RE: The Nuking of Japan
September 12, 2012 at 9:30 pm
(This post was last modified: September 12, 2012 at 9:33 pm by Shell B.)
Well, when they happen is irrelevant. Any war crimes in history would count as a black mark, yes? Regardless, I am talking about how they treated prisoners of war during the second Sino-Japanese/World War II.
I think it is futile to compare the behavior of one nation to another. Really, none is without blame for some disgusting or inhumane act. The only reason I argue the point is that this whole "Jap" this, "Jap" that spewing out of what's his name reeks of racial motivation. Maybe that doesn't make his argument less valid, but it sure makes it sound more biased than average.
Maybe not all the time, but they sure do. I know that the U.S. prosecuted the perpetrators of two massacres of Germans during WWII. Granted, they did a shit job of it, but they did it. That being said, you clearly did not read the statement I was responding to properly. I was not arguing that war criminals on the winning side do not get punished. I was arguing that war is not free of guilt simply because it is violent by nature.
I think it is futile to compare the behavior of one nation to another. Really, none is without blame for some disgusting or inhumane act. The only reason I argue the point is that this whole "Jap" this, "Jap" that spewing out of what's his name reeks of racial motivation. Maybe that doesn't make his argument less valid, but it sure makes it sound more biased than average.
(September 12, 2012 at 9:05 pm)jonb Wrote: There has to be a question over the validity of this statement as, as far as I know war criminals of the winning side do not seem to get prosecuted.
Maybe not all the time, but they sure do. I know that the U.S. prosecuted the perpetrators of two massacres of Germans during WWII. Granted, they did a shit job of it, but they did it. That being said, you clearly did not read the statement I was responding to properly. I was not arguing that war criminals on the winning side do not get punished. I was arguing that war is not free of guilt simply because it is violent by nature.
