gs001 said:Not only the war criminals but also ordinary Japanese
soldiers were guilty for their war abuse.
So I think the shrine ought to be burned down completelyView attachment 4232
But does not all war result in violence against innocents? Do you think that monuments for american war "heroes" should be burned down as well? I do not have any sympathy for the Yasukuni or other monuments for soldiers, but I think it is kind of ridiculous that the focus is on this shrine only. What about the bombing of Dresden, what about Hiroshima, what about every single war ever fought? The facts are that the soldiers of every warring nation will commit crimes against the civilian population. Sure, some will be worse than others, and the japanese during WWII were truly bad. But I think that focusing on their crimes and the Yasukuni as unacceptable while accepting monuments for other war criminals from the allied countries, lends credibility to the horrendous killings commited by the US and UK.