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Originally Posted by Dan40
Correct me if I'm wrong about the sadly duped and plotted against, by the evil US, mild mannered Japanese. But wasn't it the Japanese Samurai that were allowed to, even expected to, test the keenness of their blades by lopping off the heads of passing farmers and fishermen, or women? Or children?
Nice guys, all!
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Well, not quite. A Samurai would only under special circumstance even partialy reveal the blade of his sword. However it was expected to bow to them and failure to show respect was considered an insult to the lord they served. Typically, your head would part company from your body in short order.
Look folks, we all have skeletons in our closets and our homes sit on land we kicked someone's azz for at some point. If history had not taken the course it did I'd be sitting in a thatch hut picking ticks off my balls, hoping I find something to kill tomorrow so I don't starve.
Those who forged my past left me a better life and what they felt was a good government, no doubt at someone's expense at times. They witnessed wrongs in the world and did what they could to stop it even if it was outside our borders. The point of history is to learn from (not blame) mistakes and hopefully not repeat them. The US and a handfull of other countries have managed to not have a global conflict break out under it's 60yrs of sitting on Europe and standing firm against the Communists.
We've all made our share of mistakes, but I dare any country to compare to the US in tossing our dirty laundry out in the front yard for everyone to see. (eventually someone talks)
BTW bankrupsy is nothing new for US (or most any country), We were bankrupt after WWII, the civil war, the cold war (almost). But we'll pick ourselves up. Possibly those who claim to stand by us will help, some will no doubt just kick us instead. Either way we'll get back up.