Pansy isn’t the right word. He was highly decorated in WW1- e.g., distinguished service cross and silver stars. And it was FDR who ordered him to evacuate Bataan.
But he was a vainglorious ‘sum bitch who fucked up in Korea badly.
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Pansy isn’t the right word. He was highly decorated in WW1- e.g., distinguished service cross and silver stars. And it was FDR who ordered him to evacuate Bataan.
But he was a vainglorious ‘sum bitch who fucked up in Korea badly.
The university president didn't like the coach being more famous
A story as old as time
Patton and MacArthur were right about the reds but an invasion of China would have been suicide
The USSR when the US had the only bomb is a different story
A story as old as time
Patton and MacArthur were right about the reds but an invasion of China would have been suicide
The USSR when the US had the only bomb is a different story
He was a diva for sure. Pansy might be a stretch.
I'm almost finished with a fascinating book about South Korea. The Koreans have a word called "jeong" that doesn't have an English equivalent. But its basically a feeling or energy that exists between people or between a person and a place. A feeling of extreme loyalty in a sense that goes beyond love and more toward devotion.
In the time during the Japanese occupation, Koreans had a widespread reputation for being slothful and lazy. When they achieved independence from Japan, that feeling of jeong really went into hyperdrive as the country banded together. When a strong Christian influence intermixed with the pre-existing Buddhist and Confucian traditions, it sparked a nationwide obsession to better themselves as a country and to be the best. When a Korean raises a fist and says the English word "fighting!", they aren't just saying cheer up or hang in there. It is actually more drawing upon the embattled history of South Korea and a reminder that they owe it not just to themselves to do their best, but they owe it to their country. Maybe JFK touched upon this kind of thing briefly when he exhorted Americans to "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."
There are stories of Americans (and other nationalities) visiting Korea and losing something like a wallet, and then being astonished when a Korean found it and went to great lengths to track down the owner and return it to them. Americans think it is amazing politeness, but it is actually rooted in jeong.
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Doog_de_Jour
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Yup. The Japanese, like England, had the divine wind. The OG kamikaze.
You mean the Tartarians?
backthepack
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Take it to the tug
Doog_de_Jour
New Fish
Historical higher level discussion is now the Shoppe’s turf.
Yella is right. This was the I'm your captain now moment. And your emperor isn't a god because I beat his ass
He didn't even put on a dress uniform. Just his regular old khakis that he waded ashore in on Luzon.
The greatest big dick move ever by a US Citizen of a foreign head of state.
"You're no longer a god king, but I'll spare you from the gallows if you help me rebuild this place."
Doog_de_Jour
New Fish
Yup.
Hirohito's surrender over the radio* was another humbling moment for him - most Japanese emperors had been locked away and didn't speak to commoners.
But he was kinda sneaky that he delivered the speech in classical, rather than vernacular, Japanese (it would be like a US President giving their State of the Union address in @ShakespeareDawg iambic pentameter or something) so normal folks didn't really understand a lot of it. It was also pre-recorded, and didn't say "surrender" explicitly, but rather that a "joint agreement" was reach with the US.
*He opted not to send a delegation to Eugene
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I came here for the AI art malarkey; stayed for the iambic pantemeter.
GreenRiverGatorz
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Coward is a better word. Much better men than MacArthur have defied orders from their superiors and insisted on dying with their men when their cause was lost.
Instead, MacArthur fled in the dark of night and left 10,000+ of his own men to fend for themselves and endure a hellish death march at the hands of bloodthirsty Japanese. MacArthur should have appropriated the practice of sepuku from them.
I'm almost finished with a fascinating book about South Korea. The Koreans have a word called "jeong" that doesn't have an English equivalent. But its basically a feeling or energy that exists between people or between a person and a place. A feeling of extreme loyalty in a sense that goes beyond love and more toward devotion.
In the time during the Japanese occupation, Koreans had a widespread reputation for being slothful and lazy. When they achieved independence from Japan, that feeling of jeong really went into hyperdrive as the country banded together. When a strong Christian influence intermixed with the pre-existing Buddhist and Confucian traditions, it sparked a nationwide obsession to better themselves as a country and to be the best. When a Korean raises a fist and says the English word "fighting!", they aren't just saying cheer up or hang in there. It is actually more drawing upon the embattled history of South Korea and a reminder that they owe it not just to themselves to do their best, but they owe it to their country. Maybe JFK touched upon this kind of thing briefly when he exhorted Americans to "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."
There are stories of Americans (and other nationalities) visiting Korea and losing something like a wallet, and then being astonished when a Korean found it and went to great lengths to track down the owner and return it to them. Americans think it is amazing politeness, but it is actually rooted in jeong.
You were just looking for an excuse to post the gif… we get it, Korean women are your thing.
I'm almost finished with a fascinating book about South Korea. The Koreans have a word called "jeong" that doesn't have an English equivalent. But its basically a feeling or energy that exists between people or between a person and a place. A feeling of extreme loyalty in a sense that goes beyond love and more toward devotion.
In the time during the Japanese occupation, Koreans had a widespread reputation for being slothful and lazy. When they achieved independence from Japan, that feeling of jeong really went into hyperdrive as the country banded together. When a strong Christian influence intermixed with the pre-existing Buddhist and Confucian traditions, it sparked a nationwide obsession to better themselves as a country and to be the best. When a Korean raises a fist and says the English word "fighting!", they aren't just saying cheer up or hang in there. It is actually more drawing upon the embattled history of South Korea and a reminder that they owe it not just to themselves to do their best, but they owe it to their country. Maybe JFK touched upon this kind of thing briefly when he exhorted Americans to "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."
There are stories of Americans (and other nationalities) visiting Korea and losing something like a wallet, and then being astonished when a Korean found it and went to great lengths to track down the owner and return it to them. Americans think it is amazing politeness, but it is actually rooted in jeong.
You were just looking for an excuse to post the gif… we get it, Korean women are your thing.
But you do have to admire the dedication to the game[/s] fetish.
I'm almost finished with a fascinating book about South Korea. The Koreans have a word called "jeong" that doesn't have an English equivalent. But its basically a feeling or energy that exists between people or between a person and a place. A feeling of extreme loyalty in a sense that goes beyond love and more toward devotion.
In the time during the Japanese occupation, Koreans had a widespread reputation for being slothful and lazy. When they achieved independence from Japan, that feeling of jeong really went into hyperdrive as the country banded together. When a strong Christian influence intermixed with the pre-existing Buddhist and Confucian traditions, it sparked a nationwide obsession to better themselves as a country and to be the best. When a Korean raises a fist and says the English word "fighting!", they aren't just saying cheer up or hang in there. It is actually more drawing upon the embattled history of South Korea and a reminder that they owe it not just to themselves to do their best, but they owe it to their country. Maybe JFK touched upon this kind of thing briefly when he exhorted Americans to "Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."
There are stories of Americans (and other nationalities) visiting Korea and losing something like a wallet, and then being astonished when a Korean found it and went to great lengths to track down the owner and return it to them. Americans think it is amazing politeness, but it is actually rooted in jeong.
You were just looking for an excuse to post the gif… we get it, Korean women are your thing.
But you do have to admire the dedication to the game[/s] fetish.
I bet his onlyfans follows are amazing and all Korean.