Comments on: Japanese, Chinese History Teachers Take Another Look at Differences

By: Gary

Gary — Fri, 11 May 2007 15:13:59 +0000

I’m wanting to get some information on , ‘Yibin of Sichuan Province, China with the Yangtze River, Jinsha River and Min River running through it. What type of living conditions is it there? Is it a warm climate or cold? Do the people like Americans? Are there homes there like, three bedrooms with indoor toilets? Do they live in wood or brick homes? How much money do the people make monthly to live there? Could you please tell me that in American dollars? Is there a lot of crime there? If a man in America lives on $1,500./month, could he afford to live there? Is it forest scenery, or flat land? Is there work for the people who live in that Province? Yibin, what type city is it? Clean, peaceful, crowded, pleasant or depressing? Does the government allow freedom of religion, do they practice democracy, or does the government rule with an iron fist?
The movie, “Red Corner”, with Richard Gere and that magnificent lady who stared along side him as his Chinese lawyer, are the courts still run that way, or has the legal system there changed? As a foreigner I will not judge if another countries way of life is good or bad. So many people come to America and start the citizenship process, however, they start complaining about everything that is our way of life before they are even citizens. I think the term, “The Ugly American”, came from Americans with that kind of attitude. Thanks for any information you can offer on that area of the world. Gary.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 18:19:35 +0000

Say, I just watched the History channel on my TV, and the subject was, ‘The Truth About Pearl Harbor’. On this show they interviewed some of the pilots who were in the attack, and some showed remorse that it was a surprise attack. They said it was shameful. “There’s no honor in attacking a sleeping enemy”. Statement made by Yamamotto, the Japanese man who organized the attack on Pearl Harbor. Well, I understand that and most all the comments made. But one man, a Japanese man who was also a pilot who bombed Pearl, he made this statement. “It is a shame America had to drop the bombs on Japan, and I think they might not have dropped them if the attack on Pearl Harbor had not been a surprise”. His thoughts were, “The bombs killed so many civilians which is against the code of war”. Well, hey, I truly don’t believe anything makes me as upset as someone who lived in that day and time, and was a Japanese heritage. Listen, how many Chinese civilians did those cowards who called themselves Japanese soldiers, yet went through china butchering babies, men women and children. I understand millions. Where is this honor I’ve always heard of the Japanese soldier. The death march, Filipino citizens, murdered for giving a piece of bread to the ones marching. Their Japanese guards were too busy bayoneting them and shooting the unarmed POW’s in the back to feed them. The Japanese people in that day should have had 10 bombs dropped on them. I was born in 1944, so I did not experience that war. But Why, why do these people who lived in that day, the Japanese people who lived in that day, Why do they think they deserve any, ANY mercy. They showed none. I guess I have never heard that statement made that it didn’t bother me. “The bad bullies, America dropped the bomb on us. They were so cruel”! Please! I watched the movie the other night, ‘The Last Sammari’. (Please excuse my spelling). Maybe the last honorable men died in that battle that took place in the 1870’s. But I think the BUTCHERS who fought for Japan in World War II should have their names taken off any roles of honor. It is one thing to attack battleships at Pearl Harbor, by surprise, something I can understand partially. But to butcher unarmed civilians, boys, girls, women, old men and babies. Yes, it was right here on this site that I saw a picture of a Chinese baby on the end of a Japanese soldiers bayonet. How can you Japanese people today look back on that sight and take any pride in what YOUR soldiers did? You who were too young to take part in the slaughter of the innocent, I can forgive you. But you who are alive today should get down on your knees and ask what ever god you believe in to forgive you. And please stop whining because a nasty bomb got dropped on you. I am sorry with all my heart that those bombs were dropped. BUT, BECAUSE OF THE SHAMEFUL ACTIONS OF THOSE COWARDS YA’LL CALLED SOLDIERS. I don’t have a dictionary to define the word coward, but isn’t a coward a bully, someone who weights 200 lbs. and is 25 years old jumping on a 12 year old boy. Or isn’t a coward a man who takes 20 people whose hands are tied behind them, and with his machine gun he shoots them all in the back. Wouldn’t you call that a cowardly act? If you answer that yes, then don’t raise your eyebrows when I call the soldiers of Japan during WW II cowards. Isn’t that what they did? You tell me.
For those who had nothing to do with the cowardly acts of WW II, I love ya’ll. I pray that because of the war some of you have learned of God, and no longer worship a man. The British who seem to worship their King and Queen almost do the same. However, no man on earth should be worshiped. I even apologize to you who were born after the shameful war years in Japan. It’s just when I hear someone from Japan say, “They dropped a bomb on us”, and seem to act like you didn’t deserve it. You know as well as I do that if we wouldn’t have dropped them, there might not be a Japan today. And since I love the culture of the honorable Japanese, (those who admit the shameful things done by the Japanese soldiers during WW II), I’m glad many were spared. Please stop looking for sympathy because of something you caused, OR, your fore fathers started.
Signed, One Tired of Hearing the Guilty Whine!!!!!

By: Gary McCamey

Gary McCamey — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 12:49:09 +0000

To Someone Who Has Information To Assist My Search:
I'm only wanting to find out if the movie, "Memoirs of a Geisha", is a true story? Please, as I'm not a man who understands computers well, but if you could tell me any knowledge you have of the story, or life of the Geisha whom the story was about? If it is a true story, then the little girl who became a geisha could possibly be alive? Please help me with this as my heart was so touched by the story. I need to know if she found happiness, true happiness. Are, did she have to continue as a Geisha never marrying the man she loved? Thank you, Gary.

By: passing by

passing by — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 14:06:16 +0000

a nice piece of writing…you are right, chinese need to look more forward, but not backward