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Japan’s “great ally”, USA, used to boil flesh off of Japanese skulls and send them home as war trophies and gifts to their sweeties back home. (rarehistoricalphotos.com)

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[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 9 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What does this say about the guys that thought this was a good idea?

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

That they're war criminals

[–] Name@feddit.nu 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

That war is desensitizing

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's an overly generous view of war crimes

[–] Name@feddit.nu 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Feel free to pitch in with more takes

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Seems necessary with all the "war is hell" handwaving going on to point out that the people who did this are war criminals

[–] Name@feddit.nu 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Not sure how that is relevant since I have made no statement regarding the legality of such things but 👍

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

You made an excuse for war crimes

[–] Name@feddit.nu 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, no. I did no such thing.

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

In this thread there's been a lot of handwaving about "war is hell." You said war is desensitizing and that the peoole who did war crimes were "unstable."

Thats really common when US war crimes are brought up. "Well obviously war is hell/war is desensitizing/they were just crazy," gets deployed, instead of the most obvious thing staring us in the face - the core US value of white supremecy.

War is hell. What about the culture of white supremacy, genocide, rascism, and aparthied the men who commited these crimes came from? Was it really just war that desensitized them?

You may not, even probably aren't falling into this consciously. But you are making excuses for war crimes and the reality of what the US actually is.

[–] Name@feddit.nu 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Still no. You don't have a point here, however much you try to force one.

If others are 'handwaving' war crimes, that's on them and you can argue with them about it. :-)

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What was your point then?

[–] Name@feddit.nu 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What I wrote lol. I'd say that someone who thinks sending skulls back home to their families is not in a sound state of mind.

[–] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sure no subtext there. Fucking smug ass lib

[–] Name@feddit.nu 1 points 1 month ago

🙄

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Sure but I dk if I would want to be with a guy that sent me the head of his enemies as a momento. Like 40's girl wants a skulls ? They dating Wednesday Adams?

[–] Name@feddit.nu 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd probably not want to be in the same squad lol. Soldiers taking trophies from their enemies bodies gives of an unstable vibe

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago

Whaaa!? Skulls for the Skull throne is 100% mentally stable.