Tsunami "payback" for Pearl Harbour
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All parties who have ever been to Japan or have any personal relationships with Japanese people, raise your hand!joebear15 said:
Alright. No, I didn't raise mine either. One of my friends did teach english over there, incidentally just outside of Hiroshima. One of the reason's for Japan's renowned work ethic and business stature is their pulling together after the war to save their society from completely falling apart. For the most part, the Japanese are not angry about Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Speaking of which... Grammar!joebear15 said:wait.... are you sugesting that their are... Ignorant people.. ON THE INTERNET.duckfi8 said:
but yea your right lot of people here have no clue what there talking about.
A) Their refers to ownership, you mean there are.
B) They are can be shortened to they're, but not to there.
The day man kind can control the weather and waves, will be the day that space flight becomes commercial and regular trips are made to an alternate world
With ~1000 posts, law of averages would state that someone on this thread had an understanding of the internet. Thank you.punkrocker27 said:
Also, the United States didn't wait 4 years to get "revenge" on Japan. Going to war was the response, because despite the fact that Japan violated nearly every rule of engagement, they did not attack a civilian target. People seem to forget that Pearl Harbor was a military base, and that the United States isn't governed by a council of 10 year olds.
The bombings were almost completely unrelated to Pearl Harbor. I apologize for stomping on anyone's "wit".
Jesus non-existent Christ, it's Haiti all over again. Remember that? When the earthquake there was "God's wrath"?
*reads*Traun said:
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SHIT! That should be do not. Also I rather refuse to use the word gook, mainly cause my uncle is dating a japanese girl, and gook is more of an Continent Asian insult.
They were willing to surrender on their own terms.mabrookes said:
The US wanted unconditional surrender so that they could make sure that stupid shit didn't happen again. They needed a legitimate ground to claim that they did what they set out to do, and frankly giving the Japanese emperor a slap on the wrists and sending him home wasn't going to cut it. Its why they didn't accept German surrender. It's why they didn't accept Japan's attempt to surrender. The US just barely got involved in WW2 because they were tired of this stupid shit in Europe.
Claiming that soldier deaths are some how acceptable because they're being paid to fight is hilarious considering that most of them were drafted. They had no say in it. The US government had every reason to believe that an actual mainland invasion of Japan would be the most brutal fighting of the entire war, especially after how the Japanese fought on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. We simply had no idea of what Japanese production was at, and if was any guess they were taking it underground just like the Germans. Incidentally, it's hard to see a nation as being on the verge of surrender when they're flying airplanes into your aircraft carriers and battleships, and claiming that they'll fight to the last man.
And briefly, some loss counts on US victories in the Pacific:
Guadalcanal: 7,100
Solomon Islands: 10,600
Philippines: 14,000
Borneo: 8,000
Iwo Jima: 6,800
Okinawa: 12,513
And that's bearing in mind that there was many more Japanese living on mainland Japan, and that it'd likely be the most imposing target to strike considering that it's mostly mountainous terrain.
No serious scholar of war will tell you anything but that the dropping of the nukes was justified. The US needed to end the war fast before either public opinion turned against it, or the Russians got involved, or Japan turned communist (This was something the Japanese emperor was actually concerned about.) and the Japanese kind of flagged their right to a somehow "moral" war after their own atrocities. No, I won't claim the US is without fault, but trying to claim that the US somehow wasn't justified in using every means necessary to bringing the swiftest end to the war is ludicrous.
You can claim that there was alternatives to nuking Japan, but none of them posed the chance of ending the war in days rather than months while also giving the US a legitimate, clear cut victory.
People = Shit
Where the hell did I hear that I'm sure someone had it on a shirt, but it's kind of truth, especially for the internet. Except you guys the escapist community is great.
Where the hell did I hear that I'm sure someone had it on a shirt, but it's kind of truth, especially for the internet. Except you guys the escapist community is great.
http://irregulartimes.com/holywarriorbush.html oh well, yea, it's not invasion if god wills it. everyone knows god is behind all of america's selfless actions to rape pillage and murder everyone, you know, for their own good. I totally agree with you. It's for their OWN benefit to be murdered, harassed, lied to, and such. We're doing such good deeds here arn't we?Littlee300 said:
please explain to me the drive of capitalism without the use of the word or meaning of the word GREED. oh right, it's god's will... for the benefit of the chosen ones.
please explain to me what happened to the native americans and why they don't own this land? OH RIGHT, cus god wanted it... for you know, their own sakes.
yea... I see it now... You're TOTALLY RIGHT!
please explain to me the definition of brainwashing?
no, i don't hate humanity, just most of it. for starters lets just say, religions, prideful idiots, faith, and mostly those who think they know it all and acting in the "best interest" of everyone, and so on. I'm just saying, i'm not surprised that america, home of the BRAVE often chicken out; Land of FREEDOM, by any and all possible means crush all other economical and social methods; The COUNTRY OF FAITH, rose to power by killing, stealing, robbing, lying, and continue to do so throughout the years. Yea, i'm an idiot, but I try to stay skeptical of all sides even though I already have a conclusion, and try to stay open and make sure I'm not too stubborn, but you know what? An open mind usually makes all the difference.
I wouldn't be worried about how we got the land. (taking it from the Indians and Mexicansblazearmoru said:
) I would be worried about what we turned it into. George Carlin says we turned it into a giant shopping mall...
You'd think that in a modern, free society where people are supposed to be sensible, something like this wouldn't happen, but then it does, and I can't understand how people could honestly think this.....
I'd laugh at the hilarious trolling done by silly teenage assholes trying to capitalize on the tears of a tragedy, but then I typed in "pearl harbor" under Posts By Everyone on Facebook and found several such responses by grown adults who were almost certainly serious and I died a little inside.
I guess a good chunk of them had close friends or relatives that died fighting the Japanese in World War 2, but that doesn't excuse them for being such mean-spirited now.
I guess a good chunk of them had close friends or relatives that died fighting the Japanese in World War 2, but that doesn't excuse them for being such mean-spirited now.
what morons, it was ONE attack, in ONE war that no-one even cares about anymore! it hardly merits divide punishment in the form of a national disaster, besides, what about all the great stuff japan has given the world since then? hmm america? what's your reply to that huh? appreciate the irony of insulting japan to a friend over a video phone that was designed and developed in japan? didn't think so