[cybrsamurai]

Japan is extremely steeped in tradition and religions. Up until recently in Japan the lives of the common people were not worth anything to the ruling bodies. People were killed for looking at royalty or the servants of royalty. All crimes were punished by death and because of this people from the very beginning were very obedient. From there they took the traditional ways of the samurai and distorted them until people believed it was right to kamikaze their planes. Chances are there were many people who didn't agree but were afraid to do anything. I think you take your freedoms for granted and assume that every other country has the same freedoms as we to express how we feel. Sometimes opressive governments can warp the brains of their followers into believing things that a human wouldn't normally believe.