• nekandroOP
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    7 months ago

    Yes, noble Japan, honouring the 2 million noble war criminals who died attempting to subjugate its neighbourhood in Asia and responsible for the massacre of millions of Chinese, Koreans, Indonesians, Malays, …

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      7 months ago

      Japan

      *Private corporation. The government was separated from religion in many ways in the post war and Yasukuni is actually owned by a private organization.

      The whole thing is further complicated by it basically being kinda like Arlington Cemetery except that it also contains some really reprehensible people (though I’m sure Arlington isn’t free of that, either). I’ve never been personally.

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    7 months ago

    Fuck everyone in Japan that defends the war atrocities the government committed. If this seems like a harsh take, it is only proportional to how abhorrent those atrocities were.

    That shrine should be burned.

  • Patapon Enjoyer@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    In another part of the video taken at night, he is seen apparently urinating on the pillar and using spray paint to write “toilet” in English.

    The kids are alright