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Thanks, Japan. Great apology. (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_war_apology_statements_issued_by_Japan

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Did you even read your own link? The Wikipedia page makes it clear that Japanese apologies for war crimes are wrapped in controversy due to their often half assed nature/delivery and/or continued outright denial of some of their most egregious crimes, such as comfort women.

Your link honestly supports the meme more than it disproves it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Is this pose made by the European gang?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Is there anyone in Japan today that was even alive during WWII? Let alone before?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Their leaders still revere the pieces of shit that committed some of the worst war crimes of WW2, they've never formally apologized, and learning about the events of WW2 in Japan is an optional, basically college level course, so very few people in Japan even know about the atrocities at all.

Japan of today is a far cry from the fascist nation they were in WWII, but they are the only country to never answer for those crimes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Thats insane, here in Germany we spent a big chunk of our history lessons talking about what happened in Germany in WW2, we even visited a concentration camp.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Yes.
It's kind of important to admit wrongdoing in the past.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

A living God does not apologize to mortal men.