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Originally Posted by samurai007
Was that revisionist history actually posted on the shrine itself, or in flyers, or what?
Because, in general, I don't have a problem with any country honoring its fallen soldiers, even if they were fighting us at the time. They did their duty to their country, families, and Emperor, and most had no say in war policies or orders for treatment of prisoners, etc.
However, while it's only natural to paint your own country in as good a light as possible, there should be honesty and recognition of facts and events.
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In the shrine itself... there were also things such as "America forced Japan into war to save itself from economic depression" and other stupid things along those lines
I seem to vaguely remember it saying something like they were the liberators of Asia from America/Europe hahaha
I should go again and take pictures, it really was pretty stupid...