean women) doesn't count, nor Jet Li's and Jackie Chen's, but they are first in line for the "asian invasion" of American culture.
In America, the view of Asia seems to be that of: Martial arts, rice rockets, small electronics, root of asian fetish for white boys. (other words, in the eyes of pop culture very limited to few things that they excel at.) IMO it is not so much that Asians are not vocal, it is that in the eyes of the public, their cries are still a whisper. But by discussing stuff like this in public, the voice will grow, and who know, eventually there will be a movie out called Kim's list or Chen's list or something but not so cheesy like the title ^^ to bring the focus of the mass public on to such atrocities committed years ago and have the offenders admit their guilt and try to atone for their atrocities.
In those countries, I know that esp in Korea, since I was born there, and lived almost half o my life there, the hatred for the Japanese runs deep, and for a good reason. If someone comes into rape their land, women, strip one of their culture, and try to take away the very essence being a citizen of that country, then pretend like nothing happened, or that it wasn?t a big deal, wouldn?t you be pissed to say the least? They are vocal alright, but there really isn?t a way for those in America to know about it, it?s not really your late night news material..
So the drawn out conclusion is this: they are making progress in having their voices heard. The more pop culture is exposed to things Asian, I?m sure it?s generate more interest which will eventually lead to public awareness both good and bad sides of the Far East. It won?t happen over night, and all we can do is take baby steps, but discussing it on forums like this is a step in the right direction, and it?s cool that so many people are into it. Hopefully my thoughts weren't boring, and made sense, and it wasn?t a repost of someone else?s thought.
Well on that note, merry x-mas ^^