Re:Bushido: Way of Total Bullshit
by reitanqild on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @09:50AM
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> However your comments read like you've adopted the opposite bias rather than less bias.
I'm adding this to my selection for future usage.
Re:Bushido: Way of Total Bullshit
by jessaustin on Tuesday June 28, 2016 @10:18AM
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Tojo let his people die to avoid loosing [sic] face.
According to TFA we should probably blame Nitobe for that as well. Frankly this seems as ridiculous to me as blaming Nietzsche for the Nazis.
>A country's leadership is responsible to its own people first.
That's the kind of thinking that leads to genocide and war crimes.
>However your comments read like you've adopted the opposite bias rather than less bias.
Well, not much bias. This is pretty much how big powers always operated. Read a few now US historians on WWII -- or somebody closer to Howard Zinn than some "celebrated establishment academic".
So they're still fighting and the war is not over yet?
> there's nothing about "invading" that's worse than dropping nukes on civilians
A country's leadership is responsible to its own people first. Truman dropped bombs to avoid sacrificing his people. Tojo let his people die to avoid loosing face.
WW2 ended in a horrific way and the stories popular in the US definitely leave out details that make the US look bad. However your comments read like you've adopted the opposite bias rather than less bias.