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| View Poll Results: How do you feel about the men who carried out Kamikaze attacks? | |||
| They were brave men sacrificing themselves for their country |
   
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7 | 33.33% |
| They were boys being sent to death by their government |
  
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4 | 19.05% |
| A little bit of both |
  
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10 | 47.62% |
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03-14-13, 11:16 AM
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The Kamikazes tended to be university students and student pilots (they don't let you fly if you are stupid after all) who volunteered for the mission. The question of whether or not they were brave or insane misses the point entirely, the prevailing Japanese culture of the time focused on worship of a god like emperor and service to the country. This culture fostered a belief in self sacrifice permeated not just the military but civilian society as well.
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