Language, Please!
Often said by people who were directly and in-directly involved, and possibly by many other's.
It would seem that way, but things lead to other things and greater debate, as surely you know form your posts, and many other topic threads on forums.
Bs is bs.
Yeah said by the right-wingers themselves. Do you really believe then that this represents most Japanese? Do you believe that the majority of Japanese are right-wingers? That the Japanese can at anytime turn into extremists in the name of the Emperor?
Often said by those directly, sure this is true in regards to themselves. Those indirectly involved say what exactly? That they will die for the Emperor? And possibly by many others? "Possibly", so you don't really know. If you don't know for a fact why do say that? Anything is possible, that isn't an argument. That doesn't mean you license to say anything that is theoretically in the realm of possiblity as a fact to base your argument on. It is possible the sun won't come up tomorrow, you better stock up on flashlights and batteries. Why won't you do that? I mean it is of course "possible".