Five minutes? I’ve been a forum member for a fair bit longer than you….

I am being told to “…shut the F up…” at the same time as being accused of stirring up racial hatred.

On the other hand I have seen several memorials and shrines to Allied personnel on Japanese soil, erected and maintained by local Japanese people ( does that surprise you? ).

Lest We Forget…

I see you registered sometime in 2008 while Jim registered sometime in 2010 but I fear Jim refers to the number of posts you have posted rather than your actually registered time. Not a very active member of the board compared to most of the other posters in this topic are you. I think this is what is being refered to.

I told you to shut the F up because I feel that we have heard enough of your droning on about the Japanese people and Japan. How much do you really know about the subject. A fair bit more than me I would expect but isnt it the way for modern citizens of a country to forget the ways of their fore fathers. I wonder if they remember Attila the Hun like the remember Japan?

I think we would all just like this thread to get back on track. One thing we do have as explained before is freedom of speech in this country and we can think, feel and speak about those feelings and experiances if we so wish which is what Kev was doing. It is his opinion and his feelings, That you cannot take away from him. But I feel that Kev does not tar every person in Japan with the same brush but you would have us believe he does. Time to back down a little and let things be.

I also fear that a little like me at times you do not read the entire post while commenting for there I think you will find I didnt accuse you of stirring racial hatred…… I took time and thought into choosing which word I would use to describe what I felt you were doing. What I said was that you were the one stirring racial tension. Which is what happens when you dont just let go of a subject but keep bashing on about the subject over and over no matter what the subject matter of a thread actually is. I was very careful in my description and I think you should be too with your replies.

As for Allied shrines in Japan being cared for by the locals. This does not surprise me one little bit in fact it shows that these people have more of an idea about honour and respect than their fore fathers ever had. I am not saying every Japanese soldier was a bad person or evil but they certain were good soldiers in the fact that they dedicated their life to their chief and country and did whatever it took to hold their twisted ideas hounour in high regard.

As for Lest we forget……… I wish I could forget your postings. The just start to get annoying in an otherwise perfectly normal thread.

Oh and if you love Japan so much why dont you just ship out there and set up your own little home there. I doubt we would miss you.

Tell me one thing why did it take the Japenese people so long to realise that they were on the wrong side. This could all have been sorted long before it was. They didnt stand a chance really. Why did it take a nuclear bomb to make them realise. And not just one either.

Something for you to think about.

It is not all just black and white or even multi shades of grey. For too many people who came against the Japanese it was blood red.

in the past i even started to learn to speak Japanese but this turned out to be just as hard as learning Welsh.

Bloody hell cmon now Rob now your even berating the Welsh and bringing them in to the argument. What have the Taffs ever done to you then Rob. :diablo:

That must have hurt knowing all the time and effort you put into the restoration just went down the tubes.

Oppama,

Oh really.

Why dont you just shut the F up.

You are the one here who is trying to stir up a racial tension here please just stop.

No one is interested why dont you just let things be.

However on a brighter not all of the wrecked aircraft pieces I have in my collection are British I do have German relics too. I would be happy to add some Japanese and Italian relics to my collection too. 🙂

Kev I once had the chance to buy a set of cutlery that was given to a Sgt during WWI when he moved onto another regiment or home I dont remember which as it was so long ago anyhow it was going for soemthing like £30. Not a lot of money and I had more than that on me. It included the box and inside the box was his Military ID tags. Oh how I wish I had bought it and put some history to it. It would have been displayed in pride of place even though I never knew the guy or had any relation to him.

Enjoy you display and display it with the pride of our fallen heroes.

Kev

Thanks for that I just wondered thats all.

I have a set of WWII medals that are pretty special to me although I am just the keeper of the keys so to speak until the grandchildren of the man come looking for their grandfathers medals. Long story and a close family friend gave them to my dad. My dad before me always kept the medals safe incase the family ever wanted them back.

It kinda brings it home to you when you have an item that relates to an event that a relative has been through. I cant even begin to imagine what it must have been like for your relatives having to fix bayonets.

Nice items though. Always been interested in blades myself but most are out of my price range well at least the ones I would like to collect.

I think it’s Kev that’s not doing himself any favours.

Anyway, back to the “Militaria”…..

In the past Kev and I have crossed swords as you say.

I just hope for Kev’s and my own sake they were not Japanese swords.

As you will find many times on the forum everyone is entitled to their own opinion and as such nobody here or elsewhere wants you trying to stir up racial issues where there is one. Next we will have the whole argument that the Dambusters dog should never have been called Nigger.

On the whole it is another era that has gone and is assigned to history but it doesnt mean that people do not remember. We have a great many veterans who do remember how the Japanese treated them while detain at their pleasure. All of this is well documented so I wont bore you. Some of us have since formed our own opinions on how we feel about said Japanese and with that said we dont have to like them but I hope we are all a lot more tolerant than they were during WWII.

Modern day Japanese, Germans and Italians cannot be held responsible for what their forefathers have done but its not just black and white like you paint it.

In this country we still have freedom of speech so long as we are respectful with it and I will always maintain that Kev is always respecful and thoughtful when he posts.

Kev is the blade a family related item or just something picked up over the years that held an interest. I mean the old rusty one.