We're going to War

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I'm not sure about that. I think I sort of take another viewpoint. Think about this...were kamikaze pilots (Japanese) in WWII brave? or were they brainwashed?

Are suicide bombers brave or brainwashed?

The Japanese pilots had been inculcated into believing that their Emperor was a God and they were on earth to serve him. They climbed on that seat, not thinking...."This is scary...but I'm going to go ahead and do it!"

Rather they were totally brainwashed from a young age. They went through an education system that reinforced the sacrifice of one for his Emperor and his country as well as put the Emperor above mortal beings.

The same can be said of the terrorists who rammed the airplanes into the WTC on Sept 11 2001. The cleaning lady of their hotel room said that the drains of their shower and bathroom were clogged from massive amounts of hair.

They had shaved their body hair....to be pure as they entered Paradise. They really believed that they were going there. With 72 virgins and the whole ball of wax.

So actually....they were brainwashed and very cowardly (because they killed themselves rather than live and build a better world).

But that's just my opinion, of course.
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cour·age ( P ) Pronunciation Key (kûrj, kr-)
n.
The state or quality of mind or spirit that enables one to face danger, fear, or vicissitudes with self-possession, confidence, and resolution; bravery.

Were the more than 900 people who drank from a vat of cyanide-laced punch in Jonestown in 1978 courageous and brave?

Aphie needs to be brave and start trading again.....
 
Quote from Babak:

I'm not sure about that. I think I sort of take another viewpoint. Think about this...were kamikaze pilots (Japanese) in WWII brave? or were they brainwashed?

The Japanese pilots had been inculcated into believing that their Emperor was a God and they were on earth to serve him.
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As a footnote to this....today is the 54th anniversary of the execution in Tokyo of Tojo (and six of his buddies) for war crimes. I wonder if the ordering of the Kamikazes was included as one of the crimes...?

Just found this.....didn't know MacArthur was such a sensitive guy!!! (maybe he just loved defying Truman...wasn't the only time).

On December 23, 1948, General Tojo and six others were hung at Sugamo prison. MacArthur, afraid of embarrassing and antagonizing the Japanese people, defied the wishes of President Truman and barred photography of any kind, instead bringing in four members of the Allied Council to act as official witnesses.
 
Just going into something not knowing the outcome. Doesn't say much about the person or their belief system. I've seen a wino (excuse me, a morally, mentally, attitudinally challenged victim of drugs and alcohol) walk across 8 lanes of freeway traffic, busy freeway too, he made it. Doesn't elevate him in my mind, very long on courage, short on almost everything else same as a homocidal suicide bomber.

In Islamic thought, none of them are assured of going to heaven unless they die in a Jihad, so maybe they are actually cowards in the face of so much uncertainty?

I really am getting to love seeing my ideas up in pixels. Maybe I should give up on the trading gig and become a writer? Uhhh.. Ok I won't do that.

Max
 
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