Yes. The object in any conflict is to dehumanize the enemy.

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Apr 17, 2021
10:15:05am

Everyman All-American

Yes. The object in any conflict is to dehumanize the enemy.

Once that is achieved then anything can be done without any moral dilemma.

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Everyman

Previous username: Everymancoug
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History Question - Why is Japan's Tojo NOT a universally known evil villain

Xenon

4/17/21 7:25am

Probably because we nuked them.

4/17/21 7:28am

It was sobering to walk through the Nanjing Massacre Memorial Hall.

Everyman

4/17/21 7:45am

I don’t know but it is amazing to me how humans can get to a point where they murder and torture others and feel morally

CDV

4/17/21 8:18am

"the other" ... those others are NOT humans like you ... so no moral issue....

Xenon

4/17/21 8:37am

Good point (sadly).

dilbert

4/17/21 9:47am

Yes. The object in any conflict is to dehumanize the enemy.

Everyman

4/17/21 10:15am

And that is EXACTLY the tactic of current politics .... which is scary...

Xenon

4/17/21 10:59am

Yep.

Ash

4/17/21 12:17pm

I was going to post something similar

jkccoug

4/17/21 11:05am

My honest view? The same reason Americans don’t know Asian history generally

jkccoug

4/17/21 8:36am

Any audio books on WW2 you recommend?

Medute

4/17/21 8:47am

Sure ...

Xenon

4/17/21 9:15am

I could not handle life in a submarine. Add battle situations,

85fan

4/17/21 10:27am

I think that we as a country blamed the whole Japanese country/culture as

LaserCoug

4/17/21 9:24am

That is an astute observation / theory...

Blue Ghost

4/17/21 11:29am

Don't think it has anything to do with looks. They had a very different culture.

Ash

4/17/21 6:22pm

It’s easy to blame someone very different. Much harder when they look and sound

LaserCoug

4/17/21 6:34pm

The abuse of the Chinese in Nanking was horrid as horrid could be...

Blue Ghost

4/17/21 10:09am

Japan gets a general pass due to Western myopia, white guilt, etc

raines31

4/17/21 10:20am

It is interesting isn't it how our society has

Ash

4/17/21 12:22pm

It’s more about who the victims were than the perpetrators.

StalwartBraveTrue

4/17/21 1:09pm

I have met zero

Ash

4/17/21 6:18pm

I’m not at all surprised.

StalwartBraveTrue

4/18/21 3:25pm

RE: I’m not at all surprised.

Ash

4/18/21 7:22pm

Such is true when we believe our own little interpretation of the world is

StalwartBraveTrue

4/18/21 10:06pm

Maybe because he killed dark-skinned people in an era where they mattered less?

StalwartBraveTrue

4/17/21 1:04pm

That’s the elephant in the room for sure.

jkccoug

4/17/21 1:06pm

No because unlike the Germans who owned up to their mess, the

bald man

4/17/21 8:01pm

That doesn’t explain why they were allowed by western society to bury it?

StalwartBraveTrue

4/18/21 7:49am

You are wrong, the Germans led out on dealing with it. Also there were not the

bald man

4/18/21 10:02am

I very well may be. The two cultures are so vastly different it’s difficult to

StalwartBraveTrue

4/18/21 11:40am

I don’t think it’s really this. As I said elsewhere, the race factor skews the

raines31

4/18/21 10:38am

I think the race thing plays heavily. We got to blame the whole race/culture

LaserCoug

4/18/21 11:23am

But to blame the entire race and culture means today you cannot condemn it

raines31

4/18/21 11:40am

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