| ILH, I remember very clearly that the first thing my professor taught me when I was a freshman at uni was "patriotism is reversed discrimination". These words stayed with me till now even though I eventually dropped out of politics (3 years ago) because it was too much for me to take. Especially when I met my ex-boyfriend who is/was a chinese. If you want to lamment on how "bad" Japanese people are during WW2, then maybe you would also like to reflect on how much of a nusience chinese people are in other parts of the world TODAY?? Jesus did say eye-for-eye and tooth-for-tooth, but didn't he also said "love everyone like your own brothers and sister"? And, I'm sure he preaches about forgiveness coz he forgave all our sins and died on the cross not just for you or me, but for everyone. If you want to use a part of the history (or bible) as an example to support your belief, then you gotta see the whole picture behind it. And that's the biggest problem regarding young people in China today. They see one part of something and jump to conclusions based just on that very tiny part of a big picture. These young people generally have a very distorted and narrow view of the world thinking everyone and especialy Japanese owe them something...not to mention the fact that they believe they are the big brother on the world stage of politics and that China is a developed and rich country ready to overtake USA anytime. However, thats not my point. I don't care who is the big brother as long as he is not an evil one...and definitely NOT communist (phew...) What I am saying is "hatred is like a vicious cycle" so why can't you (ILH) just let the past be passed and break out of it??? |
I am not a Big Fan of Hate...