tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post8478549423177261767..comments2023-10-09T00:45:55.603+09:00Comments on Shisaku: Where The Sky Loves The SeaMTChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-69390898480959170122012-09-19T02:26:52.784+09:002012-09-19T02:26:52.784+09:00No, Japan takes first place in that horrible race,...No, Japan takes first place in that horrible race, easily surpassing Nazi Germany, itself a macabre accomplishment.<br /><br />What they did in China ~1930-1945 was beyond unspeakable. What they did to the Koreans 1905-1945 was bad enough, and arguably worse than contemporary western forcible colonizations of Vietnam, the Philippines, East Indies, Africa, India, and the US's occasional forays into Central America.<br /><br />I am talking specifics here, and the hurt of these past events is what is driving things today still.<br /><br />"Let's not argue over who killed who" is not going to resolve this.<br /><br />This is not about imprisoned minds, it's about why a family in Saitama still owns these islands. <br /><br />Their chain of title is suspect, to say the least.<br /><br />Of course, to prove title to any land you've got to trace it to the man who stole it.Troynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-85913395069551119942012-09-18T20:41:38.923+09:002012-09-18T20:41:38.923+09:00Troy -
There was more than enough barbarity meted...Troy -<br /><br />There was more than enough barbarity meted out by every major state of the 20th century to imprison all out minds in cells of hatred made for all eternity.<br /><br />No transfer of ownership over a pile of rocks in the middle of an ocean can set even a single imprisoned mind free.<br />MTChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04626942240117432624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6714063.post-27835636740217057102012-09-18T15:15:16.089+09:002012-09-18T15:15:16.089+09:00That I effortlessly knew you were referring to Kak...That I effortlessly knew you were referring to Kakuei in your opening I credit Van Wolferen's fine tome . . . <br /><br />As for the Chinese and their claims, since the Senkakus were yielded to Japan as part of their take-over of Formosa in 1895, they should never have been reclaimed by Japan in 1972.<br /><br />For the amount of outright barbarity the Japanese subjected the Chinese people to in the previous century, Japan should just hand the islands over forthwith.<br /><br />Japan has a $3T global net capital position -- including an increase of over $200B in their UST holdings -- they don't need whatever oil is there.<br /><br />Just let the Chinese take the damn place. (Easier said than done of course.)<br /><br />Troynoreply@blogger.com