in article , jake at
wrote on 12/19/03 7:17 AM:

On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 21:53:51 GMT, "Kevin Brooks"
wrote:


"jake" wrote in message
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On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 17:32:10 GMT, "Kevin Brooks"
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"Cindy" wrote in message
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Kevin Brooks wrote:


The Army remained undefeated until the Emperor finally pulled the
plug,
and
even then there was a hardcore element that tried a last minute coup
to
prevent the surrender.

Wait, wait. There was something more to that. When the cabinet
members
voted for the acceptance of the Postdam Declaration or not, the numbers
tied. Therefore, the final decision was made by the emperor.

At the time, the Japanese populace were under abnormal pressure. They
were brainwashed that defeat means death. Therefore, after the
surrender, a large number of both soldiers and civilians killed
themselves. In the street or anywhere, someone pulled the pin of the
hand grenade and shouted, "Ten'nou heika banzai!", a group of
passers-bys jumped on to it to be blown up together. A pair of school
girls pulled their knives and stabbed each other. If one didn't have
any
means to kill oneself, one begged the closest military person to shoot
oneself. I just can't believe how crazy human can get.


Who left a legacy of true democracy; what a shame, huh?

Sex industry was indeed a big hit.

If you think the US was responsible for introducing an enlightened
attitude
towards sex to the Japanese, you are sadly mistaken and need to review
your
Japanese social history.

indeed..

The US introduced a nightmare


Rape Debate In Japan

What the heck do "rave parties" today have to do with the US in Japan in
1945?

they were not "rave parties" at all..they tend to be asexuual
they were a pretext for the activation of predatory attitudes to women
that show little has in fact changed..

"When 28-year-old Wada and five other organizers were arrested on rape
charges in late June, public outrage underlined how attitudes about
sex crimes are changing in a society where victims traditionally
suffered in silence.

But the affair also shows how much hasn't changed. It has triggered a
boys-will-be-boys backlash that activists say only spotlights how
ingrained sexist sentiment remains. "

"During a Parliament debate, lawmaker Seiichi Ota, a 57-year-old
former Cabinet minister, got a laugh when he quipped: "At least gang
rapists are still vigorous. Isn't that at least a little closer to
normal?"

And BTW, the Japanese had pornography long before we dropped in--take
a gander at some of their more licentious artistic depictions from the
1800's and earlier.

rape is about power hatred and domination not sex..
and pornography is not eroticism..

The artistic depictions you speak of a a far cry from..

"Rape-themed videos account for about a fifth of the porno offerings
at chain rental stores, with titles like "Idol Rape Crime File"
rankingamong the top five in weekly X-rated sales.

Popular comic books and video games often depict rape fantasies where
teenage girls, nurses and housewives willingly submit to rapes and
other sex assaults from relatives, neighbors or even police. A
17-year-old high school student arrested in June for allegedly raping
31 women reportedly told police he was trying to re-enact scenes he
saw in porno books and magazines.

True, many popular comic books and video games often depict rape fantasies,
but that had nothing to do with the American occupation. Such depictions
were common in shunga of the Edo era, and Japanese art of earlier periods.

Why do you continue to post such anti-American nonsense? Next you will be
accusing America for rape and pillage of the Crusades?