joesmoke
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Hey....I'm in your sig. Where's my royalty check?
ive been sending you checks for 500 reps each month on the 11th day. Have you not been receiving them?
Hey....I'm in your sig. Where's my royalty check?
LOL,irl.I'm a believer in "old testament vengeance."
You knos...that's where the person who believes themselves to be wronged, not only kills the person who committed the wrong, but also the family and friends of that person as well...in essence, kill anyone who even knows that person...
I told one of my bosses one time that I disagreed with his decision and was going to file a grievance on it...He gave in on the issue, but told me he didn't like to be threatened.
I told him I wasn't making threats...but that if I told him, "I'll set your house on fire and kill you and your family as you run screaming from the burning fucking building," THAT would be a threat...all I was doing was standing up for my rights.
He looked at me with and left...quickly.
For some reason, he always had one of the foremen deal with me after that...<shrug>
I've always believed we let Japan off TOO easily at the end of the war...but, I was never cursed with the compassion gene...so it may just be me...
That was the greatest use possible.......it isn't even worth arguing.
But yea, they teach you to make this thread in Trolling 101 I'm sure.
I'm a believer in "old testament vengeance."
You knos...that's where the person who believes themselves to be wronged, not only kills the person who committed the wrong, but also the family and friends of that person as well...in essence, kill anyone who even knows that person...
I told one of my bosses one time that I disagreed with his decision and was going to file a grievance on it...He gave in on the issue, but told me he didn't like to be threatened.
I told him I wasn't making threats...but that if I told him, "I'll set your house on fire and kill you and your family as you run screaming from the burning fucking building," THAT would be a threat...all I was doing was standing up for my rights.
He looked at me with and left...quickly.
For some reason, he always had one of the foremen deal with me after that...<shrug>
I've always believed we let Japan off TOO easily at the end of the war...but, I was never cursed with the compassion gene...so it may just be me...
I agree...the Baton Death March was terrible...
But when compared to the Bataan Death March...it was just a walk in the park...
Perhaps NOT for the squeamish
http://www.bataansurvivor.com/pics/big/beheading.jpg
I think a LOT of soldiers who committed willful acts of aggression against unarmed civilians got away with their crimes. I think the systematic Japanese denial of the Nanking Massacre is an example of where they should have been put in their place, But, I do think in general, the actions to rebuild and reform Japan into a free nation were a better course of action instead of further revenge/punishment....
Rebbecca Black- Friday
I believe that much of it was under orders, not individual behavior. That's why so much of it went unpunished. NOT because the Japanese military ignored the actions of a few soldiers, but because they were doing what they were ordered to do.
Having the ability to use hindsight, I agree with your last sentence. It probably was for the better...
I believe that much of it was under orders, not individual behavior. That's why so much of it went unpunished. NOT because the Japanese military ignored the actions of a few soldiers, but because they were doing what they were ordered to do.
Having the ability to use hindsight, I agree with your last sentence. It probably was for the better...
Not directly, but I understand what he is talking about. Ran into myself in college as a history major. Occasionally you would run into one of those ultra left prof's who used his/her class to bash the United States and point to it as the source of all evil throughout history. Ignoring the facts and just preaching their anti us crap. They hated it when the class would start questioning their bullshit.
Of course there are right wing nutjob profs who do the same thing, I just don't think there are as many of them. I do remember one that taught a poli sci class on the American Presidents. Dropped that one to after he and I got into a screaming match one day and we ended up throwing stuff at each other in class.
I had to withdraw from several classes due to clashes with profs who let their ideology dictate how they skewed the facts and taught their classes. Can't stand that shit, just teach the facts and don't bullshit it up with your beliefs.
I've always believed we let Japan off TOO easily at the end of the war...but, I was never cursed with the compassion gene...so it may just be me...
Well, the precedent set at Nuremberg established that this is no valid excuse, correct?
I agree...but that wasn't my point. It's not that the world doesn't hold them responsible...it's that Japan never held them responsible...or themselves for that matter.