Results 1 to 16 of 16

Thread: Forgive & Forget

Hybrid View

Previous Post Previous Post   Next Post Next Post
  1. #1
    Respected Member vbkelly's Avatar
    Join Date
    Nov 2006
    Location
    Bohol, Davao,UK
    Posts
    2,146
    Rep Power
    84
    Quote Originally Posted by maria_and_matt View Post
    i just hate the japanese i am so sorry to say, my grandmothers a victim of their cruelty, i dont think i can ever forgive, i am learning to forget but hell i cant forgive!
    is your mum got a compensation from the japanese government,coz i heard the japanese govrnment gives a compensation to the victims of what their men did to the filipino women.


  2. #2
    Respected Member maria_and_matt's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2008
    Location
    in our house
    Posts
    1,215
    Rep Power
    71
    Quote Originally Posted by vbkelly View Post
    is your mum got a compensation from the japanese government,coz i heard the japanese govrnment gives a compensation to the victims of what their men did to the filipino women.
    nah we didnt really look into compensation my grandmother is really old now and we just want her to have a happy life we do not want to stress her with talks of compensation, we feel that a simple apology will do. i have heard of stories of what they did to my grandma and it is not pleasant, what hurts most is they dont even show remorse for what they have done.


  3. #3
    Respected Member Sangoma's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2008
    Location
    West Midlands
    Posts
    188
    Rep Power
    63
    Unfortunately countries at war will resort to barbaric acts.

    People associate concentration camps with the Germans, but it was the British that first used them, rounding up whole families, putting them in concentration camps and then burning their homes.

    The British in India were not much better at times.

    But, it was not the present generation that carried out such barbaric acts, so the unfairness comes in tarring the whole lot with the same brush.

    I'm not convinced that America acts in the world's interests, and they are certainly not innocent of wrongdoings even today.

    What about the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan, and the hundreds of thousands of civilians killed, I would imaging that some Japanese would be hateful because of that.

    Different cultures have different beliefs, and maybe some cultures don't see that remorse for a war time attrocity is needed. It does not mean that the present generation from that culture condoned the wrongs of the past, just that they are the past.

    I understand that when you or your family are personally involved it is very different than me looking at it from the sidelines, but I think it would be to everybody's benefit if we could recognise these things for the terrible things they are, and work towards them never happening again, then our children and grandchildren won't need to have the deap seated emotions that some now have


  4. #4
    Moderator joebloggs's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2006
    Location
    Somewhere else
    Posts
    23,162
    Rep Power
    150
    i remember my Chinese friend telling me, how the Chinese were protesting, because the Japanese had changed what had really happened in WW2 in the kids history books at school a few years ago.

    as for dropping atomic bombs on Japan, it ended the war, saving life's, but costing many life's, the Japanese would not have surrendered if they hadn't, the first bomb was dropped on the 6th of aug, why didn't they surrender then, the second on the 9th, and they finally surrendered on the 15th. more than 220,000 dead thou , and if they had not surrendered the Americans were planning to drop more bombs

    as Russia had just declared war on Japan, were the Japanese trying to surrender to the Russians, but the Americans would never allow it ?


  5. #5
    Respected Member Alan's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jul 2007
    Location
    Devon - no - Oxford - no - Stalybridge - no - errr - UK
    Posts
    2,479
    Rep Power
    90

    Smile

    I would like a PS3.

    Al.


  6. #6
    Respected Member Peanutz's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jun 2007
    Location
    Bournemouth-Italy
    Posts
    820
    Rep Power
    73
    Hatred and vengeance will not make you happy.

    Why waste time to mull over it. Life is too short, there are more important things to do to make this world a better place for our children and the generations to come.


    'We dance in a circle and suppose, while the secret sits in the middle and knows'

    R.F.


  7. #7
    Respected Member andy17's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2008
    Posts
    139
    Rep Power
    0
    Quote Originally Posted by Sangoma View Post
    Unfortunately countries at war will resort to barbaric acts.

    But, it was not the present generation that carried out such barbaric acts, so the unfairness comes in tarring the whole lot with the same brush.

    What about the dropping of atomic bombs on Japan, and the hundreds of thousands of civilians killed, I would imaging that some Japanese would be hateful because of that.
    So true... almost all nations have a dark history - but that doesn't have to mean we condemn any nation's future generations. "Let he who is without sin cast the first stone" comes to mind.


Thread Information

Users Browsing this Thread

There are currently 1 users browsing this thread. (0 members and 1 guests)

Similar Threads

  1. Can you forgive someone who has deeply hurt you?
    By Jay&Zobel in forum Loose Talk, Chat and Off Topic
    Replies: 85
    Last Post: 17th June 2009, 17:55
  2. I Find It Hard To Forget Or Forgive
    By nomorericepleas in forum Courting, Relationships & Weddings
    Replies: 67
    Last Post: 4th October 2008, 11:04
  3. Forgive me Please............
    By Alan in forum Humour
    Replies: 0
    Last Post: 3rd October 2008, 10:32
  4. Forgive me
    By Alan in forum Loose Talk, Chat and Off Topic
    Replies: 28
    Last Post: 30th August 2007, 20:20

Visitors found this page by searching for:

Nobody landed on this page from a search engine, yet!
SEO Blog

Tags for this Thread

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  

Filipino Forum : Philippine Forum