Posts by chris
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Jesus, I saw your typo 'not' and I thought you were extracting the Michael. We'll now I guess we'll see if the good guys have ideological integrity beyond using their military for hunting farmers and filling up their Humvees.
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Do you have a link for that Islander?
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We're just luck luck lucky Osama Bin Laden wasn't alledged to have been hiding out in New Zealand when 911 occurred, otherwise John Key wouldn't have even had to board a plane to make that visit to the war zone 8 years after the fact.
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The right Yuriko Koike touches on is not a civil right but a political right.
I'm surprised yesterday's news still hasn't made headlines in New Zealand:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/18/AR2010051803094.html
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I don't dispute that. But outside the historical context, or perhaps within the larger historical context, both the run-ins with the Japanese mentioned in the article, occurred in the period since China's number one ally effectively issued a redeclaration of war on South Korea. Reclusive Kim visited Beijing not two weeks ago.
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Is this relevant to the discussion?
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2010/05/19/44/0301000000AEN20100519008800315F.HTML -
I'm simply angry that the DomPost didn't understand any of the issues surrounding a piece that it gave half a page to, and was just some random piece they pulled off the wires. It's both negligent and ignorant.
But were it written by a non-Japanese citizen, would the feeling be different? It was also run by the Brisbane Times, The Daily Star, Korea Herald.
hen Admiral Timothy J. Keating, the commander of the United States Navy’s Pacific fleet, visited China in 2007, a high-ranking Chinese naval officer proposed that the two countries demarcate a “zone of control” at Hawaii,
On April 8, a helicopter from a Chinese naval vessel operating in international waters south of Okinawa came within 90 meters of a Japanese Self-Defense Force escort ship – so close that a gun-wielding Chinese soldier was clearly visible. Japan protested, describing the incident as an “extremely dangerous act.”
on April 21 Chinese Navy vessels sailed northward, between Okinawa and the Miyako islands, and conducted a large-scale exercise. Once again, a Chinese military helicopter circled a Japanese escort ship.
it is imperative that the two sides develop a deeper bilateral military dialogue.
Despite her breeding, I think some legitimate concerns are being raised here. but...
Because a mere 137 votes can get a town council member elected, a large number of foreigners with a particular interest in moving onto the island could nominate a winning candidate.
...is risible, methinks it would perhaps be cheaper to simply bribe officials. Not to be apologist or downplay the true events and horrendous actions of the Japanese military prior to 1950. But there is very little comfort taken from the fact that when legitimate concerns are raised in the present day, our gaze is drawn to past humiliations. That's not the logic for a safer world.
Were a German reporter (with dubious political leanings) to raise concerns about Israeli foreign policy....again we could probably best take these things with a grain of salt, but it's unwise to let our bias obscure the facts, especially given the brief and recent time-frame in which the issues presented here have occurred.
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And this is precisely why Koike's piece was so offensive - that she is criticising Chinese militarism while willfully ignoring its history with Japan.
Solid point.
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I don't disagree Richard. But as I see it, half Keith's article is devoted to the problem of revisionism, and as both sides actively engage in widespread revisionism, I felt compelled to point out that it's a two way street.
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Not that I agree with Yuriko Koike's opinion, merely that it is an opinion, and more so, a contentious opinion; the possession and espousal of opinions being a luxury that Japanese citizens can afford.