tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post115942735345991569..comments2024-02-24T09:14:44.403+00:00Comments on The Poor Mouth: Iva Toguri - Orphan Ann, not Tokyo Rosejams o donnellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-1159602014966878082006-09-30T08:40:00.000+01:002006-09-30T08:40:00.000+01:00Thamks Steve, Iva's story has interested me for qu...Thamks Steve, Iva's story has interested me for quite soome time. It is thanks to teh Internet though that one can find out more (even if it does generally mean having to filter out a lot of crap in the process). I had it in mind to write somethin more etensive bu t it will go into my pending pile!<BR/><BR/>I have no doubt that americans, like anyone else, will abhor torture and support due process. When thinking about , say Guantanamo, trying people by military tribunals is utterly counterproductive. If any of the inmates have a case to answer then it should be in an open court. We are the good guys after all!jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-1159597229287795662006-09-30T07:20:00.000+01:002006-09-30T07:20:00.000+01:00In light of recent events here in the U.S., I cann...In light of recent events here in the U.S., I cannot help noticing that Toguri's conviction rested in part on coerced testimony. And now Mr. Bush intends to legalize its admission again in cases of his choosing... and based on the votes in the past couple of days, he will probably succeed in doing so.<BR/><BR/>Americans are not naturally enamored of torture or hostile to due process. But some among us seem to be easily persuaded to go against their natural sense of justice and humane behavior, and instead embrace cruelty, set up kangaroo courts and grant incredible powers to a man who would be king.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for writing about Toguri, jams. I always learn a lot when I visit your blog.<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.yellowdoggereldemocrat.org/" REL="nofollow">The YDD</A>Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-1159563558972014172006-09-29T21:59:00.000+01:002006-09-29T21:59:00.000+01:00I look at Iva ery differently to other collaborato...I look at Iva ery differently to other collaborators. Had she not been caught in Japan then she would never have done what she did. There is no way she was any thing other than a partiotic americam. I will post links presetnly to some excerpts of her broadcasts.. then compare her to Lord Haw Haw or Axis Sally and not the difference.<BR/><BR/>I think she wanted to put it past her. She was pardoned and thus was able to get on with her life after a fashion. Many iwho have been through the sort of things she would have been through, or far worse, often want to leave the horror behind.jams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-1159532686444646272006-09-29T13:24:00.000+01:002006-09-29T13:24:00.000+01:00/blog hijack/Have you ever noticed all the legenda.../blog hijack/<BR/><BR/>Have you ever noticed all the legendary women with ROSE in their name? Down here we have the infamous, "Yellow Rose Of Texas" who supposedly seduced Santa Ana. Tokyo Rose, Yankee Rose, A Rose in Spanish Harlem, Ethel ROSEnbaum......<BR/><BR/><BR/>Anyway, I did find her story interesting. You know what really appealed to me? That she moved on with her life and didn't continuously rehash the drama. Sometimes I think all this modern day pop psychology about venting, and confronting those who hurt you, is just crap. Human beings are strong and really not all that easily traumatized.elasticwaistbandladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12643871078268503643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-1159513638169301942006-09-29T08:07:00.000+01:002006-09-29T08:07:00.000+01:00Toguri's story is well worth looking at. It is a p...Toguri's story is well worth looking at. It is a pretty sorry tale and in her case she certainly didn't deserve her treatment back in the USA <BR/><BR/>Her broadcasts were nothing like those made by Joyce or Gillars from Germanyjams o donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17315325008175184363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19492813.post-1159512129503110672006-09-29T07:42:00.000+01:002006-09-29T07:42:00.000+01:00What a great movie, that story could make.Good pos...What a great movie, that story could make.<BR/><BR/>Good post as usual.Frank Partisanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03536211653082893030noreply@blogger.com