Re: Now's our chance?
Declan Murphy wrote:
> On Mar 3, 2:08 pm, The 2-Belo <the2b...@msd.bigREMOVETHISlobe.ne.jp>
> wrote:
>> mtfes...@netMAPSONscape.net totally sneezed all over fj.life.in-japan with a
>> withering cloud of snot:
>>
>>> The 2-Belo <the2b...@msd.bigremovethislobe.ne.jp> wrote:
>>>> Declan Murphy totally sneezed all over fj.life.in-japan with a withering cloud
>>>> of snot:
>>>>> On Feb 29, 11:26?pm, "John W." <worthj1...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> Natsukashii....
>>>>> Innit!
>>>> I feel like I dropped a lit cigarette in a fireworks factory with my original
>>>> post. :)
>>> You mean, that wasn't your intention?
>> Of course not! I meant to have a nice rational, *meaningful*
>> discushahahahahahahahahahahahaha.
>
> I don't see what the fuss is about. Some parts of Aichi have banned
> the US military since the occupation.
> http://www.declan.tv/gallery/026.html
You've got the story back asswards. But, it doesn't sound as good, I
know ...
That's a notice from the US military banning entrance to US personnel.
Obviously, they found some reason not to trust the locals and feared for
the safety of off-duty personnel. Mainly, they were concerned about
nutters who didn't accept the war's outcome or that service members
would take a shiv in the kidneys for buying and eating food at local
stalls (there were a number of documented incidents at black market food
stalls in a number of cities). There were stories put out by the
Occupation propaganda people circa 1946~47 that the US command didn't
want US service members desecrating local temples deliberately or
inadvertently; but an amateur military historian I know who has looked
into this has found nothing in the occupation archives to confirm this.
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CL
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