post WW2 censorship.
this place is no longer fun. bye.
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you should've seen the comments when this was news on Kotaku. plenty of double standards going on here.
actually, current emperor Akihito, has been apologetic about the atrocities his father had caused in East Asia and in Pacific Islands against the US. but he's basically got no power and the various leaders in the Japanese government are more right-winged and imperialistic than Akihito. especially some a-hole who…
some people see a sex cloud in Lion King and a dildo in Ariel's castle. some people see demonic and pagan symbology in Pokemon.
2015-1945 = 70. plenty of people over 70 who are still alive today who may have seen death and destruction in ways we can't imagine today. some of whom are in positions of power right now.
so the rising sun flag, that specific flag with the 16 rays, wasn't appropriated by the Japanese Imperial Army to be their symbol?
and guess who are in charge of these soft censorships? SK political parties using WW2 as an excuse. same reason why Japan still has a strong right-wing movement. same reason why China's CCP can still impose so many restrictions on Japanese goods while people don't realize those goods are manufactured and sold…
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yeah, IKR?
already replied to someone else on this matter, and Magic cow is right.
another one of you. Manji/Wanzi/Svastika can be rotating in either direction. Nazis misappropriated one in a specific direction, so with that in mind many Buddhist societies decided (after WW2) to disassociate themselves with the one facing the same direction as the Nazi-misappropriated version.
i do too for stuff like this, but then there are lots of history to a lot of people, and there's people who vandalize stop signs and call it "art". so, i wouldn't always place art as a victim. sometimes there's more going on than just art. and to those who keep playing the "it's those Asians again" card, well, it's…
this is just a buddhist symbol. Jewish people need to lighten up.
it's about time they did this one.
Semi, as in the guy who isn't the prince of Zamunda.
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because respect the law must mean rape. that's an interesting view of the world you have there.
this. the 7200.11's (some from Thailand, some from China) had a lot of crap drives. the DM001's run fine.