Abe: 'Profound grief' for WWII, but Japan can't keep apologizing (GGT)

[Garnier Fructis]

This is about the nicest thing Abe has ever said.

[attaderby]

is that why germany tries oh so very hard to censor any media, including games, that have depictions of nazi culture in it? why it even forced certain game devs to alter their game in such a way that germans didnt kill people when they shot them, instead they dropped to the floor and waved a white flag?

CS:S is one of the funniest games out there. You shoot someone and he just lays down and puts his hands behind his head. In Halflife 1 all enemy human soldier targets were replaced by robots, no blood just gearboxes and springs lol.

I think no one is guilty for anything that he didn't do, even if your father was a nazi it doesnt mean you are guilty for his possible crimes. Would the son of a wehrmacht soldier that was not a nazi be guilty for "normal" war activities? Not all german soldiers were nazis, you can blame the ones that actually were nazis, but a non nazi Wehrmacht soldier shouldn't be blamed for anything, war is war (as long as he didn't help in genocide / warcrimes). You had no choice, fight or go in concentration camps.

Patriotism in germany is still in a very bad light, because some stupid right wingers behave like animals. You can't even put a flag of germany on your car (the little flags for window) without getting hate for it. In fact there are people running around for a anti facism movement who remove the flags from your car and leave a message that you increase the patriotism and this would be dangerous. Lefties logic.

[GennGreymane]

Well, kudos to Abe for stating the obvious.

The sins of the father are the father's alone.

But does this mean white washing history is ok?