Dear Ruke,
Thank you for most considerate apology. Those atom bombs dislupt Emperor's plan velly much. No more digging on Burma Ra'way. No more work for Unit 731 biorogists. No chance for Rape of Nanking, Part II. Aussie POWs get fed at rast as well, that cause much glief, too.
Thanks again, Ruke. And thanks to ABC for pubrish fine sentiments -- and also to your teachers, who do such a rovery job of make you think correct.
Regards,
Your pal, Tojo
UPDATE: It is nice to see that the overwhelming majority of commenters see the author for what he is, the noxious embodiment of academic abstraction. Being the ABC, he does have some supporters., "Pedro" amongst them:
...I had a neighbor for some years who had been a commando in WW11 and was captured by the Japanese. He would not talk a lot about it but had survived Changi, the Burma Railway, and working in a Japanese coal mine. His summation was that as long as you did not make waves and were lucky enough to keep fit there was no real problem.
So yes Japan was no worse or better than the West during the first half of last century but as the winners we write the history even though it is obviously nonsense. The worst thing though is that its taken me 70 years to put together something in my mind approaching the truth.
So I say too lets apologise for the worst war crimes of the first half of last century - the atom bombing of Japan by the US and the bombing of Dresden by the poms.
The ABC, which has not had its budget cut, is killing The Collectors (a Billabong favourite) and other shows in order to redirect cash to the sort of programmes and projects Mark Scott sees as more worthy, The Drum amongst them. That should tell the budgeteers of the incoming Abbott government everything they need to know.
UPDATE: It is nice to see that the overwhelming majority of commenters see the author for what he is, the noxious embodiment of academic abstraction. Being the ABC, he does have some supporters., "Pedro" amongst them:
...I had a neighbor for some years who had been a commando in WW11 and was captured by the Japanese. He would not talk a lot about it but had survived Changi, the Burma Railway, and working in a Japanese coal mine. His summation was that as long as you did not make waves and were lucky enough to keep fit there was no real problem.
So yes Japan was no worse or better than the West during the first half of last century but as the winners we write the history even though it is obviously nonsense. The worst thing though is that its taken me 70 years to put together something in my mind approaching the truth.
So I say too lets apologise for the worst war crimes of the first half of last century - the atom bombing of Japan by the US and the bombing of Dresden by the poms.
The ABC, which has not had its budget cut, is killing The Collectors (a Billabong favourite) and other shows in order to redirect cash to the sort of programmes and projects Mark Scott sees as more worthy, The Drum amongst them. That should tell the budgeteers of the incoming Abbott government everything they need to know.
