[KS] Re: Query: Vietnam and Japanese Collaborators

[David McCann]

I can't avoid asking.  What would an "intuitive understanding" of the issue
be?  Sophisticated, I can understand.  The recent book by Richard Evans, In
Defense of History, is good on that point.  But "intuitive understanding"
of a "sensitive issue" seems a bit like saying Don't discuss this topic if
you are not Korean.  Or perhaps, don't discuss this topic unless you are a
Korean who lived through the period of the Japanese occupation.  Or even,
don't discuss this topic unless you are a Korean who lived through this
experience in Shanghai.  Or perhaps, don't discuss this topic unless you
were part of the Manchurian guerilla group.

D. McCann




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