Am I the one claiming it's a "cultural fact" that all Japanese sincerely
believed their Emperor was a god?


Maxprop wrote:
No, nor am I. But you've flatly denied that some, perhaps most, of the
Japanese during WWII regarded their emperor as a one might a deity.

Observe closely, class. Here's a major backpedal.

The original statement which I disagreed with: "The Japanese worshipped
their Emperor as a god."

No "some, perhaps most"... no "regarded as one might a deity"...

Maxprop wrote:
... This is
demonstrative of a closed mind and the inability to accept that not everyone
believes what you believe. This is the pinnacle of arrogance.
I'd be inclined to advise you to give up a losing argument

I'd be inclined to advise you that the truth doesn't care about who wins
or loses arguments.

Did you go back and re-read the prior thread and realize that 1- your
statements sound absurd and 2- you're agreeing with BittyBill/Bubbles
and decide to go into backpedal mode?

DSK