dreamdrifter said...

dreamdrifter at 09:02 AM JST - 6th October

What I am saying is that all countries have a right to commemorate their war dead, Japan included.

The problems with Yasukuni are - The propagandist museum attached to the shrine, and - The fact that class A war criminals (who do NOT even fall under the category of "war…

Posted in Saitama provides schools with gov't document allowing Yasukuni trips at 09:02 AM JST - 6th October
dreamdrifter at 08:13 AM JST - 6th October

Yawn. I posted:

at the end of the day it's a place where a country commemorates its war dead. This has been said countless times before but don't all countries do that?

and you replied:

dreamdrifter- The answer is negative.

So which part of my post does your "negative answer"…

Posted in Saitama provides schools with gov't document allowing Yasukuni trips at 08:13 AM JST - 6th October
dreamdrifter at 07:58 AM JST - 6th October

TheGreatEscape - the point you initially disagreed about was whether or not Germany commemorates its war dead, was it not?

Posted in Saitama provides schools with gov't document allowing Yasukuni trips at 07:58 AM JST - 6th October
dreamdrifter at 06:59 AM JST - 6th October

Germany, which was Japans ally during World War II does not have a place where the war dead are listed and honored.

Erm, I have seen countless memorials in Germany commemorating its fallen from both world wars.

If a country can't have a war memorial because it has committed war…

Posted in Saitama provides schools with gov't document allowing Yasukuni trips at 06:59 AM JST - 6th October
dreamdrifter at 05:54 AM JST - 6th October

As for the rights and wrongs of Yasukuni, at the end of the day it's a place where a country commemorates its war dead. This has been said countless times before but don't all countries do that?

Posted in Saitama provides schools with gov't document allowing Yasukuni trips at 05:54 AM JST - 6th October
dreamdrifter at 05:46 AM JST - 6th October

Leopalace and jerseyboy - I think you've got it a bit wrong when it comes to self reflection. Self-reflection - "hansei" - is VERY much part of Japanese culture and the education system. One of the key ideas in fact.

What the Japanese education system utterly fails to do is…

Posted in Saitama provides schools with gov't document allowing Yasukuni trips at 05:46 AM JST - 6th October
dreamdrifter at 08:59 PM JST - 1st September

The article mentions that "The Japanese Foreign Ministry said Thursday that the Chinese Ministry of Public Safety..." etc but according to your logic this is not a credible source simply because it is written in a news article.

Here's a question for you Dogdog - what you would consider a…

Posted in Chinese factory insiders suspected of tampering with dumplings at 08:59 PM JST - 1st September
dreamdrifter at 01:08 AM JST - 30th June

Seiharinokaze - your quote has no bearing on the topic. Whether or not Japanese rule modernised Korea is irrelevant - colonial rule is colonial rule.

Posted in Japan's colonial rule of Korea not fact, says city education board head at 01:08 AM JST - 30th June
dreamdrifter at 08:25 AM JST - 29th June
- Seiharinokaze is right in that the taking of Japanese names was not in any way compulsory.
- As for the schools, they are private schools most likely run by Chongryon. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chongryon Since Chongryon is nowadays seen as some kind of fifth column within Japan it's not surprising that a…
Posted in Japan's colonial rule of Korea not fact, says city education board head at 08:25 AM JST - 29th June
dreamdrifter at 07:57 AM JST - 29th June

"Both western and eastern Japan. Has anyone looked at a map. It's not exactly a wide country. Why not just say the obvious that, "it's going to rain" or "it's going to rain in Japan" just in case someone forgets which country this is."

Because the term "western Japan" usually…

Posted in Heavy rain to hit western, eastern Japan at 07:57 AM JST - 29th June