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Just like the A-bombs, The Rape of Nanking Saved Alot of Lives

posted 14 years ago by wombat_leader
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The estimated 300,000 or so civilians killed in Nanking by occupying Japanese troops put an effective psychological impact on Chinese combatants who were fighting a losing war to become convinced of the futility of resistance and put down their arms. If it weren't for this massacre, not just 30 million, but 50, even 100 million Chinese would've been killed in the 2nd Sino-Japanese War.

Yet, both the Allied and Japanese sides think this event was a bad thing. Even Japanese nationalist perceive this atrocity as an un-necessary waste of life that they deny the high death toll, if not the whole event itself!

[–] Vader993 14 years ago

you are crazy,the rape of nanking did opposite,chinese use it as propaganda and it boost their morale

[–] sawyertom 14 years ago

You're nuttier than squirrel sh!t.

[–] erikriveros 14 years ago

wow..never heard forced sex used as a prelude to peace before...

it is better to have a gun and not need it, than to need a gun and not have it

[–] met76 13 years ago

The estimated 300,000 or so civilians killed in Nanking by occupying Japanese troops put an effective psychological impact on Chinese combatants who were fighting a losing war

Wow, so they were fighting a losing war they won. That's interesting.

It's like saying I'm playing a losing game while winning gold at the olympics.

[–] Storm_Thunder_Infantry 13 years ago

That's total BS. The Chinese were heavily demoralized and the Nationalists probably knew little to nothing about the event itself until later on in the war.

And no, it didn't put an effective pscyhological impact on the Chinese - that one goes to the Battle of Shanghai, this one made the Chinese fight like hell in the later years of the war.

Let the world change the punishment for sexual-related crimes to execution

[–] remuse 8 years ago

You're either a troll or a psychopath. Maybe both...