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Russell wrote:2014: Takeshima war?
legion wrote:just so long as we ignore the thousands of other events that happened within those two time frames
Yokohammer wrote:Russell wrote:2014: Takeshima war?
I think, to really make the most of this nugget of pulp prophecy, the really bad thing that happens will have to happen after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Russell wrote:Yokohammer wrote:Russell wrote:2014: Takeshima war?
I think, to really make the most of this nugget of pulp prophecy, the really bad thing that happens will have to happen after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
OK, let's ask China to postpone their invasion of the Senkakus to 2021 for the cause of making history correct...
Yokohammer wrote:This is kind of interesting. I don't put much stock in such ideas personally, but the sequence is eerily similar.
Someone posted this on FB:
And a quick translation ...
1923: Great Kanto Earthquake
1925: Public Security Preservation Law (Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peace_Preservation_Law)
1940: Tokyo Olympics
1941: Pacific War
2011: Great East Japan Earthquake
2013: State Secrets Protection Law
2020: Tokyo Olympics
and ... ?
[cue Twilight Zone theme ...]
Coligny wrote:Try clouds... Good stuff too... Sometimes there's even dragons and butterflies hiding...
Yokohammer wrote:Russell wrote:2014: Takeshima war?
I think, to really make the most of this nugget of pulp prophecy, the really bad thing that happens will have to happen after the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Samurai_Jerk wrote:You're forgetting your history (and in your case probably your youth ). If the Senkaku's cause a war between Tokyo and China which leads to the cancellation of the 2020 Olympics, history will truly be repeating itself.
It really is a little more tricky than that: in 1940, there was war in Europe, and the Japanese involvement in China had been festering on for a number of years. However, it was the war in the European theatre which lead to the cancellation of the Olympics, and Japan turned its attention to Pearl Harbour and South East Asia after the scheduled date of the Olympics.Yokohammer wrote:Samurai_Jerk wrote:You're forgetting your history (and in your case probably your youth ). If the Senkaku's cause a war between Tokyo and China which leads to the cancellation of the 2020 Olympics, history will truly be repeating itself.
Hey! You're right!
That got me wondering how many games have been cancelled due to some kind of war/conflict. As far as I can tell the answer is "five":
* Three summer Olympics: 1916, 1940, and 1944
* Two winter Olympics: 1940, 1944
The 1940 summer and winter Olympics were both scheduled to be held in Japan (I didn't even know they were held in the same year back then).
I guess I wasn't paying attention at the time ...
All hail SJ The Prophet!
wagyl wrote:It really is a little more tricky than that: in 1940, there was war in Europe, and the Japanese involvement in China had been festering on for a number of years. However, it was the war in the European theatre which lead to the cancellation of the Olympics
wagyl wrote:...in 1940, there was war in Europe, and the Japanese involvement in China had been festering on for a number of years. However, it was the war in the European theatre which lead to the cancellation of the Olympics, and Japan turned its attention to Pearl Harbour and South East Asia after the scheduled date of the Olympics.
Screwed-down Hairdo wrote:The Japanese government informed the IOC in 1938 that it would be unable to fulfill its responsibilities to host the Games in Sapporo (winter) and Tokyo (summer) due to the drain on resources being caused by its Holy War with China.
Wage Slave wrote:
Trying to establish and run an empire is a great way to bankrupt a country unless you are pretty clever and pretty amoral about how you do it. .
China is in growing competition with Japan to be the dominant indigenous power in Asia
Asia’s Reckoning: China, Japan, the US and the Struggle for Global Power by Richard McGregor will be published by Allen Lane on 5 September.
Grumpy Gramps wrote:China is in growing competition with Japan to be the dominant indigenous power in Asia
Woot? Sounds like a heap of BS to me TBH.
Grumpy Gramps wrote:Sorry, we crossed each other. Explanation in my ETA of previous post. The whole thing is just a commercial.
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