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Iris Chang committed suicide, and it's been suggested that her research for that book played a part in her depression, so deeply was she effected by it.
 

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While it would certainly have been tough research, it's odd to kill yourself over something that happened to other people 30 years before you were born.

Just read up on her. Sad story.
 

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I'd feel more sorry for the Japs if they stopped electing WWII apologists.

**** them.

World War II was America's finest hour

Also they should shut the **** up about the Kurils. Russians beat them good and proper and they can suck it up
 

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Lee Lin Chin is not a worthy gold Logie winner just cos she's cool.

Waleed Aly is not a worthy gold Logie winner.

Gold Logies reputation have gone down the gurgler from when Kate Ritchie won her first but that's not really unpopular.
You should of voted then

I'm a little bemused to the reaction Waleed has received - it's a tv award - does anyone really give a toss
 

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You should of voted then

I'm a little bemused to the reaction Waleed has received - it's a tv award - does anyone really give a toss
Its a TV award voted on by a very small proportion of the populace, and very much loaded toward a couple of narrow demographics. The "popular" awards are trash, the industry ones have some merit I guess - barely.
 

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Iris Chang committed suicide, and it's been suggested that her research for that book played a part in her depression, so deeply was she effected by it.
Thanks for mentioning that. I was actually thinking of taking up a history subject at uni based around those events in the war. Could've ended up necking meself!
 

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While it would certainly have been tough research, it's odd to kill yourself over something that happened to other people 30 years before you were born.

Just read up on her. Sad story.
Hard to know. As someone growing up in the age of the internet like many others, I've become pretty desensitized to a lot. Studying history in year eleven and was looking at the Vietnam War, specifically a doco about the My Lai massacre. Never been someone who gets overly emotional or affected by anything, but sitting there watching that documentary filled with horrific images and distraught victims and emotionally deranged US soldiers being interviewed had my whole class (all male) in silence and with the strongest feeling of sadness I ever felt a part of at high school. Was almost surreal being in that environment. Can't ever recall another time in school where someone wasn't cracking a joke, whispering to their mate or showing disregard for what was happening in class.


Pretty sure it took me a few days to feel cheery about anything after that.

If you're dealing with mental demons I can definitely see how your own hatred of the world, a person, group or yourself could be impacted by such research.
 

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Hard to know. As someone growing up in the age of the internet like many others, I've become pretty desensitized to a lot. Studying history in year eleven and was looking at the Vietnam War, specifically a doco about the My Lai massacre. Never been someone who gets overly emotional or affected by anything, but sitting there watching that documentary filled with horrific images and distraught victims and emotionally deranged US soldiers being interviewed had my whole class (all male) in silence and with the strongest feeling of sadness I ever felt a part of at high school. Was almost surreal being in that environment. Can't ever recall another time in school where someone wasn't cracking a joke, whispering to their mate or showing disregard for what was happening in class.


Pretty sure it took me a few days to feel cheery about anything after that.

If you're dealing with mental demons I can definitely see how your own hatred of the world, a person, group or yourself could be impacted by such research.
'Twas reading a bit about that incident too. Sounds like the US soldiers got through that wave of enemies pretty quick.
 

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Apparently the soldiers were told that all the folks in the village were the enemy, which at the time seemed like a reasonable assumption. The main bloke in charge may have found to be mistaken at the end but it seemed like he showed reasonable judgement from the outset.

All in all, they probably knocked off a few blokes that they shouldn't have but given the context of the situation it was a somewhat difficult decision to make. Who knows how you or I would have handled the situation in the heat of battle. In the end the 2-300 fellas that died was a bit of a tragic loss, and in hindsight it could be argued that the wrong judgement call was made, however as I say, we were not the ones in this stressful situation.
 

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You should of voted then

I'm a little bemused to the reaction Waleed has received - it's a tv award - does anyone really give a toss
My thoughts are in response to all the outrage over the so called racism from punters who think that Waleed should not get a logie.
 

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The Marriage Amendment Act 2004 was necessary.

The definition may not have been the right one, but establishing a position was the right move.
 

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While it would certainly have been tough research, it's odd to kill yourself over something that happened to other people 30 years before you were born.

Just read up on her. Sad story.
True. But probably married in with the fact she recognised humanity was fuc### and nothing really changes through history.
 

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There was also the domestic political situation to consider, the Americans were getting sick of the war, Truman had just taken over from the revered FDR, and the last thing he would have wanted to do was head towards the 1948 presidential campaign with the war still going on in the background.
Holy shit how things change. Credit to the PR Firm/Lobby Group/Psychologists/Spy Agency/Politicians/Educators who managed to change their whole perception of the world in 50 odd years. Scary thing is Australia follows our trends from this rabble of a society.
 

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Anyone who is unfortunate enough to get/be diagnosed with cancer and subjects themselves with Chemotherapy really is playing Russian Roulette. They simply need to have an off the record chat with a any 2 bit surgeon to realise the dicey game they are playing. Seriously break a leg and get appendicitis and rely on a surgery. Cancer. You really are clutching at straws.
 

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The Marriage Amendment Act 2004 was necessary.

The definition may not have been the right one, but establishing a position was the right move.
If he'd left it as it is, we wouldn't be having this torturous debate, and be wasting all this money on this ridiculous vote.
 
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