Apropos of James McClean, here is the BBC reporting last month on the ‘controversy’ surrounding the visit by Japanese politicians
to the Yasukuni Shrine in Toyko to honour Japan’s war dead.
The Yasukuni Shrine is the Japanese equivalent
of the British Poppy, both “honour” their countries’ war dead, but as much as
both may try to ignore the facts, these war dead include people who committed
crimes against humanity.
There are some differences between here and
there however.
*China and Korea actually protest anytime a
Japanese politician visits the shrine.
*Korea was part of the Japanese Empire for 35
whole years.
*AFAIK people in the Korean media don’t ask if
Koreans are ‘mature’ enough to honour Japan’s war dead or Koreans who fought in
the Japanese Army.
If anyone wants to honour Irish people who
fought in WWI wear an anti-war white poppy, otherwise you’re honouring British
war criminals, something I’ll never be mature enough to do I’m sorry to say.