SpaciousFlow comments

I wonder if it has occurred to anyone that since Japan has gotten fabulously wealthy by getting out of wartime debts that it should now friggen pay up already?

If a guy owed you a fortune, but filed for bankruptcy, giving you nothing, you would be miffed. If he was a billionaire years later, how would you feel?

The law might say he owes you nothing. Justice would say otherwise. Morality would say otherwise.

If Mitsui wants their ship back, they should file a civil case against the Japanese government and have them pay for the ship they commandeered that got sunk while in their possession.

And I will also say that whatever treaty the PRC government made with the Japanese government does not apply to individuals and companies. No government has the right to sign away your right to compensation. No way. Forget it. No way I am going to nod to that. It might be me someday. It might be you!

Equate Arlington with Yasukuni?

Arlington does not honor over a thousand men found guilty of war crimes in a court.

Arlington does not have a museum that claims that the Native Americans had to be slaughtered to save them.

You cannot even equate Yasukuni with Bitberg cemetery. No one at Bitberg was convicted of a war crime. They all actually died in the line of duty. If Herman Goering's remains were moved to Bitberg and German politicians visited or sent gifts, there would be deafening international outrage. The only difference with Yasukuni is that its the Koreans and Chinese leading the charge, but with Bitberg and Goering, it would be the British, French, and the Americans leading the charge. Quite simply, posters on this website have automatic respect for Britain and America, but not for China and Korea, or this thread would be near universal against Yasukuni.