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My ancestors also fought in WWII. So did most people's — it was a world war, after all. Does this author think that having ancestors who fought in WWII makes h
by arrowsmith 1y ago
My ancestors also fought in WWII. So did most people's — it was a world war, after all.
Does this author think that having ancestors who fought in WWII makes him special, or his opinion more valid?
- nine_k 1y agoIt makes his ancestors opinion, which he mentioned, more valid.
- mhh__ 1y agoNo but it's very high status amongst affluent dinner party types in the west to communicate in these entropyless parochialisms.
- polotics 1y agoWell you know what, none of my ancestors fought in WWII... So, visiting the Yasukuni Jinja in Tokyo, I was quite shocked by the interpretation of history on the walls there, that was stating that Japan had been strangled of any resources access by the West, and had to attack Pearl Harbour as a desperate measure of self defense. Taking pictures was forbidden but I took one anyways, and some older Japanese man accosted me, asked for my nationality, I answerer truthfully being from a smaller southern european nation, and he laughed in my face clearly thinking that country name meant hilarious inferiority. This was in 2006, not so long ago. A Large black bus was loudly spewing out extreme-right propaganda outside. Left that country, thought about their birth rate...