Reviews on bella moda….

I don’t really need to go into the power plays of the world (yes, the true phrase is “power plays”) because sooner or later, those right-wing idealists will inherently go the way of “Ozymandias,” so to say.

As for me, I will sit on the sidelines as a witness and an observer, and I will sip a cup of Earl Gray tea while watching the events that are unfolding in the global theatre. Kinda like becoming a Gaulin, sans the madness.

It’s good when you have a Stoic mind.

Yes, lots of conquerers do that. Spanish to the Aztecs, i think (some South American people, can’t remember, but i remember the spaniard leader was cortez or something). But that is only logical. When the conquering population is smaller than the conquered population, you massacre the conquered to keep the balance so they don’t rise up and overthrow you.

“History tends to repeat iteslf, who know what Japan may be capable of once it gain enough power to wage war once more?”

Well, considering that as long as they know that war causes them suffering (even if they don’t know that they cause others suffering), they are unlikely to start a war. That is, until they forget, which will happen to people around the world sooner or later. I mean, look at the current generation of kids. We have games like Red Alert, Rome: Total War, and stuff like that. Yeah, war is cool. Violence is cool. It’s happening all over the world. (well, maybe only in developed countries, but that doesn’t really matter :P) So, going by what you say that Japan may wage war once it gains enough power to do so, ANY country with sufficient military power has an equal chance of doing so. The main thing that makes people anti-war is the fact that they know they THEMSELVES suffer, not that they cause others suffering.

“I am sure it is such a splendid idea to let a nation who waged wars, murdered and raped to watch others. Blah.”

You are judging people for what they once were. The political climate has changed, the people have changed. Although we must never forget, we cannot blame them for their parents’/grandparents’ actions. It’s like saying Americans are a lousy people who like going around thrashing other people’s homes. That is what the American military is doing. But is that a true representation of the typical American? I think not. The Americans that I know are nice and truly welcoming people. So judge a person for what they are, not by their nationality or race, or YOU will likely be the one to start the war again.

It’s very likely that should Japan have won WWII, it would have gladly wiped its conquered countries off the face of Earth. Japan has today became the most advanced nation in East Asia, history tends to repeat itself, who know what Japan may be capable of once it gain enough power to wage war once more? And what does that commenter mean who said that Japan has the duty to “exert a stabilizing influence” on others? I am sure it is such a splendid idea to let a nation who waged wars, murdered and raped to watch others. Blah.

Anyway, what are we but pawns in this gigantic board game we call ‘the world’? To say the world is nothing more than a game is hardly far from the truth, is it?

This calls for more Chardonnay. Care to join me?

I think you need to stop thinking of the world as a war game, because it really becomes one when everyone thinks that way.