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Originally Posted by theAlphaDuck
im not calling ingrained culural foundations "Brainwashing"
but suicide in the face of battle IS brain washing...
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AlphaDuck, you are still looking through western colored glasses.
Kamikaze attacks on American ships was not due to "brainwashing".
The "death before defeat" credo of Japanese soldiers goes all the way back to the days of the Bushido. Were the samurai brainwashed, too? Come on. It's a part of the CULTURE and suicide is looked upon very differently in Japan than it is in the west.
My list of top 10 countries was in response to this quote from you:
what i find funny is:....that all these suicidal angsty teenagers are always living in such NICE countries....
I am just saying that your line can't be taken as fact.