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11-16-2010, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Sitron View Post
Because I love Japan and I would defend it to death if I had to. It's a precious culture and nation which deserves to live forever.
You may first want to learn to appreciate the culture and nation beyond the Anime and Manga. Achieve this thoroughly and you might subsequently be enlightened enough to realize that war against any nation shouldn't be something spoken of lightly.

Hypothetically, if you were to go to war with China, you would potentially be put in the position to take a human life. This hypothetical person that you are about to kill is fighting for his or her nation. He or she may not agree with their government or military, despite their loyalty thereof. Nevertheless, they would be obligated to act as ordered. They would have family; children. In another lifetime, regardless of nationality or ethnicity, they could have been your friend. And you would have killed him or her, because you wanted to be a part of the nation... that brought you Anime and Manga...

That may not have been what you intended to express in your initial statement, but that's how it came across to me. It's not that Japan isn't worth protecting. But to involve yourself in someone else's war essentially for the sake of cultural enthusiasm seems like a ridiculous thing to suggest.

You still didn't explain why you would be particularly willing to fight against China.
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