1st I think it's a good thing to have a minimum understanding of the subject.
Crime against humanity and war crimes are different things, Nanking = crime againsts humanity, killing prisonners = war crimes, check this out gents
Even if both are not precriptible in time, the war crimes prosecution can have the 'justice by the victors' taste. Crime against humanity don't.Have you at least read the 1st post link ?
About this being a revenge, I'd reply that a crime against humanity has it's definition in its own name, it's a crime against me and you. I have no relatives that died in concentration camps. The special nature of this crimes justifies the fact that they are not prescriptible, but that's only a personal opinion – otherwise I think that "standard" crimes prescription is a good thing
But when I hear "Scandal old timer nazi criminals against humanity are still prosecuted." Instead of "Scandal, some Japanese criminals against humanity escaped prosecution" I always suspect stinky afterthougts.
You can check in this very forum :
- how many topics have been opened about Japanese criminals against humanity escaping prosecution ?
- how many times the above subject has been raised, just to critisize or discuss the prosecution of Nazi criminals ?
Makes me wonder about the motives...do some people really care about Japanes criminals, or maybe they don't give a damn, they only care about leaving Nazi criminals alone, but they got more brains than balls, so they raise the politicaly correct Japanese criminal issue.
Kind of reminds me the "Yes, Hitler was a bad guy, but Stalin was no better" crap.