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Japanese Films about WWII Spark Controversy
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| April 14, 2014
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Posted on 04/14/2014 11:57:40 AM PDT by Saint X
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To: Fiji Hill
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posted on
04/14/2014 12:19:32 PM PDT
by
dhs12345
To: ryan71
They are available but they’re REALLY childish and boring. Grossly amateurish and emotional. As bad as Russian war movies and equally loaded with simple-minded propaganda.
Don’t waste your money..
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posted on
04/14/2014 12:21:22 PM PDT
by
Chainmail
(A simple rule of life: if you can be blamed, you're responsible.)
To: dfwgator
Is that old school Cheech and Chong ?
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posted on
04/14/2014 12:22:07 PM PDT
by
Zeneta
(Thoughts in time and out of season.)
To: oh8eleven
Ah, I hope you hated the North Koreans just as much. PCH was during the Korean War. That is really funny!
I was very young when I saw it, and they all look alike anyway! /s
Thanks for the history lesson.
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posted on
04/14/2014 12:24:26 PM PDT
by
FatherofFive
(Islam is evil and must be eradicated)
To: FatherofFive
Pork chop hill was Korean war
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posted on
04/14/2014 12:25:25 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
(Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: Vaquero
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posted on
04/14/2014 12:25:44 PM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(Sometimes you need 7+ more ammo. LOTS MORE.)
To: FatherofFive
Don’t feel bad... I hated Eskimo’s for years after watching Khartoum.
To: dhs12345
We were visiting Hawaii a few years back and made the required stop at Pearl Harbor and the Arizona. About 1 and 3 people in line for the Arizona memorial were Asian and very likely Japanese. I could tell by the language and facial features. Not certain why they were visitingFor the same reason southerners visit Ft. Sumter.
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posted on
04/14/2014 12:28:02 PM PDT
by
chajin
("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
To: Saint X
EXPECT THIS
Whether we like it or not, Japan will now have to MAN-UP given the threat from China and our unilateral disarming. This is part of the effort. Building a nuke arsenal is another part, and I’m sure they’re well along there.
If we don’t like it, that’s tough. No different than thinking we have any influence on Putin. We are a burned-out laughing stock, more interested in figuring out how to populat our military with (people of alternative lifestyles) than being able to project force.
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posted on
04/14/2014 12:31:18 PM PDT
by
BobL
To: FatherofFive
I remember watching "Pork Chop Hill" as a youngster. I hated the Japs. At Pork Chop Hill (1953), we were fighting mosttly Chicoms and perhaps a few Norks.
To: Chainmail
I still keep in touch with some old associates from my time working in a Japanese company, and have the feeling many Japanese are learning most of what they know about the war from these movies.
Kinda like Americans educated from about 1980 onward.
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posted on
04/14/2014 12:33:58 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: Saint X
The Japanese soldier had a solemn duty in WWII, sit and wait to be killed by US service members.
To: dhs12345
The boat talking wife and me out to the Arizona Memorial was 2/3rds populated with Japanese tourists. I asked one fellow in his 20s why so many Japanese were on the tour.
He said, he and his wife wanted to see what their fathers and grandfathers had done. They simply couldn't believe the Pacific War (Nihon for WW II) had happened as it was not taught in school in Japan.
To: Zeneta
Very old school Cheech and Chong.
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posted on
04/14/2014 12:35:30 PM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: VeniVidiVici
Amazing how flies just land on shiite.
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posted on
04/14/2014 12:36:02 PM PDT
by
longfellow
(Bill Maher, the 21st hijacker.)
To: dhs12345
About 1 and 3 people in line for the Arizona memorial were Asian and very likely Japanese. I could tell by the language and facial features. Not certain why they were visiting. But it was strange. Hawaii is a popular destination for Japanese tourists. There were a lot of Japanese among the crowds visiting Arizona the last time I was there.
At the time, Hawaii wasn't as pricey as usual due to a recession in Japan.
To: chajin
Good point.
But just as long as they are respectful. And they were although they loved their cigarettes. There was a heavy cloud hanging over us.
And probably mostly old stories from their granddad for them since none of them fought in the war and they were at least one generation removed.
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posted on
04/14/2014 12:40:43 PM PDT
by
dhs12345
To: dhs12345
I too visited the USS Arizona memorial and the Punch Bowl.
I was also stuck by the number of Japanese I saw
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posted on
04/14/2014 12:40:55 PM PDT
by
South Dakota
(shut up and build a bakken pipe line)
To: dhs12345
Why on earth did you find it strange?
I’m sure many Germans and Italians visit WWII sites in Europe.
It’s history.
.
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posted on
04/14/2014 12:43:18 PM PDT
by
Mears
To: Eric in the Ozarks
And then you point over to the USS Missouri and say, “Your country couldn’t sink that one!” ;-)
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