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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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[–] nick@midwest.social 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah, turns out war is pretty fucked up. Look up the rape of nanjing. Or Pearl Harbor. Or Hiroshima.

You get the idea.

[–] Jumpingspiderman@reddthat.com 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And Japanese cannibalism of executed POW's, and Ishii's biological warefare unit. War is Hell.

[–] dessalines@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

The US was the model for biological testing and eugenics, that's not why they fought japan, nor was it even one of the stated reasons at the time.

[–] SoJB@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Liberals and the irresistible urge to compare yourself to literal Nazis

[–] nick@midwest.social 4 points 2 weeks ago

Not really sure what you mean here. Is that what I’m doing in your estimation?

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

CW slur spoiler

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

Lovely place

[–] hackerwacker@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Are we the baddies?

[–] Cowbee@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Always have been.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

Nothing personnel kid

[–] Taleya@aussie.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago

Turns out if you dehumanise your enemies completely, war crimes happen.

Although the japanese mostly just mutilated you when you were alive.

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

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

[–] Name@feddit.nu 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That war is desensitizing

[–] Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 points 2 weeks 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 2 weeks 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 2 points 2 weeks ago

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