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Originally Posted by chachava
Anyone been? I notice it's reared it's head in the news once again for the usual controversy...
I went last year and found it to be absolutely hilarious - Japanese history seems to have been rewritten more than Heather Mills McCartney's personal past...
Suggesting that nanking was nothing more than Chinese stubborness was one of the highlights of the revisionism going on
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Was that revisionist history actually posted on the shrine itself, or in flyers, or what?
Because, in general, I don't have a problem with any country honoring its fallen soldiers, even if they were fighting us at the time. They did their duty to their country, families, and Emperor, and most had no say in war policies or orders for treatment of prisoners, etc.
However, while it's only natural to paint your own country in as good a light as possible, there should be honesty and recognition of facts and events.