Should we forgive? should we forget?

Here is a comment responding to the news that more than 400,000 people (mostly Chinese) around the world have signed online petitions to oppose Japan's bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council:

Japan has no qualification for permanent seat
(Mar 29 2005 - 19:54)

Japan has no qualification to be a permanent member of the UN Security
Council in all respects, and Japan's behavior to make desperate efforts for
Security Council membership is impudent and imprudent.

This issue can not be solved by money or backing of big countries but by the recognition of the international community.

It has no pluck to take action responsible for world security and international order. If Japan, a servant following the United States, becomes a permanent member of the UNSC, it will only result in adding one vote to the US in harassing world security and international order.

As Japan is a dangerous warlike state which is seeking overseas aggression going against the trend of peace, its attainment of the UNSC permanent membership will give the Japanese militarists the wing of revanche for aggression.It is an insult to
the international community to offer a permanent membership to Japan which is
distrusted by its surrounding countries because it has not yet redressed its past blood-stained aggressive crimes.

Japan's bid to become a UNSC permanent member was to be a political power as well as a hegemony in Asia and the world. It is contrary to the basic mission of the UN and it will be troublesome to the world people desirous of peace.When the United Nations marks the 60th anniversary of its establishment and the end of World War II， Japan should take this year as a good opportunity to redress its past crimes, remove the stigma of an 'enemy state' and gain trust from the international community. And it should discard the harmful sense of national superiority and chauvinism and candidly join hands with Asian countries with a clear understanding that it is a member nation of Asia.Till 27 Mar, more than 10 Million people around the world have signed online petitions to oppose Japan's bid for a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council.