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Also the phrasing of "the Japanese" being at fault and not their fascist government and its supporters
This is an excellent thing to point out, and that was not the message I had hoped to convey. I was specifically referencing the Japanese government, not the general population of Japan. Thank you for pointing that out, and my apologies for not being more clear
BJJ might be accessible for you. I used to roll with a blind guy who fucked me up on the regular
Why refrain? Go for it
I didn't catch your response until after I deleted my comment. And I deleted my comment because I read the sidebar and saw this sort of thing was explicitly permitted and I'm an idiot.
Thank you very much for your detailed and enlightening response
No yield. Only mortal combat.
album from Bjork's first band
Yeah, I tried. I just couldn't enjoy it all. Maybe I have pedestrian tastes or just don't "get it," but whatever the case, all of those were very unenjoyable to me.
I was actually at a function last night talking music with a group of folks, and a couple folks chastised me for not liking the velvet underground with Nico album as well. It's all good; I'm not claiming to be a music critic or anything and y'all still get to love albums I can't stand
Damn! I haven't gotten any of those yet, but I think we might need to fight a little when I do! I'll save this and get back to you!
This is how I remember his series on the Japanese involvement in WWII:
Carlin talked about the Japanese military leaving gruesome "messages" (through terribly mutilated corpses of American soldier) to Americans, which in turn led Americans to take fewer POWs and also ramp up the violence. Additionally, this led to fewer Americans units who may have otherwise surrendered as POWs to continue fighting even if it meant they would all die; they were terrified to be captured. The Japanese military also knew what effect this must have on the Americans, and as a result would refuse to surrender in fear of similar treatment / reprisal.
Japanese soldiers would report this back home to their families. Combined with the propaganda civilians received from their government and the stories from the front, many people believed that when the Americans landed in Japan, that the soldiers would eat their children. It was because of this sentiment it was believed that the Japanese populace would never surrender, and the fighting on the Japanese islands would require killing far more people as the invasion progressed northward.
It is to be noted I am not a historian, and I'm just someone who listened to a really long podcast a couple years ago. He's more of an "historian" than I am, and he seemed pretty credible to me. I have done no other reading or research on the topic, and I probably shouldn't have commented here to begin with.