I just stumbled upon a thought provoking view of Japan. I'm curious to hear the thoughts of any Japanese people who read my blog.
Although I haven't seen the plaque in the photo, I expect it is still on display. I think most Japanese people don't think so hard about "Why", they think more about "How". ... so from my perspective, there are still many things they didn't learn from WW2. Of course, there are many many Japanese people who will feel bad if they see the plaque in the photo, because it goes against their personal philosophy. But most of those Japanese (the free thinkers) wouldn't actually take action to remove the plaque.. only a crazy guy would do that! (Whereas, in the US, the fight to have it removed would be in the news. ..and an even more liberal example: in Europe, the people who removed it would be heroes.) The majority of Japanese people would read it and say "Oh, yeah, whatever, I guess so.."
(At least, that's my opinion.)
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1 comment:
Well, I personally think there are better and more effective ways to express one's patriotism. I, too, doubt the large majority of Japanese would agree with this plaque. It was written only 22 years ago. Where did you say it is on display? Dad
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