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Discally t1_jablw02 wrote

Reply to Mr. Bungle back when they performed in masks (1992) by Big_suggs

No mention of The Mentors?

(They wore executioner masks, at least at one point)

Going back to their "hits", I can't imagine wtf I ever listened to them in the first place. Not really even offensive so much, but lacking guitar riffs and boring-ass lyrics, LOL.

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AgileSpider t1_jabl5gx wrote

Reply to comment by StopUsingOxygen in Emperor Hirohito at Disneyland, 1975 by Queasy_Monk

There is a lot more to it than just that. Hirohito had a role in which lead to many atrocities being committed, he himself however wasn't directly Responsible most of the atrocities. What I mean is this, its not deniable he knew many of which what was going on, but little to no evidence points to him ordering said actions to occur such was inhumane experiments, mass genocide, torture and so on. A lot of it had to do with lack of military discipline within the ranks of which lead to many Soldiers going to extremes in order to compete with one another especially military branches competing such as the Navy vs the Army.

The Military had such influence in the Japanese Government that Hirohito was little but a Puppet Figure in comparison to vast Military leaders. Sure Hirohito had the authority but the Military having the highest Status and influence, makes those who go against the Status Quo "Eliminated", An example being former Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi whom himself was Assassinated after being an Obstacle to the Japanese Military as Inukai had disagreed with the Military invasion of Manchuria believing in Hirohito's positioning of honoring The Nine-Power Treaty of 1922 (Recognizing the Republic of China).

I would argue Hirohito's greatest responsibility was allowing the Military Generals and Military to go unchecked to do as they wished. Inaction on his end is what resulted in the atrocities Japan committed during WW2.

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J_Patish OP t1_jabiqzn wrote

Reply to comment by amarggraf in 3 of My Uncles, Poland, 1938 by J_Patish

L was a conscript in the Polish army when the Nazis invaded - far as we know he was killed very early on.

M escaped to Russia along with most of the family, and when the Nazis came was conscripted into the Russian army. He did shoot himself in the leg after a year and a half, so that he could go home and see the daughter that was born a year before… other than that - fine.

R was married with a 3 days-old baby boy, and decided to take his chances with those wacky Nazis. They were put in the Warsaw ghetto; after a couple of years him and the wife decided to make a run for it. They placed the boy in an orphanage, and escaped to the countryside, where a Polish farmer hid them for over a year. Problem: the boy. He was blonde and blue-eyed, and was never circumcised, so he had a very good chance of making it. However, his maternal grandfather decreed that he must be circumcised, so that he’ll “know who he was”. So the 2 year-old boy was circumcised, and some time later was picked up in a Gestapo raid. His fate is unknown.

Both M and R eventually made their way to Israel and took on new duties as my favorite uncles.

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