tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574198575168538104.post5277640939799749126..comments2024-02-27T14:15:43.978-06:00Comments on Modern Medievalism: Is Bushido to Blame for the Bomb? On the anniversary of Hiroshima and NagasakiThe Modern Medievalisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07238571174836044412noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574198575168538104.post-5273688281644002402020-08-10T05:23:59.002-05:002020-08-10T05:23:59.002-05:00In retrospect, I could have written my conclusion ...In retrospect, I could have written my conclusion in more precise terms. Of course, the version of Japan we saw in World War II didn't come out of nowhere. But that wasn't consistent with Japan's total history of warfare. It was the outcome of a series of events in the decades leading up to World War II.The Modern Medievalisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07238571174836044412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6574198575168538104.post-7509093987787291812020-08-09T22:24:44.126-05:002020-08-09T22:24:44.126-05:00Dear Modern Medievalist
A well written piece but ...Dear Modern Medievalist<br /><br />A well written piece but your conclusions are way off.<br /><br />Whether Bushido is ancient or not, it still influenced to an enormous degree the Japanese army leading up to and during WWII. What you are in fact arguing is that traditional Japanese military culture played absolutely no part in the crimes committed by the Japanese military. <br /><br />Neither the crimes of the Japanese or of the Germans were distinct to WWII. They were both built upon past attitudes and activities, even if they were distortions of that past. The present is built upon the foundations of the past, it doesn't spring out of the ground fully formed.<br /><br />Mark Moncrieff<br />Upon Hope - A Traditional Conservative FutureMark Moncrieffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07988061141727262837noreply@blogger.com