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| If The U.S. Killed The Japanese Emperor During "WWII,"The Japanese Could Have Committed Mass Suicide- The Whole Nation. |
| I heard it today and want some educated people to tell me about it. It seems plausible to me right now.
The Japanese who would not be willing to kill themselves could have been killed by other Japanese for the Emperor or something. It could have been like the Jonestown event.
THIS IS YET ANOTHER DEBATE I REGRET |
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That's the most silliest I've heard! And that's why I'm commenting! Good tactic! |
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Those who argue that the Japanese would have committed mass suicide had their emperor been killed by
the Americans are confusing military discipline, which existed among Japanese personnel and
especially pilots who would rather kill themselves than suffer the dishonour of being captured as a
prisoner of war, with the reality of civil society. It would be inaccurate to assume that this level
of militaristic discipline would have projected itself onto Japanese society.
Suicide was a means of maintaining a sense of honour in the case of many Japanese pilots and
soldiers, and as such, it served a very specific, worldly purpose. Yet none of this qualified as
mass suicide, but rather the personal decision of individual military officers. Mass suicide
involves organization and coercion (like at Jonestown) but this would have been impossible to
accomplish across an entire country. No serious historian believes that mass suicide would have
occurred in Japan, had the emperor been killed by the Americans. |
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Although there was an Emperor, it was still a military dictatorship and the generals and admirals
were pretty focused. They would have held control and probably rallied their people even more (if
possible). I'm not seeing why mass suicide would be an option, as it is unclear of what it would
accomplish. |
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28 May 2008 19:41
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