aelf
Ashen One
Even more ironic. That would be Japan's way of saying, "You didn't need us to help you get rid of your people!"
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Japan movie theaters will block Chinese film
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Even more ironic. That would be Japan's way of saying, "You didn't need us to help you get rid of your people!"
Enkidu Warrior
Ultramagnetic
Because they are completely unmolested by the authorities for various reasons and are therefore left free to blackmail, harass and bully the left who don't enjoy the same patronage from on high.
As for why the authorities don't tackle the far-right, that's a subject worthy of a novel and I couldn't possibly do it justice here.
It's certainly not due to their numbers - the far-right has never enjoyed widespread public support. But they have hijacked the more mainstream conservative movement by various means. Yasukuni for example is vigourously defended and quite understandably by the families of those regular soldiers interred. The lunatic right secretly interred the WWII butchers some time later, turning a somewhat uncomfortable national symbol into a shrine to genocide and denial. The mainstream might not like it, but they feel obliged to defend it nevertheless.
Wealthy, comfortable Japan cares little for international issues, allowing politicians to court the far-right without risking mainstream appeal. There are of course many in the ruling elite that openly sympathise with them, but even for those with more sane views, there's little downside in pandering.
Corruption is rife in Japan, and far-right organised crime is all too often in bed with the government.
Anti-communism dating from the American occupation has been perhaps the biggest factor in a blind eye being turned towards the far-right. Anti-left paranoia pervades Japan to this day, despite there having been no hint of a threat in decades.
Overall I think mainstream Japan is quite embarressed by the far right thugs that operate freely in their country, but feel unable to break the taboo and confront the cloak of nationalism that they hide behind.
It's perhaps the greatest blemish on my experience in this country, and I think anyone imagining that letting a bunch of brownshirts run amok won't have poisonous effects on democracy needs to wake up.
Enkidu Warrior
Ultramagnetic
Depends on which textbooks. The government tends to approve the use of inflammatory revisionist textbooks (including those that play down epic atrocities like Nanking with the very Japanese term 'incident'), and to frown on those that shed light on things they'd rather cover up (like the military forcing Okinawan civilians to commit suicide). None of this necessarily means that schools actually use revisionist textbooks, but you might reasonably expect the tone to be different. In my experience education here is reasonably internationalist, but there's certainly no great examination of Japan's uglier past.
Even more ironic. That would be Japan's way of saying, "You didn't need us to help you get rid of your people!"
you seem to imply that the Chinese took pleasure in getting rid of its people.
If the movie came from anywhere else, then yes. I don't see anything wrong with blocking Chinese movies. If China wants to play dirty, its unfair to expect others to compete with a hand tied behind their back.
plarq
Crazy forever
Nephrite: you mean DPRK's propaganda shop in Japan should be closed immediately?
Absolutely. I'm surprised Japan has put up with their whining for so long.
aelf
Ashen One
Well, they certainly didn't dislike it enough. China does have a lot of people.
dwaxe
is not a fanatic
Asians never do that.
so u also mean that since they have so much ppl they can be killed at will ? thats pretty disgusting thought isnt it ??
And how u know they didnt dislike it ??? u think people like to be killed ?
Julian Delphiki
Anton's key
Well, quite a few cultural revolutionist participated to it voluntarily.
plarq
Crazy forever
It's time to leave before the government start to fire back on dissidents.
well, its like saying the unions or the confederates took pleasure at it too. SInce they also killed more than a handful. So am i right to say that the American do a pretty good job nonetheless ?
Julian Delphiki
Anton's key
In killing people? Absolutely.
holy king
Deity
there is at least one documentary about japanese war crimes on a major tv channel every week in japan? (and that's at least...)
aelf
Ashen One
I don't really know the psychology of CCP members and the Red Guards. But the figures are there. Why don't you ask them? Or stop merely reading material published in Singapore.
cybrxkhan
Asian Xwedodah
from what i know, the Red Guards were mostly a bunch of teens.
so...
Red Guards are a bunch of teens, thus they are crazy, don't really know anything, emotionally unstable, etc.
Mao says Red Guards can beat the crap out of anything that is against... anything. in other words, whatever the hell they want.
Red Guards, being unstable teens, say "WOOT" and proceed to skip school, beat up their teachers, beat up their parents, go around and grafitti stuff and burn it down later, etc. etc. etc., because big brother Mao says they can.
i think thats how it worked...
aelf
Ashen One
Well, those are the facts. What really goes on in their minds, who knows?
plarq
Crazy forever
If you feed people with too much propaganda, they will backfire, don't be surprised.
That's why Chinese people were generally very happy in 9/11 attack, made the Chinese government embarrassed.
That's why Chinese people were generally very happy in 9/11 attack, made the Chinese government embarrassed.
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