The attached 13-minute video describes the powerful and deep emotional impacts experienced by a Canadian teacher who participated in the 2008 “Peace and Reconciliation Study Tour to China” (also known as “China Study Tour”[1]).
The trip provided her an opportunity to meet victims of sexual slavery, military slavery, germ warfare, and the Nanking Massacre. Meeting these former victims humanized the war and strengthened her conviction that the millions of innocent victims should not just become casualties of history and that their story must be told. She cried tears of joy in seeing their survival, and tears of amazement at their courage to break their silence and retell their painful stories. She also asked herself whether she would have the courage to perform acts of self-sacrifice to be a humanitarian to save thousands from becoming victims as were done so many brave people, including foreigners such as the German businessman John Rabe and the American missionary Minnie Vautrin.
On the Issue of Vaccination Choice
An extremely important issue that has been getting increasing discussion recently is the issue of the pros and cons of the government mandating a large number of required vaccinations in children, starting at birth (12 hours old).[1] The number of recommended vaccines by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) is 48 before the age of 6. The number of government mandated vaccines may be larger or smaller than the above recommended number, and varies with the state, with NJ requiring the largest number at 60 (with four added just starting in September 2008).
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