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(Heinz Rebing @ Dec 9 2005, 06:38 PM) [post=42883]As stated in a previous reply,I agree......How can others who were not apart of their generation give their opinion as to who should forgive whom....
But I would never assume to think I have that same right nor do I have any right to judge them.
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Let me preface this response with the fact that I do not hate
any race of people today. Having said that I grew up in a post ww2 War service housing area in Australia where most of the returned servicemen had fought the Japanese or had been their guests for many years.
I saw first hand the mental degredation and torment of these men. I saw (through the bottle) and heard about the demons they had to conquer, which some did.........some did not. I saw the result of these memories straining family relationships to the limit. I played with the children of these men and witnessed first hand the effect it had on them.
You are correct that it is not up to me to forgive those Japanese soldiers however, I do have the right to hate them, and I hate them with a passion.