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mountainunder
·I think it's known in English as a 'joke'.
I don't see what's so funny about making fun of people who die in war...
Japanese Seikosha Pilots Watch - WW2 Military Watch
I don't see what's so funny about making fun of people who die in war...
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OMTOM
·Humour is not international. And it cannot be explained. I had no intention to offend you – I’m afraid it’s just a joke that you clearly don’t understand.
British troops have been involved in as many wars as any other nation – and have invariably relied on humour to see them through: it is also known as ‘gallows humour’. In WWI, the joke amongst British troops in the trenches (in the most miserable conditions) was that “If you can’t take a joke, you shouldn’t have joined”.
British troops have been involved in as many wars as any other nation – and have invariably relied on humour to see them through: it is also known as ‘gallows humour’. In WWI, the joke amongst British troops in the trenches (in the most miserable conditions) was that “If you can’t take a joke, you shouldn’t have joined”.
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LarryG
·And on sale for 39k.
Cmon…
Cmon…
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TDG Boutique
·And on sale for 39k.
Cmon…
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Darlinboy
··Pratts! Will I B******S!!!The description of the photo "Rare Photo of Japan's longest serving Kamikaze
Pilot, the 6 mission veteran "Chicken" Teriyaki" is incorrect.
Kamikaze pilots do not return alive from sorties, so they cannot be active for long.
The person in this photo is Nobuo Fujita.
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Humptymarsbar
·divine wind apparently 👍
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krogerfoot
·I had a bad feeling about where this thread would eventually go when I saw the title. There's no connection between this watch and kamikaze pilots. @mountainunder has kindly offered his knowledge and insights to his fellow forum members, and the thanks he gets is racist jokes about his country's greatest tragedy. Please stop it.
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DaveK
··Yoda of YodelersI’ve heard that the reason that there are so few comedies being produced is that Netflix, Amazon, Disney etc don’t believe that humour translates well internationally. Drama apparently more so. I do feel that comedy is international, just maybe harder than horror or drama.
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mahamithra
·Hi I own the first watch in the images. Came from the author of Seiko 6139 and Seiko Diver book
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JimInOz
··Melbourne AustraliaI had a bad feeling about where this thread would eventually go when I saw the title. There's no connection between this watch and kamikaze pilots. @mountainunder has kindly offered his knowledge and insights to his fellow forum members, and the thanks he gets is racist jokes about his country's greatest tragedy. Please stop it.
It's called thread drift and happens in many many threads here.
The Kamikaze seed was planted by the very subtle reference by @wsfarrell, and then added to with a well known global meme about Kamikaze pilots.
I hardly think the comments can be considered racist when they are about pilots, that would immediately rule out every pilot joke that ever existed! (and there are thousands of them).
My view of Kamikaze pilots.
They were members of their countries military.
They obeyed the orders of their superior officers.
They served with conviction, loyalty, courage and "grit".
I respect them as men for what they were, just as I respect all servicemen who served their nations with honour.
For many civilians, it can be difficult or confusing when trying to understand military humour.
Those of us who have served have a different view of life, and a joke that would make the whole platoon/crew/squad burst out laughing would fall on deaf ears to the common man.
In closing, my response to complaints about unfair comments regarding the two main instigators of WW2 is:
"They started it".
Now let's get back to watches before we all get banned.
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krogerfoot
·I won’t fight Mr. Mountainunder’s battles for him, but he made his point in a gentlemanly way, and those who responded with mockery came off poorly. I trust that if anyone were to show up here to ridicule the Allies’ war dead, we will express our disapproval with similar dignity.
I have given offense on this forum, and apologized when it was pointed out to me. It is an option available to all of us.
I have given offense on this forum, and apologized when it was pointed out to me. It is an option available to all of us.
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wsfarrell
·The Kamikaze seed was planted by the very subtle reference by @wsfarrell
"Not restricted to kamikaze pilots."
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tyrantlizardrex
·And on sale for 39k.
Cmon…
How many Kamikazes do you need to consume before that becomes a good idea?
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Deafboy
··His Holiness Puer SurdusI think this is a very similar watch:
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/roadshow/s...apanese-wwii-naval-aviators-watch--201706T29/
The video isn’t working at present, but there is a transcript of the appraisal at the link above.
gatorcpa
This one works.
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Widows Son
·As someone who's father was in the Pacific in WWII, and shared just a bit of the atrocities he witnessed, I think I'll sit this one out.
