Spinning this off from the Japan Earthquake/Tsunami thread so as not to de-rail it
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Originally Posted by Ed
Am following this nuclear business with interest. It just gets worse and worse. After FIL's awful experiences at the hands of the Japanese at the end of WW2 I have tried to avoid Japanese stuff - yes I bought a SV and a Hornet - but this shows how silly all that is - they are people, cut them they bleed, just like us - and they need help.
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What does that actually do or prove?
If a product has ANY chips in it made in Japan then you are buying Japanese, same as your TV or Microwave.
Is it only things MADE in Japan, or do you extend this to itms that are made from ideas and concepts developed in Japan, even if made in another country by a company in no way connected to Japan?
How about if you need life-saving surgery, but the technique was pioneered and developed by a Japanese doctor?
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Originally Posted by specialone
Ed, I have thought similar things tbh, not my opinion but I bet a lot of people mistreated in ww2 by the japs see this as a bit of karma?
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Its been 65 years since the end of the war, how many little old 85 year old Japanese men got their "just deserts" the other day?
How many of the dead were women and children who's only connection to the war is that their Great Grandfather died when Hiroshima happened?
Its holding on to stuff like this, things that didn't affect us directly, that fuels on-going ill-feelings and problems.