RE: The Nuking of Japan
September 13, 2012 at 12:40 am
(This post was last modified: September 13, 2012 at 12:45 am by cratehorus.)
(September 12, 2012 at 9:30 pm)Shell B Wrote: 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.
2.2 million japanese died in that war (1.7 million of whom were chinese fighting on the side of Japan) as oppose to 22 million chinese, on top of the fact that Japan started the war, and had been invading Korea and mainland China for decades. I wouldn't consider any treatment of military prisoners in that case "atrocities" and yes comparing one country to another is acceptable as shit do you think Greenland and Germany have the same amount of guilt as far as war crimes are concerned?