Re: Why did MAcarthur refer to japanese as 12 year olds?
Just like koreans and Kim Jong Il....or Revered Sung Yung Moon
"supertech" <ejone5@austin.rr.com> wrote in message
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> 12 year old boy would listen to and obey his parents without a question.
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> They did exactly that toward their emperor.
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> Immature may not be the exact word.
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> I would rather say they are like hive insects.
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> Philippinos would have done the same except that they didn't have the
> powerful center of the governing power.
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> "SuperOutland" <superoutland@aol.com> wrote in message
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> > I've heard it quoted that MAcarthur said "the japanese should be
> > treated like they're 12 year old".
> >
> > This may be a paraphrase of his speech, in which compared to the
> > "modern germany" japan was a "12 year old boy".
> >
> > However, it is clear that Macarthur somehow though of japanese as
> > being immature, and probably not solely to them not being modern or
> > even and enemy because i do not believe he made similar remarks about
> > Koreans or Chinese. Or his duties as an administrator, for I do not
> > believe he made similar remarks about the people of the Phillipines.
> >
> >
> >
> > I just want to know your opinions on why you think this, both japanese
> > and otherwise.
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