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To: TGPTNDR who wrote (147336)	5/20/2002 5:23:14 PM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1585826

Pretender, <The ugly truth is that nationalism does not brew the hatred religion does.> Huh? In the case of imperial Japan (not to mention most fundamentalist states of modern times), nationalism and religion were the same. Tenchusatsu

To: TGPTNDR who wrote (147336)	5/20/2002 9:53:51 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1585826

The ugly truth is that nationalism does not brew the hatred religion does. Though the Japanese were awfully ugly in China -- and not too sweet in Korea! tgptndr, what's hard for me to reconcile is the ferocity of the Japanese attacks during WWII to the seemingly docile temperament of the Japanese people. My experience of the Germans, and I am generalizing is that they are a culture that is very aggressive, strong, competitive and physical. I can understand how those traits could have been turned into a war machine. On the other hand, my experience of the Japanese is that they are fairly mild mannered, not overly competitive and extremely conscious of boundaries......I understand that at least some of these qualities come from living in such close quarters. So, I have never understood how they got the Japanese to be these savage warriers like the kamakazi pilots. Recently, though, some are suggesting that they were given speed or some other drugs to get them worked up. That sounds pretty likely to me. <g> ted