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Apr 17, 2021
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Xenon
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And that is EXACTLY the tactic of current politics .... which is scary...
because history says that that leads to all kinds of bad actions....
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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.
YIsForBrigham
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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