Saints, we are not.

We aint saints.

Just read an article in Asia Times on China holding double standards with the anti-Japan protests while committing horrors for the past few decades. Even at global level, issues of finger-pointing are not being resolved. sigh.

Introspectively, I think it goes down to a fundamental humanistic issue,rather than just politics. On unimportant matters, or perhaps, by being "nice", when situations of these sort happens, one party chooses to ignore finger-pointing by accepting their part of the blame. We see this happening everyday around us. for me, it happens most often between me and sis. Issues are not resolved completely in actual fact. Just being swept under the carpet. Once in a while, when another bad situation or argument comes up, we take it out again. Arguments can be soo bad that it becomes a case of forgiven but not forgotten.

isnt this the case for China and Japan? Or should I say Japan and ROW (rest of the world)? We all make mistakes. To not admit our mistakes is a big NO. But, who are we to judge others? Who is China to judge Japan for its history when they aint saints? What if today, it was China that was being finger-pointed at?

To resolve this, I think it takes big effort to thrash things out for both countries. easier said than done. on a personal level, it takes moral courage, wisdom and patience. Yet, we are talking about nations where you have variety of differing and sometimes conflicting interests tied together in one. Will they ever work things out? Or will they continue to sweep dirt under the carpet like they have done for decades?