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Robin

Jun 26, 05 - 6:10 PM

Yasukuni Shrine

Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the
JapanLiving group:

This poll was inspired by a great letter to the Editor in
a recent Japan Times.

Monday, June 27, 2005
TOKYO ・Former Prime Minister Yasuhiro Nakasone expressed
strong opposition Sunday to a plan to build a secular
memorial to Japan's war dead that Japanese political
leaders could visit without provoking Asian countries.

"I have been against it for some time now. We must avoid
doing anything that would cause Yasukuni Shrine, which
enshrines people who allowed themselves to die for the
country, to lose popularity," the 87-year-old Nakasone
said during a Fuji Television program. (Kyodo News)

Here is the poll question. This is an analogy for you:
Regarding the JR Train accident in Japan. If JR built a
monument for the JR employees who died in the accident,
but not for the innocent victims, wouldn`t that be wrong?
Wouldn`t people be up in arms about it? Yet, isn`t that
exactly what Japan has done with Yasukuni Shrine. Built
a shrine for the people who caused the deaths, but not for
the victims?

Tell us if you agree with this or not:

Japan invaded many countries during World War 2, killed
millions of innocent Asians and thousands of Americans,
then built a shrine only for the people who died fighting
for Japan. Is that fair?

o Yes
o No
o I don`t know.

To vote, please visit the following web page:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JapanLiving/surveys?id=1878121

Note: Please do not reply to this message. Poll votes are
not collected via email. To vote, you must go to the Yahoo! Groups
web site listed above.

Thanks!

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