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The NanjingAtrocities
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The AsianHolocaust
 
This is a write-up I did one night while I was bored. It is about the Nanjing Massacre.Most people don't even know what that is, and this is why I felt it important to let anyonewho will listen know about it. 90% of people who begin reading this won't finish, I know,but if at least one person finishes, that's one more person that knows of the atrocitiesthat mankind is capable of.Before I begin, I must stress that the Japanese of today are nothing like those of thepast. They feel the same anger and sorrow that the Chinese feel in regards to theirshameful behaviours. This is by no means meant tofoster hate towards the Japanese. Ihave a few Japanese friends and I value them very much, and I do not at all intend tomake them feel shame or that I am holding their country's past against them.The reason I am writing this is because we all know about the German Nazi genocideand war crimes, but very few of us know about the Nanjing (or Nanking) Massacre.We all know about the Germans during WWII.. the atrocities against the Jews and otherminorities... the experiments, the torture, the massacre and the genocide.But there is a story that is as horrifying, if not more horrifying than that of the Germans.It is of the Japanese.I realize that comparing 2 atrocities against each other will somehow downplay one overthe other, and I'm not saying which was worse. What really upsets me is the fact thatvery few people know about the conduct of the Japanese against China during 1937and 1938.Nanjing was declared the capital of China in 1928.Japanese children born in the earlier 1900s were raised to hate China. This of coursewas beyond their control, just as I was born and raised Christian. I had no control overwhat I was taught, because it was all that was put in front of me.It was the duty of every Japanese citizen to obey the emperor, who was declared theson of heaven. In 1868 the religion (or 'sun cult', but not to use the word 'cult' in the sick,twisted way that it is today) was declared the state religion, headed by the emperor. Themoral code of this religion is that of the warrior, meaning each citizen was to be raisedto fight. To die for the emperor was seen as a path to eternal life. (For more information,look up Shinto athttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinto)In July 25th, 1927, the Tanaka Memorial was presented to Emperor Hirohito. Thisdeclaration laid out plans for world domination. This parallels the German mindsetduring the second world war. The memorial presents 4 sequential battles to overtakethe world via Asia, and then to the west. They are:1) Conquest of Manchuria (North-Eastern China)2) Conquest of china
 
3) Establishment of bases in the Pacific4) Conquest of the United StatesFor more information on the Tanaka Memorial, checkhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Tanaka_Memorial.So now, we've got a plan for world domination in a war-bred Japan.China is a MASSIVE country in comparison to Japan. In order to take over such a hugecountry, Japan would have to use some serious methods to psychologically as well asmilitarily cripple its enemy. Since the Japanese Emperor was a God, him only rulingJapan would mean that his power is limited only to Japan, which wouldn't make him aGod at all; only the God of Japan.August 13 1937, Japan invaded China at Shanghai. They started with bombing civiliansin Shanghai and Nanjing, in order to terrorize their enemy. 700,000 Chinese troops wereordered to defend Shanghai.Obviously, widespread panic ensues. Imagine you're walking to 711 for some beef jerkyand a bunch of bombs start blowing the fuck out of everything around you. For months,civilian targets were bombed, killing tens of thousands of innocent Chinese. EventuallyChinese defenses began to crumble, and after 300,000 men were lost, along with 10generals, retreated back to Nanjing. All soldiers who were captured or surrendered wererounded up and murdered by the Japanese. Of course, Japan reveled in their takingShanghai, and the Tokyo stock market soared.Moving onto Nanjing, the Japanese army raped and tortured innocent women andCHILDREN, and burned villages. The City of Songjiang, with a population of 300,000,was completely cleared of all civilian citizens. The Japanese tactic was to move intolarge cities and villages, burn them down, and kill anyone trying to escape. Mothers,grandmothers, and little girls were raped and burned alive. Young or attractive womenbecame nothing more than sexual slaves to serve Japanese soldiers in their quest. Ontheir way to Nanjing, these women were raped brutally and repeatedly, and when theybecame too weepy or diseased to serve their purpose, they were killed and left alongthe roadside. They hadn't even reached Nanjing yet, and the worst was yet to come.The bombings continued on civilian targets, including hospitals, with their large redcrosses painted on the rooftops.This was no ordinary war, but a war to exterminate and terrorize the Chinese asintensely as possible.December, 1937, Prince Osaka took over the siege on Nanjing. He was the uncleof theEmperor, and therefore also devine and God-like. His first order was to kill all captives.The Chinese were allied with Nazi Germany at the time. There became a 'safety zone'within Nanjing where the Nazi flag was flown, where several protected German military
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aeux

Horrible indeed. I think it's terrible that Japan isn't admitting to these crimes and making - or at least attempting to make - amends for their crimes. At least you can find memorial musuems of what the Nazis did to the Jews right in Germany. (like in Dachau)

reply10 / 02 / 2009
Hainan1

Abraham Lincoln, in his First Inaugural Address (1861), spoke of a renewed nation where we would swell with a chorus that appeals " to the better angels of our nature." If this is true then the opposite is also. Evil men and women can make appeals to the demons lying dormant in our nature. Indeed the danger is so great that Jesus speaks of casting out demons and binding Satan in the hearts of his men.

reply06 / 10 / 2008
claude99

This is horrifying! Compared with the brutal crime commited by the Japanese during the war, the German Nazi could be regarded as much more civilised! Imagine the pain suffered by the victims, I begin to question what human being are really are.

reply04 / 02 / 2008
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