zehydra said:
But nobody nowadays should be feeling animosity towards these countries for any of the things you've listed. They're different countries now. For instance, people shouldn't hate Germans (now) because of the atrocities 1940's Germany committed.
Yes, the difference however is that Germany has apologized for the Holocaust and is working to pay WWII off now, and it teaches in its schools how bad it was why it happened, as opposed to say Japan and Turkey where they say their genocides and atrocities happened, but it wasn't that bad. I mean there are these old women who were sex slaves for Japanese soldiers during WWII (apparently they thought that having sex right before battle energizes you) in South Korea who everyday since I think the Japanese embassy in South Korea was established just stand right outside protesting for an apology, no monetary compensation just an apology, and they're ignored.
I'm not saying that Japan deserved the Tsunami or that the people should feel ashamed for it (I mean there are alot of Germans in America that emigrated during the 1800's, they shouldn't really feel bad for the Holocaust really) but the government's refusal to apoligize for these atrocities would make more sense then "AHHH DEY BLEW UP MY PACIFIC BASE I WAS GOING TO USE TO KILL THEM WITH!!! WHAT EVIL BASTARDS THEY ARE FOR USING THEIR MILITARY TO ATTACK MY MILITARY WHEN I PUT AN EMBARGO ON THEM AND STARVED THEM I"M GONNA GO NUKE THEIR CIVILIANS NOW"