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At 10:31 PM 12/10/01 -0400, you wrote:

>Second, Japan was a modern industrialized country (maybe not socially or 
>politically at the time upto MacArthurs constitution for them in 1946 or 
>so), but in other ways. It was also amazing how docile they were when 
>defeated - the same people that would have died to the last person to 
>resist attack were harmless when told to accept defeat by the emperor. 
>They are really a unique people. 

Hi Mr Moore,

My understanding is that the Japanese people were ruled over by a
dictatorial military regime which issued commands and expected obedience or
else. This situation had been going of for decades before 1945. The
Japanese military was modelled on the European military but obviously some
cross-fertilization of European military codes and Japanese warrior codes
occured.

I have seen documentaries on Macurthur where is was claimed that he was
immensely popular with the Japanese people in the five years he was in
charge there and that the Japanese people was preferred to his
predecessors.  It seems to me that you confuse the attitudes of the people
who, like people anywhere,  did not seek death as soldiers or as civilians
with those of their leaders.

There is no need to be amazed. 

Regards,
Murray