Kokoda Diggers 'eaten' by Japs

Herald Sun ^ | 8/18/02 | SHELLEY HODGSON

[Hoplite]

What a weird thread.

Actually, I drive a Honda.

Lemme guess, they all look the same - right?

[Redleg Duke]

"That being said if your supply lines are cut I think cannibalizing enemy dead is perfectly sensible."

Obviously, you are not a member of the human race.

[auggy]

To think that the Left and media tries to make something out of the bombing of Japan by Harry Truman. This is the first I have heard about the cannibalism by the Japs. I was not born at that time. I have no respect for these people. The bombing of Japan was the right thing to do.

[Alouette]

They (the Japanese) weren't animals. That is too good a name for them. They were monsters.

And to day, they are prosperous, happy, produce great cars and electronics and are the nicest folks you ever saw. Who says nukes don't work?

[meenie]

St. Petersburg was Stalingrad during WW II. I don't condone cannibilism but history is valid in what actually happened. My main point was that predicting what people will do to survive is fairly certain. Too many examples have been happened to think otherwise.

[jordan8]

The veterans admit that they were incensed by the knowledge that the Japanese had resorted to be eating Australian dead. . .
But they really got P.O'd when they overheard the diners say "MMM. . . Tase ah just like ah chicken!"

[dennisw]

bump

[Hoplite]

No donut for you.

In my readings of history, starvation is the rule, cannibalism is the exception, and you've got Vladimir Illyichopolis and Joseph Vissarionovichopolis confused.

[American in Israel]

The Asian Nazi's have gone far too long without being held accountable

Over 50 years, I suggest you get a life. There is plenty to be mad enough in the modern world, that you can safely forget about your granddaddys problems.

[Dimensio]

Hrmm...

I work for a Japanese-owned company and a number of Japanese managers reside here. I've never witnessed or heard about any abusive treatment from management, however. They're all typically pretty nice people, and no one 'bows' or calls them 'san'.

Perhaps you are only seeing what you want to see.

[Mr. Jeeves]

St. Petersburg was Stalingrad during WW II.

St. Petersburg was Leningrad during WW II.

I hope the US is ready to fight the same kind of war against our new enemies - they are at least as cruel as the Japanese were, and just as convinced of their own inherent superiority.

[weikel]

Im not disagreeing with you I would certainly never surrender to them.

[medved]

You can fault the Japanese (severely) for the rape of Nanking. Eating dead bodies when there was nothing else TO eat is much more problematical. They say dying of hunger is not pleasant.

[andy_card]

Stalingrad is now Volgograd, btw. The 900 day siege of Leningrad killed as many as 800,000 civilians. With folks "living" on daily rations of 125 grams of bread, rats, horses, dogs, etc. were the first things people turned to. When they ran out, cannibalism became prevalent. Surrendering to the Nazis was just not an option. So please spare everyone any moral judgements. People do what they have to do in order to survive.

[Shryke]

And to day, they are prosperous, happy, produce great cars and electronics and are the nicest folks you ever saw. Who says nukes don't work?

Hahaha, damn that got me laughing, good one. Actually, it's close to true aside from the "nice" part. Japanese people are polite, extremely so, however, they are the most racist, sexist, and cunning race I have ever met (and I spent 2.5 months there, wandering Tokyo, Sendai, and Osaka). I would not call them nice. At least not the males.

[yarddog]

I suppose you often tell your friends in Israel to "forget" what happened 60 years ago.

[Tea42]

"Enjoy that new Toyota!"....and..."I prefer my Lexus SC 430."

A hamburger by any other name costs twice as much. Lexus IS a Toyota.

[yarddog]

I am not going to condemn someone who eats human flesh when there is absolutlely no alternative, but I have read enough accounts of Japanese canabalism including killing american pilots in order to eat them, that I have no doubt they did it mainly due to perverted nature.

[wjcsux]

Another good reason for the nuking of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

[Campion]

St. Petersburg was Stalingrad during WW II.

Leningrad, not Stalingrad. Stalingrad was about 1000 miles southeast, and was captured by the Germans (partially), not besieged.