Comments on: Reaction to approval of 121 by the Foreign Affairs Committee

By: Leslie

Leslie — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 06:00:02 +0000

More information on the people who signed off on the Washington Post ad: http://muranoserena.blog91.fc2.com/blog-entry-265.html

By: MTC

MTC — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 03:51:03 +0000

Mr. Dioguardi -

Elaine Supkis (”Japan Seethes Over the Comfort Women Issue”) is a somewhat unusual internet entity who at last report was living on a mountaintop farm in the Rockies. I believe I once read that she holds the record among living persons for the greatest number of times to be struck by lightning.

By: Garrett

Garrett — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:48:56 +0000

That Yomiuri editorial has me gritting my teeth. What galls me is not the denial, not the willful misunderstanding of what’s going on, not the hair-splitting to avoid assigning responsibility, not even the laughably clear bias in the “investigations” the Yomiuri apparently likes or their apparent ignorance of investigations with contrary conclusions (that weren’t carried out by the LDP), but their insistence on using the word “facts” to mean “the ultra-conservative denial position.” Do words have no meaning anymore?

Thankfully, I know some Japanese academics, a few even involved of the study of history, and they adhere to rigorouse academic standards, understanding their own biases and taking steps to prevent those biases from clouding their vision. Unfortunately, academics and researchers like them don’t draw much ink and, instead, we’re left with the impression that academia in Japan must be in serious trouble.

This is a lot like arguing evolution with a fundamentalist Christian.

By: Matt@occidentalism

Matt@occidentalism — Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:26:10 +0000

Interesting, Matt. Expect a link later today.