At last I have read of some sense regarding the appalling actions of the Japanese in World War Two. The vast majority of people who are quick to condemn the Nazis (and quite rightly, they committed horrific atrocities) seem strangely silent on the war crimes committed by the Japanese. Indeed, many of them who accuse nationalists of being "Holocaust deniers" (I am most certainly NOT a Holocaust denier) are happy to attend commemoration services to remember the Japanese who happened to be in the wrong places in August 1945! Do they not think that, by honouring the memory of those who were committing evil acts against civilians (including Britons) and POWs (including Britons) that they too are guilty of Holocaust denial?
Well, Lytham St Anne's has taken the noble step of refusing a twin link with a Japanese town because of the war crimes committed by the Japanese against our people. It is good to see that those who were tortured by the Japanese are being given consideration and respect, which is more than they ever get from those who moan on about the "poor" Japanese who died in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Read the story here.
