Tsunami "payback" for Pearl Harbour

[Toriver]

I never said there are no stupid people in the UK, I'm saying that I have never seen anything quite this bad from the residents of any other country, and if I have, it's been more than obvious that the people involved are joking, which I don't think is the case here.

But that still implies that you hold the notion that only Americans are capable of taking such stupid comments seriously, which is a misconception that I'm trying to clear up. You mention that when people of other nationalities say things like this, you believe it's obvious they're joking. Well, perhaps, does it ever occur to you that:
A) People of other nationalities might NOT be joking
or
B) Americans may be joking too?
I'm just saying that the way you're describing your thought process comes off as a bit discriminatory when you read these kinds of things. It makes you sound as if some disaster struck Germany and you saw British comments like these saying "Take that you Germans, that's karma for the London bombings! Give 'em hell, nature!" you would assume it's a joke while here, you assume they mean it. That's kinda discriminatory, isn't it?

Also, lets think about this for a minute. Yes Pearl Harbor sucked, but Japan had the two nukes, we had the Blitz, Russia had Stalingrad, Germany had Dresden. In regards to loss of innocent lives any damage to infrastructure, America got off pretty lightly out of WW2 compared to everybody else. So why have so many Americans not got over it yet when the rest of the world has had to. That's what WE'RE upset about.

I'm not defending any part of what they're saying at all, and agree that it is absolutely despicable. I hope I don't sound like I am trying to defend their ideas. I'm just asserting the point that it really doesn't take a special kind of person to be such an asshole.

 

[scorptatious]

Wow. That's just ridiculous. Apparently we've completely forgotten about Hiroshima.

 

[CleverCover]

We're not all this stupid! I swear!
Some of us remember history class!

Why oh why can't some people keep their mouths shut and their computers off?
'sigh'

I do feel sorry for the sensible, normal, intelligent body of Americans every time your retarded country-mates start mouthing off. I guess you could just think of yourself as honorary Canadians to get you through those stretches

I swear, with every year, it gets more and more tempting.
I'm prepared to even deal with the shitload of snow they probably get for decent healthcare and hopefully more intelligent people.

Might have to learn French too.

 

[Wicky_42]

Let me point out that that I couldn't care less about the specific intentions of the OP because at best, this thread was started out of ignorance.

Lately, I've found myself greatly irritated whenever someone passes along information that's "obvious" in a way that it tends to incite very similar responses among the populace. I'll rephrase and ask again: What's the point of it? To ignite righteous indignation? To gloat over the perceived stupidity of other people? To crush our "faith in humanity"? Judging by the viciousness in which the masses attack and how much attention is paid on such minor issues, it's becoming clearer and clearer to me, that this information is just a set up. It's as if regular media tabloids are replaced with self-parody while the real misinformation works under a guise within a different source. A distraction. Flies on shit.

See, it's very easy to expose the stupidity in people, if you know the right people, but it's much harder to figure out if someone is smart and who actually knows how to play the system. Do you ever notice why people are always astounded when faced with a new phenomenon, when someone acts out of the beloved cultural norms, they choose to brush it off as mental illness or drugs? And their solution to the former is to put them on drugs? It doesn't fuckin' add up, I tell you. There's unrest in America, and it's only a matter of time when an upheaval forces the infrastructure to collapse on itself and I can't say I'm enthusiastic about it, because this collapse will be likely be caused by the same people who choose to attack such laughably bad targets.

I'm going to be honest with you, I'm not sure what point you were trying to make there. You went from a protest at these posts that bring to attention something reprehensible so everyone can get worked up and denounce them, into a mini-tirade against tabloids and misinformation, into touching on a conspiracy theory, into a protest against fear of difference, wrapping up with talk of upheaval and infrastructure collapse caused by the mainstream majority.

Perhaps you need to get your ideas lined up a bit better

 

[mjc0961]

That's so stupid. Did they forget that we dropped TWO-not one, but fucking TWO- nukes on Japan at the end of WW2? I think we got out "payback" and then some back then, even though they weren't dropped for "payback" in the first place.

Plus, as one guy points out in that image, it was 70 years ago. And even though he isn't using that info correctly, I will. It was a long time ago, we have made peace with Japan, and nobody in Japan's or the US's current government really had anything to do with either bombing Pearl Harbor or dropping nukes.

These people saying "payback for Pearl Harbor" are nothing short of complete idiots.

 

[redisforever]

All i need is an address and a gun. Well someone has to put them out of their misery

It should be, put them out of everyone else's misery.

 

[mjc0961]

Let me point out that that I couldn't care less about the specific intentions of the OP because at best, this thread was started out of ignorance.

Lately, I've found myself greatly irritated whenever someone passes along information that's "obvious" in a way that it tends to incite very similar responses among the populace. I'll rephrase and ask again: What's the point of it? To ignite righteous indignation? To gloat over the perceived stupidity of other people? To crush our "faith in humanity"? Judging by the viciousness in which the masses attack and how much attention is paid on such minor issues, it's becoming clearer and clearer to me, that this information is just a set up. It's as if regular media tabloids are replaced with self-parody while the real misinformation works under a guise within a different source. A distraction. Flies on shit.

See, it's very easy to expose the stupidity in people, if you know the right people, but it's much harder to figure out if someone is smart and who actually knows how to play the system. Do you ever notice why people are always astounded when faced with a new phenomenon, when someone acts out of the beloved cultural norms, they choose to brush it off as mental illness or drugs? And their solution to the former is to put them on drugs? It doesn't fuckin' add up, I tell you. There's unrest in America, and it's only a matter of time when an upheaval forces the infrastructure to collapse on itself and I can't say I'm enthusiastic about it, because this collapse will be likely be caused by the same people who choose to attack such laughably bad targets.

After reading all of this, I would like to ask you the same question. What was the point of this rant? It makes no sense.

 

[Wicky_42]

We're not all this stupid! I swear!
Some of us remember history class!

Why oh why can't some people keep their mouths shut and their computers off?
'sigh'

I do feel sorry for the sensible, normal, intelligent body of Americans every time your retarded country-mates start mouthing off. I guess you could just think of yourself as honorary Canadians to get you through those stretches

I swear, with every year, it gets more and more tempting.
I'm prepared to even deal with the shitload of snow they probably get for decent healthcare and hopefully more intelligent people.

Might have to learn French too.

Hey, snow's cool (heh) and I think only half the country has French as a second language :] Heck, I wouldn't mind living in Canada if only the cities were a bit less "American" in layout - I'm a big fan of compact European cities. Which is irrelevant >.>

 

[Atmos Duality]

Apparently there is a fair amount of Americans claiming that the Tsunami currently ravaging Japan can be seen as payback for an attack in WW2.

I laughed so hard that I fell out of my chair when I read that.
Seriously????

So, if that was "payback" for Pearl Harbor...then what the fuck was the Pacific Campaign in World War 2 all about? It's things like that that make me pine to changes species to something that doesn't include ignorant redneck slapheads.

These people must be stirring the shitpot just to draw attention to themselves...that must be the only rational explanation. I can't possibly share the same genetics with people that stupid. None of us can!

 

[silent-treatment]

I have never been so disgusted to be an American then as I am right now. It is hard to seen on the screen shot, but it is even harder to see it in person. I had work this morning, and I heard tsunami jokes. I shit you not, Jokes. And my wonderful coworkers were also talking about how these tsunamis are a sign of 2012 being correct, totally disregarding the fact that there is a large group of people suffering.
Peoples' reaction to this tragedy has truly SHAKEN my faith in humanity.

 

[Legion]

Why is anybody surprised by this? A man who shot his ex, her boyrfiend, and a random police officer sitting in a car, who then went on the run had a Facebook fan-page branding him a legend (This was in the UK, so we can't take the high ground on this one).

The most idiotic thing about it all is that Facebook isn't as anonymous as somewhere like here.

Never be surprised by human callousness or stupidity.

 

[8bitlove2a03]

I'd apologize on behalf of my country, but considering the constant stream of stupid shit my country says and does I don't think anyone would care.

 

[CleverCover]

Just get's worse and worse:

NOOOOOOOOOOO!
The tsunami caused that?! Dammit, I was saving up just to visit that.

I really hope, once the people are all accounted for, buildings are restored, the dead mourned for and buried, supplies and food brought in, goods accounted for, normal lives somewhat restored, they decide to fix it.

I really hope so.

 

[Jammy2003]

Dude...people are assholes and besides...weren't the NUKES payback?

That was more like revenge than retribution.

Can we clear this up: Hiroshima and Nagasaki are far more complex issues than people on this thread are making out. They quite arguably saved far more lives than they took.

[sub]Note that I'm not condoning either event, just pointing it out.[/sub]

They are more complex. But the loss of life is never good.

The U.S was as big a monster as the enemy they were fighting.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes

The U.S. where the ones that kept this really hushed up as to not shame the country of Japan, Trust me those Nukes were no where near as bad as what Japan did in WW2.

I don't agree that "the tsunami is payback" but seriously Japan was as bad if not worse than Hitler and the Nazi's in WW2.

Not gonna lie, they were pretty horrific, but 2 words:
Guantanamo Bay

America is just as crap as most countries, hideous things happen in war and you could find an example of that for just about any country around. There is no excuse for this, Japan didn't gloat over Katrina (to my knowledge anyway), so who the hell gets off and enjoys laughing at others misery. Jokes can be in bad taste, a few months after the event, but not on the same damn day!

 

[dark707]

The Dolittle raid WAS payback for pearl harbor
This event is nothing more than the earth saying "I'm getting old"
These people are retarded

Actually, I would think it would be more of a mid-life crisis, hopefully there is still a few more billion years before it starts getting old.

 

[theultimateend]

It's sad that the world has so many morons.

We didn't used to glorify retarded people in the US.

I do hope that we at least return to that belief structure of the past, stupid people should be looked down upon they shouldn't get praise and damn sure shouldn't get television shows.

 

[Irridium]

Fuck those people.

We got payback for Pearl Harbor with the Doolittle Raid of Tokyo, then nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Not to mention how we basically crippled the Japanese economy and infrastructure. I'd say its fine.

Just some people being complete assholes. Again, fuck those people.

 

[Mariner]

Well I think that everyone on this planet sucks.

The Americans wanting payback for Pearl Harbor (which they already got)

The Japanese who wants apologies for the bombings (which they pretty much deserved back then)

The Chinese angry at the Japanese for all the war crimes they did (which they are getting back with glee as they can bully Japan)

The entire Arab-Israel thing (neither are better than the other)

the Muslim vs Hindu fights (which I understand theologically but don't understand why logically)

The new government of Germany issued an apology to the nations about the Holocaust (Understandable)

Jews who still consider all Germans as Nazis (Met a few, those ignorant pig-frolickers)


Russia is still bullying other nations with little to no retribution

The Asian countries that are not big as China are still angry at Japan for all the things they have done during the war (which they have yet to even acknowledge I believe)

My nation (Korea) is still quite bitter (understatement) at Japan for the cultural destruction they did (destruction of records of ancient Korea along with artifacts) along with enslavement of part of the population to use as sex slaves. While I would say that being a little angry is justifiable but not to the point of pure hatred if it weren't for the fact that the Japanese are the same.


All in all everyone on this planet sucks and should stfu and anyone who does anything to another country that isn't friendly or a take-over should be enclosed in a giant glass dome and nuked repeatedly until there is nothing remaining.

 

[Dorian6]

I thought the bomb was payback for pearl harbor. How is a horrible tsunami that kills hundreds of people (most of them born AFTER WWII) a divine act of vengeance?

Everyone who said that is a horrible, soulless excuse for a human being. Scum of the highest order.

These are the people who make the United States look like a bunch of backwards rednecks