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Comments on Profile Post by Teiwaz

  1. Dynastylights
    Dynastylights
    Oh? Is it really? Hunh... good to know now XD
    Nov 13, 2018
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  2. ReinZero
    ReinZero
    *points to Japan* :p
    Nov 13, 2018
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  3. magic9mushroom
    magic9mushroom
    Japan likes turning things that are not little girls into little girls.

    Japan, as a former Axis country engaged in large-scale historical denial, doesn't view Hitler as negatively as most countries.
    Nov 14, 2018
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  4. ReinZero
    ReinZero
    I should just lampshade that it does /not/ mean agreeing with Hitler's policies. Since technically speaking, a mutual ally due to need/of convenience (like the Allies w/ Russia and Communism).

    That aside, Japan's specific denial of note has to do with its war crimey activities in and of Asia. On that note, that is as much an unfortunate result of the militant extremist wing having power.
    Nov 14, 2018
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  5. ReinZero
    ReinZero
    In these jp cases you can note that things tend to look worse since it makes the Axis adaptions be evil for the sake of being evil (and petty).

    After all, it ignores the very convoluted political background that does technically justify Pearl Harbor being a logical outcome as well as Japan allying with Nazi Germany.
    Nov 14, 2018
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  6. magic9mushroom
    magic9mushroom
    No, being allied with Hitler doesn't mean being a genocidal racist (see: Finland). However, the WWII Japanese were actually worse than Hitler in the war crimes department.
    Nov 14, 2018
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  7. magic9mushroom
    magic9mushroom
    They were also incredibly racist; even their propaganda to the other Asian nations glorifying the GEACPS emphasised the "Yamato race" being at its head (this would be like Hitler hoping to convince the Slavs themselves with Nazi propaganda).
    Nov 14, 2018
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  8. magic9mushroom
    magic9mushroom
    The Japanese turned conquered women into sex slaves, literally ate prisoners of war on numerous occasions, and systematised perfidy when they started losing.
    Nov 14, 2018
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  9. magic9mushroom
    magic9mushroom
    Re: Pearl Harbor - I know what Yamamoto was planning and why it seemed like a good idea. What actually happened was a war crime, and even Yamamoto thought so (he intended to get a declaration of war issued a couple of hours beforehand).
    Nov 14, 2018
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  10. ReinZero
    ReinZero
    I should point out, again, that the nationalist/extremist wing was dominant. The main differences in emphasis is that Nazi Germany prosecuted Jews specifically and /before/ warring- also because they're White and didn't have something akin to the scale of China nor a Pearl Harbor-ing the USA thing.
    Nov 14, 2018
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  11. ReinZero
    ReinZero
    Also, to be very frank, the main reason the extremists were never in check'd was due to the closure of WWI's handling... by the West, led by the /USA/. So technically Pearl Harbor was literally karma (this does not make it less of a mess due handling).
    Nov 14, 2018
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  12. ReinZero
    ReinZero
    That's why you then had them joining hands with the only power in a remotely similar angle (ie. Nazi Germany). The Japanese race thing is pretty much the /same/ as the Nazi idealized thing in concept. But the /difference/ however is the extent of centralization, or not, of extremism... as well as how long you have to work with it.
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  13. ReinZero
    ReinZero
    Hitler, not really that long. The Japanese, since WWI. That difference adds up, hence turning the /good/ Japanese behavior in WWI into... the extreme opposite in WWII.

    Then with the non-extremist ones getting driven out and the extremists seizing control, that pretty much goes straight to hell. Thus the literal actions jp did make sense, but is at least explained why it happened.
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  14. ReinZero
    ReinZero
    Hence jp adaptions of things in more 'light' hearted means technically makes it worse by a significant margin. As it then makes them pretty much complete monsters in implication for starting a war without proper declarations... and overall senselessness to it all.
    Nov 14, 2018
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  15. ReinZero
    ReinZero
    While it absolves the Allies of all responsibility for their direct contribution to the bloody mess, while turning them into victims fighting in legit self defense.

    In other words, it goes from all parties being at fault (RL) to /just/ the Axis being at fault.
    Nov 14, 2018
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