It is incredible the pain and destruction the bushido warrior class inflicted upon the world, and on Japan.
I am a fan of the modern Japanese. My dad, of WW2 vintage was not.
“I am a fan of the modern Japanese. My dad, of WW2 vintage was not.”
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I can truly understand both views.
The interesting thing is the thinking of the Bushido Warrior Class is pretty much intact in the dealings of the Japanese when it comes to Japan’s Commerce.
Not the fear they will be in Hell because they are taking lives. It’s about the honor of Japan first in all dealings.
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That said, America is experiencing the America First policy of our current President. As it should be.
From the time America stood totally on it’s own, it’s been trying to follow the America First.
We call it a Revolution; however, it really wasn’t as we did not take out the ruling King of England, which is a true revolution.
We did, however, free ourselves and instill within our country the America First thinking and included in that so many things the Bushido Class Warrior was not able to understand and that is the ability of valuing the minority in our country and realizing we could make changes to right the particular flaws (no, I won’t call them wrongs) we built into the founding of our country.
So your dad’s generation views them as those who couldn’t value others and those that took the lives of so many, and caused so much suffering.
You (and mine, I hope) view it with the lens that over time Japan was able to see changes and make changes. In fact, the Japanese business world is starting to make big moves of safety; their internal Social views still have so much to works towards.
May our generations keep open and honest about our changes for the better of our country and how we view the world.
While I do not know your father’s ethnic make-up, I will comment on the fact that many older American Japanese who lived on American soil still despise what happened to them during the war. And we must remember that many American Japanese volunteered to serve in the military while knowing their families were locked up in our version of Concentration Camps.
It’s still costing us, isn’t it?