May 5, 2005
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT IS ALL ABOUT ???
well, i hear there was a small demonstration by chinese against the apparent indifference by japan towards their war time past. of course they picked this day because it is the day when the dead from the second world war are remembered.
remembering is one thing but i find it ridiculous to be demonstrating against japan's indifference towards their war time crimes. first of all war is crime in general. second of all, basically every country in the world has dark moments in their past. well, with china, where do you begin ? well, TIBET is already enough to show that chinese history has not been passed by with regard to crimes against humanity. there probably wasn't a society more peaceful than TIBET. we all know what happened there.
this being said, i don't hate chinese at all or other people of various nationalities. i don't want to generalize. i am of course appauled at some of the actions taken by individual country's governments but i try not to let that influence me when it comes to one on one communication with individuals.
of course it is good that there is freedom of speech here which makes demos like this possible. however, i think many of them join these demonstration to voice their general ager or hatred. some of them joining these demos will probably searching for words when asked what it is really all about.
NAME picasonic : May 5, 2005 8:53 PM