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You mean an event that occurred nearly an entire generation ago, and for which almost none of those responsibile are still living?

Kinda shitty to hold that legacy over the heads of an entire people. You're not really making a good case for your supposed moral superiority.

> nearly an entire generation ago

A generation on average is around 25 years. I'm pretty sure the Nanking massacre happened a bit longer than that.

To be fair, they don't regret a thing. They still have shrines to honour war criminals, and continuously downplay what they did.

to be fair, the US still has statues to honor slavers, people continuously downplay what they did, etc. people aren’t a monoculture, though Japan definitely still has its own issues with their past

2 uber-dangerous super-violent nukes will turn even the Sardaukar to a peace-loving nation

Posadas was right.

This is being down voted b/c the Nanking massacre is both old, and not unique. But ... it is worth examining the assumed strong culture of morality. Is it morality? Is it just norm-compliance or rule following? Is it shame or fear of shame? Is there really a basis for calling whole societies more or less moral? Or does morality just get expressed in different ways in different social contexts?

Without invoking war crimes, one could ask about gender inequality, LGBT rights, or the status of racial minorites in Japan. Are these reflective of a particularly "strong culture of morality"?

Japan : the one and only country in history with violent and brutal chapter in it's history.

It's about losing wallets...

Japan has a strong culture of pacifism too. What happened 80 years ago doesn't change the facts on the ground, today.

But, they still don't acknowledge the crime and are oblivious to the situation. I see this as hypocrisy.

I remember the following punch line from one of Japan's anime :).

"To protect the world, we must accept our sins and our accompanying ruin."

Most countries with atrocities in their past under-acknowledge their atrocities while simultaneously over-acknowledge the atrocities of their competitors.

Are you really cute? x_x

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