Originally posted by mecharmor23
Okay After studying world war 2, I found out that the whole meaning of Samauri, Bushido, Shinto etc... seem to be completley different than what I saw in animes, video games and modern Japanese people I know of.
Bushido is the code of the samurai, not a religion. Anime and video games are not proper reflections of real life in any form.

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In the real world WWII and pre WWII version, the Japanese people have a very strong phobia of peace. The Bushido, according to historians, was used to justify the killing of helpless prisoners, children and babies....
Try studying the code of the bushido. It's an honor code used in battle, not justification for murder, despite what the Japanese did in battle in the WWII era. Japanese soldiers are not samurai, by the way. Why would anyone have a phobia of peace? This would infer that they were constantly at war and lived in danger, which is not true.

In WWII the Japanese claimed that suicide bombings (exactly the same as the ones commited by modern Al Qaeda terrorists) was part of the Samurai code of conduct since the Samurai was founded. Well not exactly straping a bomb to self but more like getting engulfed in flames and running into a public crowd during feudal times. Also they seem to value the emperor's life over theirs.
In case you havent noticed, Al Qaeda targets innocent lives, civilians and the like. The only targets for kamekaze pilots were American warships. It was a manner of honor, a willingness to die for one's country, to put the country and their Emporer above themselves. As for lighting themselves on fire and running into a crowd... first of all, that's the stupidest thing I've ever heard. Secondly, what would it accomplish? People arent going to stand there and be lit on fire by this person (and by the way, try lighting yourself on fire and staying aware enough to find a target) and then continue to stand there while they burn.

Did the Allies rewrote their religon?? What I am seeing now is no where near what it seems to be now.
Maybe because your facts are ridiculously wrong.

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*From my experience of modern Japan, they seem to hold a strong grudge against empires. The emperor in their video games, books and anime often suffer so much that sometimes you can't help but feeling sorry for em.....
Some of the Emporers in the past werent the best. Some were tyrants. Maybe when people write books ten years from now they're paint Bush in an unfavorable light, but that doesnt mean Americans hate presidents as a whole.

They seem to be much more sensitive to pain, war and death nowadays, very diplomatic they are.... during feudal japan to WWII they seem completley the opposite.
Feudal Japan... equate it to the feudal days of England and whatnot. England doesnt constantly wage war within itself... who changed this? England and the world as a whole as these things became outdated? Or someone forcing it? I'm pretty sure it was the former.

*The Samurai, Bushido, Shinto etc.. seems to be a practice of promoting peace and love....
There are no traditional Samurai anymore. Samurai's were the soldiers of feudal lords... that's like saying the Knights of England promote peace now... they dont exist as they were before. And you should study Shintoism more, you dont seem to know much about it.

*Japanese are against Al Qaeda even though the Japanese were founders of suicide bombers.
Once more, Kamekaze pilots are not at all the same as these suicide bombers. And, the Germans used to stick people in concentration camps, does that mean they would support someone doing this now? I highly doubt it