Tightrope

[Unkotare]

Trying to craft a statement that is appropriate, realistic, and acceptable to many factions eager to be outraged by it must be a very tricky challenge indeed.


Abe Japan must face history but future generations should not have to keep apologizing Japan Today Japan News and Discussion

 

[Camp]

Apologies do not count when the recipient considers the apology to be insincere and incomplete. Japan's alleged refusal to reflect accurate history in it's school books has not been helpful. The people being apologized to are angry that generation after generation of Japanese citizens are brainwashed about the war from over 70 years ago.

 

[defcon4]

This whole apology thing is weird. In the spirit of apology I would like to ask some people to apologize that their father screwed their mother and the result is a retard wanting everybody to apologize for everything what was done way before they were even born.

 

[Taz]

Japan still honours their war criminals.
Abe praised Class-A war criminals for being foundation of Japan s prosperity - AJW by The Asahi Shimbun

 

[Unkotare]

Apologies do not count when the recipient considers the apology to be insincere and incomplete. Japan's alleged refusal to reflect accurate history in it's school books has not been helpful. The people being apologized to are angry that generation after generation of Japanese citizens are brainwashed about the war from over 70 years ago.

WWII is taught in Japanese schools. Certain parties would only be satisfied if it were taught by the angriest Chinese or Korean Historians. We don't write history textbooks in the U.S. Based on what countries that resent U.S. demand. No country does that.

No apology will be accepted by parties that have much more to gain from perpetual resentment.

 

[Vikrant]

Japan is among rare countries who have apologized for their past transgressions.

Has China apologized for its genocide in Tibet? China is still in Tibet and committing gross human right violations.

Has Britain apologized for its crimes in India?