tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post8886801645503155541..comments2023-11-12T00:30:15.262+09:00Comments on Monster Island (actually a peninsula)*: Rhee Syngman housekushibohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-57968135757523695752009-04-07T20:02:00.000+09:002009-04-07T20:02:00.000+09:00Thanks for your detailed and thoughtful reply. You...Thanks for your detailed and thoughtful reply. You are right when you said anti-Japanese feelings and the syngman-line declaration are 2 different issues. But you would agree that they are somehow related issue in some ways, though they are different. <BR/><BR/>Howere, I don't want to dig into this issue more here, since it is enough for me to know what you think about my question. <BR/><BR/>Maybe, I may make some time to discuss about it more someday.<BR/><BR/>Thanks.Minue622https://www.blogger.com/profile/08713952323693927238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-80121664215302589572009-04-05T04:03:00.000+09:002009-04-05T04:03:00.000+09:00And one could argue that without Rhee pressing the...And one could argue that without Rhee pressing the flesh with politicos in Washington, the same ones who were deciding what to do with Japan after it is defeated, it would have been logical for Japan to keep Chōsen, <I>as it was trying to do</I>.kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-6265867383672014742009-04-05T04:01:00.000+09:002009-04-05T04:01:00.000+09:00Well, you're combining two different issues there,...Well, you're combining two different issues there, his anti-Japanese feelings and the political expediency of trying to control what he considered Korean territory. <BR/><BR/>Rhee himself was jailed for seven years and had to flee his own country because he dared to speak out against Japan taking over his homeland. <BR/><BR/>I could understand that once he got control of his country he would want to squeeze out remaining Japanese influence, especially considering that it was a similar type of Japanese influence in the late 19th century that caused Korea to be taken over by Japan in the first place AND after World War II there were still segments of Japan's ruling class that believed Korea (as well as Taiwan and Okinawa) was a natural part of Japan that should be reverted back to it. <BR/><BR/>While Rhee's anti-Japanese feelings — even hatred — are arguably justifiable, I don't think anti-Japanese sentiment today is a good thing. I think it's right to be critical of Japanese leaders who make excuses for Imperial Japan's atrocities and for Japanese politicians who keep insisting on taking control of territory like Tokto, but I think they should also recognize that there are many Japanese (a majority?) with whom Koreans share significant common ground<BR/><BR/>But I also believe that anti-Japan sentiment is not as widespread as the media makes it out to be. There are some loud people for whom it is deep, but other social indicators of the masses don't really indicate that. <BR/><BR/>At any rate, anti-Japanese sentiment was not something Rhee invented; a lot of Koreans had very difficult times and very bad experiences at the hands of the military government that ruled Korea for about four decades, as well as their agents. <BR/><BR/>Similarly, many Koreans still feel negative feelings toward the former military governments of especially Park and Chun, and that is not likely to subside anytime soon.kushibohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10306033998028548550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3869680.post-75562031188206111992009-04-05T03:30:00.000+09:002009-04-05T03:30:00.000+09:00What do you think about that he also had a quite v...What do you think about that he also had a quite vehement anti-japanese (almost hatred) feelings, one of reasons that led him to delcare so-called 'Syngman Rhee line' against Japan?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15569946236593871288noreply@blogger.com