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Combat had honor and humanity under the Bushido code. One skilled warrior against another. Then came guns and cannons, depersonalizing it into a grisly slaught
by shrimp_emoji 5y ago
Combat had honor and humanity under the Bushido code. One skilled warrior against another.
Then came guns and cannons, depersonalizing it into a grisly slaughter at the hands of thousands of barely-trained conscripts.
If only we could go back.
- archhn 5y agoSeriously. I mean, it wasn't great, but men had dignity. There's no dignity in getting nuked or mowed down by a machine gun.