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有点晚,但还是给编辑写了封信,不然于心不安
Dear Editor,
Although this might be a late criticize to your article on April 20, China's Hypocrisy is Showing, I still feel obliged to express my feeling for being irritated by the ignorance and prejudice demonstrated by some of the people in this society, which shows the Hypocrisy of its own.
Recall not long ago, Prince Harry drew wide criticisms for his miss judgment wearing a Swastika band at a party. People in this society appear to have very limited tolerance to a mistake made by this young and inexperienced public figure. Imagine what would happen if German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder wearing that band and worship Adolph Hitler today? How would you feel in this society? Please don’t tell me you will feel like to elect Germany to the Security Council at the United Nation!
People in China don’t trust the Japanese. They don’t want Japan to have a representation at the Security Council at the United Nation. They have a good reason. This reason is given by the fact that the executed class-A War Criminals from WWII are still worshiped by many of the Japanese politicians including its Prime Minister Koizumi, a represent of the democratic society in Japan. Would the people in this society befriend and entrust with the German if Adolph Hitler is still commemorated each year on the Remembrance Day? What would you feel if the German teach their children that Holocaust has never happened or is an event in history that is subject to dispute. How much trust you can place in Germany, and how friendly do you feel you could be with Germany if that is the case. Unfortunately, that is the case for Japan.
Whether or not China is a repressive society is not relevant at all to its right to criticize a neighbour, who has shown aggression and brutality in the history and still showing no remorse today. Any people and any nation has the legitimate rights to criticize or even to fight to prevent what has happened to them in the past from happening again.
The notion of a repressive society for China, justified by what happened there 30 years ago, or even 15 years ago, is prone to ignorance in this fast changing era.
Even within its own logic, shouldn’t we applause for a repressive government that shows willingness to respond to the call of its own people?
The article is right. There is an interest for the government in China to opposite Japan’s bid to the UN Security Council. And guess what, this is also the interest for the people in China. Isn’t this great? |
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