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Japan is a cruel society. One documentary on Japan after WWII illustrated this best. After the war there were tens of thousands of orphans running around in Ja

Japan is a cruel society. One documentary on Japan after WWII illustrated this best. After the war there were tens of thousands of orphans running around in Japan. The girls were al sold up as sex slaves and the best looking ones sold as brides. The boys, however, were all simply KILLED. They'd wander around in the ruins of buildings and every week there's be fewer of them. Who killed them and what happened to their remains is a complete mystery. They were simply killed because they weren't useful in a society that needed labor and couldn't afford to have more mouths to feed. I believed Japan to be a civilized society but the above story has made me change my mind. If you go around killing children simply because they're not useful you don't really deserve to exist as a society.

ridgered4 5y ago
I'm curious about this documentary but am not having much luck finding anything. Do you have a source or a name?
jker 5y ago
No offense, but this all sounds extremely unlikely. Human beings simply don’t operate that way, even under extreme conditions. Assuming that source exists and is the way you recall it, I’m guessing it was some kind of propaganda.
- foxyv 5y ago
  Yeah, such claims demand sources. For the most part, the orphans were caged. However I wouldn't be surprised if many were killed. The stigma for war orphans in Japan was pretty intense. There is no telling how many were killed outright since nobody cared to document it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/08/25/national/media-national/japanese-media-begins-break-war-orphan-taboo/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/08/25/national/media-... https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2021/08/510_294387.html https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2021/08/510_294387.h...
- UltraViolence 5y ago
  It wasn't propaganda. It was a BBC documentary that was on 3 or so months ago. Maybe someone from the UK can shed a light on this. And the narration in the documentary almost matches my post completely. Except for the part last paragraph, of course. This really shocked me and the more I pondered on it the more convinced I became that Japan is an inhumane society. I know, it was a dreadful time after the war. But come on, killing children simply because they're not useful? That's not something any sane human being would do.

ridgered4 5y ago

I'm curious about this documentary but am not having much luck finding anything. Do you have a source or a name?

jker 5y ago

No offense, but this all sounds extremely unlikely. Human beings simply don’t operate that way, even under extreme conditions. Assuming that source exists and is the way you recall it, I’m guessing it was some kind of propaganda.

foxyv 5y ago
Yeah, such claims demand sources. For the most part, the orphans were caged. However I wouldn't be surprised if many were killed. The stigma for war orphans in Japan was pretty intense. There is no telling how many were killed outright since nobody cared to document it. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/08/25/national/media-national/japanese-media-begins-break-war-orphan-taboo/ https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2018/08/25/national/media-... https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2021/08/510_294387.html https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2021/08/510_294387.h...
UltraViolence 5y ago
It wasn't propaganda. It was a BBC documentary that was on 3 or so months ago. Maybe someone from the UK can shed a light on this. And the narration in the documentary almost matches my post completely. Except for the part last paragraph, of course. This really shocked me and the more I pondered on it the more convinced I became that Japan is an inhumane society. I know, it was a dreadful time after the war. But come on, killing children simply because they're not useful? That's not something any sane human being would do.