[GordonHall]

[quote:37bfe]pathetic ? lol. . Baseless ?? lol. tenatively generic shit LOL. Both of you make these claims yet not a single reliable source to back it up. Look at the power this man must of had if you look at Blases story, the family Killed itself in respects to his words. That is Power right there Gordon.[/quote:37bfe]

You want sources then? Fine, you chose not to sight yours so I didn't sight mine. You simply backdowned because you got your shit pummeled like twelve year old against a chain gang.

Most Japanese citizens were under the impression that the Japanese were winning the war or would harm others under the premise that through Imperial propoganda that the American military was far worse than anything else they could imagine. Imperial military officers were immune to this, because they realized how week and easily controlled the emperor was.

So, here are my sources:

Enigma Of The Emperors: Sacred Subservience In Japanese History - by Ben-Ami Shillony (Really expensive, don't buy this unless it's secondhand by the way)

Bushido: The Way of the Samurai - Tsunetomo Yamamoto

Horror in the East: Japan and the Atrocities of World War II - Laurence Rees

There are a few others, but they are loaned to a friend of mine and I can't recall the authors and titles exactly. This knowledge however isn't simply gathered through reading, but rather by alleviating the pressure from your ass by uprooting your head from that direction and try a little non-internet related study beforehand so you can post more extravegant--but more believable--lies about cultures and history you know dick about.