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Originally Posted by clairebear
Oh, and now all the unbelievably ignorant people of the internet are saying this is "payback for Pearl Harbor". Yeah, let's just conveniently forget that America dropped atomic bombs on them. I'm so ashamed to be a Westerner right now. The absolute lack of respect coming from some people is disgusting, but it's exactly what I expected unfortunately. 
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Speaking of lack of respect from some in the west, there was a picture in the paper today to go with the tsunami article (The Times, I think) of the Grim Reaper surfing on a coffin-shaped surfboard with Japan's flag on it . . . it seemed in extremely bad taste to me, rather offensive too. A lot of the news coverage (save from the the NHK and BBC) doesn't seem to be treating the issue with any respect at all . . .
I just wondered how the issue was being covered in other countries outside of the UK and Japan? How is the media handling this in the rest of the world?