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NEWS: S. Korean Court: Cancelled One Piece Exhibition Can Be Held


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Ali07



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 6:10 am Reply with quote
Wait, someone took them to court over this?
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OH&S



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 6:19 am Reply with quote
I'm not sure if I should be happy that the exhibition can still occur. I'm more confused than anything now. Who took who to court?

Perhaps the reasons for cancelling it was more a knee-jerk reaction as the court doesn't seem to find anything wrong with the material. Still, there must have been another place to hold the exhibition.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 7:34 am Reply with quote
Sounds like the court looked the displays over and came back with a "No problem found." verdict that makes the exhibition contract enforcable.

I suspect that the promoters in Korea are the ones that took it to court since they would be taking a financial hit.

The War Memorial Museum is still not a place that should be hosting a One Piece exhibition. One can only assume that there was a fair amount of money and / or a urgent need for the same that started this mess.

Mark Gosdin
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 7:35 am Reply with quote
Yes! I thought it was extremely childish that they originally cancelled this event. And for such garbage reasons.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:25 am Reply with quote
Shocked Wow, this is quite surprising. I didn't hear about this on other media. Thanks for reporting on this ANN.
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revolutionotaku



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 9:54 am Reply with quote
If most South Koreans don't like the exhibit in the first place, they should just stay at home & not go at all.
It didn't make sense to cancel it.
The court made the right decision to let the exhibit go on as planned.
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Maokun



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 10:52 am Reply with quote
World War 2 was a gallery of atrocities but it is time to let go and move on. I swear that not even Jewish people nowadays hate and begrudge today's Germans as much as Koreans hate and begrudge Japanese. Jingoism is a cancer.
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InuKen



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:20 am Reply with quote
Maokun wrote:
World War 2 was a gallery of atrocities but it is time to let go and move on. I swear that not even Jewish people nowadays hate and begrudge today's Germans as much as Koreans hate and begrudge Japanese. Jingoism is a cancer.


This. Though I won't generalize all South Koreans as there are many of them who are pretty damn cool with Japan. I'd say it's more of the government's fault, especially their president Park Guen Hye, than it is of the masses.
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Polycell



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:26 am Reply with quote
Ali07 wrote:
Wait, someone took them to court over this?
Apparently they signed a contract to host it, so somebody had every right to.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:26 am Reply with quote
Maokun wrote:
World War 2 was a gallery of atrocities but it is time to let go and move on. I swear that not even Jewish people nowadays hate and begrudge today's Germans as much as Koreans hate and begrudge Japanese. Jingoism is a cancer.


Yes true, but the problem is Japan's habit of whitewashing history. Have you ever heard of the Kono Statement, yeah not long ago, Japanese government decided to review the statement and it caused outrage in South Korea. Even some of the lawmakers in the US was not quite happy on this.
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BrainBlow



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 11:34 am Reply with quote
This is basically what I said when this story first came about. One Piece having anything to do with the Japanese war crimes of WW2 or its whitewashing government is ludicrous.
And it would make sense that someone took them to court over it if there was already a contract written.
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While yes I truly believe One Piece has nothing to do with the atrocities the Japanese committed during WWII and this is not some some attempt to whitewash history by the Japanese. I have to ask who's smart idea was it to hold this in a museum dedicated to the war memorial of South Koreans during WWII. It does seem to be pretty insensitive and you could make a parallel that someone tries to hold a German film festival or any kind of German exhibit in a Holocaust Museum even though nothing shown has anything to do with Nazism or Hitler. Though of course any sane person or with any form of common sense understands just being German has nothing to do with being a Nazi there would still be some issues with people it just seems to be a completely unnecessary issue that shouldn't have happened in the first place.
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World War 2 was a gallery of atrocities but it is time to let go and move on. I swear that not even Jewish people nowadays hate and begrudge today's Germans as much as Koreans hate and begrudge Japanese. Jingoism is a cancer.


I agree it's time to move forward and look at how much people in Germany and Japan do for the world today. Many people forget Italy, USA, Spain, and Russia all committed atrocities...some lost, some won, and some stayed neutral.

I don't believe people that follow the Judaism faith, or live in Israel will ever stop holding it over Germany. Who do you think funds Israels massive military means other than the USA? Germany.

People in Germany today are very humble, scared, and or an ever apologetic people...similar to those in Japan lol. They're both beaten girl friends basically lol. Eventually they will wake up, and retake their balls, countries, and heritage...but not for a long time longer lol.
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BrainBlow



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:18 pm Reply with quote
The_way67 wrote:
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World War 2 was a gallery of atrocities but it is time to let go and move on. I swear that not even Jewish people nowadays hate and begrudge today's Germans as much as Koreans hate and begrudge Japanese. Jingoism is a cancer.


Extremists are just loud. The average Korean most likely either does not care, or is just not very invested in the historical relationship between Korea and Japan.
The Koreans who "hate" Japan are most likely a quiet minority, relatively speaking.
The_way67 wrote:

I don't believe people that follow the Judaism faith, or live in Israel will ever stop holding it over Germany. Who do you think funds Israels massive military means other than the USA? Germany.

Israel itself. Israel's economy is growing independently of foreign funding.

The_way67 wrote:

People in Germany today are very humble, scared, and or an ever apologetic people...similar to those in Japan lol. They're both beaten girl friends basically lol. Eventually they will wake up, and retake their balls, countries, and heritage...but not for a long time longer lol.

This is a very vague, thus very scary remark. "Retake" what exactly?
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 22, 2014 1:23 pm Reply with quote
Monster Hunter wrote:
It does seem to be pretty insensitive and you could make a parallel that someone tries to hold a German film festival or any kind of German exhibit in a Holocaust Museum even though nothing shown has anything to do with Nazism or Hitler. Though of course any sane person or with any form of common sense understands just being German has nothing to do with being a Nazi there would still be some issues with people it just seems to be a completely unnecessary issue that shouldn't have happened in the first place.


I am German and I have to disagree partially. Actually, such things have been done. Cultural exchange is a very good way of supporting reconciliation. And going to the places where it really hurts can proove the most effective. Victims and the following generations can experience decent people from the "other side," and those can find the strength to remember and make sure that something like this does not happen again. That said, I do have doubts about a fighting shonen being an adequate exhibition topic.
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