送交者: clriufs3 于 March 16, 2005 13:49:24:
回答: oh, you finally went up. 由 三谷 于 March 15, 2005 22:42:37:
agreed. in principle, we are on the same ground. we differ on how we wish things could be. I think I ally with lyz more.
I don't condemn the Japanese government. I don't think we can reason with it. and the most likely scenario to back it into a wall and extract a grudging apology seems to be a stronger China, economically and militarily. and I don't think I will be happy with an extracted apology.
I don't hold grudge against individual Japanese current or then. a people is an amalgamation of its individuals, and manifests the traits of the majority. an individual may well be against the will of its people. (think Bush) I had a Japanese housemate in college. once we talked about the Japanese invasion of China in WWII. she apologized profusely for the atrocities then, quite to my embarrassment, since I wasn't holding her responsible for what her government and her people did. she acknowledged though that her compunction is not shared by the (current) Japanese people, evidence lent by the mentality of the democratically elected Japanese government.
and I think my feeling towards Japan leans more towards apathy than hatred. barring sentences of more bellicose, controversial, and speculative nature, I think the best way out of this quagmire is a stronger China when, even without any reconciling gesture from Japan, we can actually be magnanimous.
also slaughtered today are whales, sharks, dolphins, ... other countries kill them too but either inadvertently or more prudently. to label whale killing under the banner of scientific research is pathetic. hope they have found something other than how exquisitely they can wrap the whale blubber. check their official whaling site for their research http://www.whaling.jp/english.