Kaiden, you make some interesting points and I wanted to add some (of what I hope is) food for thought. You said that the Japanese did not think their way into Hiroshima or Nagasaki. I respectfully disagree with you on this. IF the Japanese people had THOUGHT differently (and strongly enough) about their own leaders
early on, perhaps they wouldn't have started war in the first place in China, against us and all through the orient. Perhaps they might have had DIFFERENT leaders than the ones that they had OR the leaders might have had a DIFFERENT view of things in light of what their people overwhelmingly thought.
Same thing with Germany and Auscwitz. The German people OK'd Hitler and HIS perverted thinking. That OK (putting him in power) had horrible ramnifications.
At one time in this country, the law allowed for the ownership of slaves----the result of some very distorted thinking to be sure. Today, one can get in trouble for saying certain words out loud in public----words that would have been tolerated if not outright accepted just 30-40 years ago.
In these cases, things happened because of COLLECTIVE thinking which produced COLLECTIVE behaviors.
What people believe determines what they do and beliefs can be shaped and forged by different thoughts mixed with feelings and emotions.
