Comment author: codythegreen 28 December 2011 01:27:28AM 2 points [-]

I was planning on giving a donation at tax return time

Comment author: lukeprog 24 December 2011 01:18:53AM 1 point [-]

The Japanese holdouts.

I seem to recall that Japanese soldiers were especially trained to fight to the bitter end because failure against the Americans was the worst thing imaginable, etc. Can anyone point me to decent historical documentation of this, if this is indeed what happened?

Comment author: codythegreen 24 December 2011 04:00:55AM 0 points [-]

Many of them committed suicide rather than be taken prisoner or surrender there are many articles and such on the war in the pacific theatre and almost all of them mention that. Although the ones with veterans interviews would be most helpful.

Comment author: codythegreen 24 December 2011 03:36:10AM *  1 point [-]

To deny any thought feeling or memory or the mind that harbored it... seems a bit extreme i don't know if theirs a term for it ? Maybe we should save our imperfections they in many ways are what make us human.

(I'm sorry if my entry's are not as polished as most I'm a little unrefined.)