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Originally Posted by Hufflepuff
The mindset you have in mind I tend to think was a brainwashing from the Japanese officer corps on thier men, and to a moderate extent, it worked. Ever since, seening Letters from Iwo Jima I tend to be rather careful with the subject.
Not going against your point or anyhting though, bedcause there certainly were many Japanese with this mindset, but there were still many other human prospectives on the Japanese side.
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This mindset I have is based on what I read and observe. Guarentee, they were some Japanese that didn't believe that, but you will admit the Japanese taught those ideas. In all honesty I try to see the Japanese and the Germans as just like us (as in Americans) just with different beliefs and ideas. Clint Eastwood did a good job there in Letters From Iwo Jima showing they were humans (and not as completely evil creatures as other movies portray them as). What this all boils down to is no matter what side you were on or what you believed in the end you were human and therefore share the will to live.