Chapter 7 Chapter 4 Why "731" is "Devil"

Here, I would like to make some remarks on the title of the book "The Devil's Feast". Some members of Unit 731 criticized that what is the point of describing "what they did for the country and according to the orders of the country" as "devils"?The devil is an abstraction that symbolizes the evil of militarism. What Unit 731 did was carried out as an invading army. Unit 731 has a close relationship with aggression.The demonic nature of Unit 731 cannot be explained without aggression. First, let's consider the nature of the word aggression.This is a general examination of aggression, not limited to aggression by the Japanese military.

Once any army becomes an invading army, it becomes a messenger of the devil.Through war, they imposed massacres, looting, brutality, rape and arson on the territories of other countries, concentrated in a state of lawlessness.Most of the soldiers who committed these crimes were ordinary citizens in the country.They love their families, undertake the work assigned by the society, understand responsibility and common sense, and are all kind citizens. But once they hold weapons and become soldiers of the invading army, they become Rakshasa evil spirits. The crimes committed by the invading army were obviously not for self-defense. With the calmness and arrogance of the victors, they waved the criminal spearheads that were meaningless in strategy and tactics.The target is not only combatants from other countries, but also non-combatants and innocent citizens.The biggest victims of the war are the citizens who have no direct relationship with the war.They are defenseless, invaded with impunity and ravaged like weeds.

The purpose of a war of aggression is to forcibly seize the wealth and resources of other countries by force and to expand the territory of one's own country.When any country intends to invade, it does not take aggression as its own banner, but uses "self-defense counterattack", "active defense" or "establishing peace in the co-prosperity sphere with its own country as the leader" as the goal to make war Justification banner. Although it is to impose atrocities by force on other countries or other peoples, in order to justify their wars (in fact, wars are not necessary at all), they engage in sophistry.Here lies the ridiculous stupidity of man, but animals never engage in such sophistry, and the purpose of their struggle is very clear.

However, in the course of the war, the purpose of the war itself is forgotten.After burning, destroying and killing everything, on the scorched land where there is not a single plant or tree left, what exactly are the invaders looking for?The inhumanity in a war of aggression proves the folly of forgetting even the purpose of war. Even countries or nations that have been invaded by other countries due to wars, once they become aggressors and invade other countries, they will commit crimes that they have suffered in the past, no, more brutal crimes than then.The lessons that should be learned as the invaded have not existed at all.It seems to be greedy to repeat the mistakes of aggression in order to avenge the disaster suffered by the country.

Judging from the history of wars of aggression, it seems that it has little to do with nationality and national character, and the national character is only manifested in the attitude of introspection and lessons learned.In a war of aggression, although there are differences in degrees, there are all narcotics that drive soldiers into common madness.It should be said that it is a terrible "magic potion" that drives the usually kind-hearted citizens to go crazy.The function of this kind of potion is to make people forget even the purpose of war, and to engage in acts of rebellion and injustice for pleasure that are absolutely not allowed in normal times in the lawless "freedom" created by war.

In the war of aggression, the army committed half-joyed crimes that no one should do.It's okay to say that.That is to say, a crime aimed at pleasure, the debauched entertainment of soldiers who had lost hope for the future.Some people describe this inhumane behavior as bestiality, but animals will never fight for fun. For Unit 731, the pleasure-seeking experiment with "Marutai" as the object is unnecessary (it has been proven medically).It could not have shown more clearly the nature of the invading army.If it is not for the invading army, it will never build many special military facilities on the territory of other countries.

Even in this facility, the demonic nature of the invading army was isolated and closed as top secret, and it was further developed under the banner of contributing to medicine.In other words, the demonic nature of Unit 731 was encapsulated in the invading army. The pleasure-seeking factor in a war of aggression is to force the aggressor to kill, rape, and plunder on the almost defenseless captives and citizens.From this situation, it can also be proved.It is far from the justice and "liberation" of that kind of fighting.Here's the smoking gun. The aggressor wants to cover up the traces of aggression because he is fully aware of the criminal nature of aggression.They only emphasize the history of their country's victims in the war, and try to cover up the fact of their harm as much as possible.

However, whether it is aggression or defense, war must have two aspects: victim and victim. When describing the crimes committed by one’s own country against other countries, there are two obstacles that must appear: one is the theory of defending the national reputation of “don’t expose the national humiliation to the world”; If there is a war, any country will commit the same crime" rebuttal. However, we must distinguish between the following two attitudes: one is to pretend that the obvious "aggression" is "entry" and try to cover up the country's past mistakes; the other is to frankly admit past mistakes and never repeat them same error.Which attitude is just?This is without argument.

The objection that atrocities in a state of war are not confined to one's own country differs in the nature of the atrocities according to which side wages the war: one is that of the aggressor; The brutality of fighting back against aggression.The nature of the two is completely different.Without the former, the latter simply would not exist. Whether war is aggression or defense, there are clear criteria for distinguishing: 1. Which country is the battlefield in? 2. After deciding the victory or defeat of a unit in battle, the victor inflicts acts of brutality; 3. Ordinary citizens other than fighters are killed or injured;

4. Combatants do not fight among themselves, but plunder and rape citizens; 5. Semi-pleasure-seeking cruelty that is not necessary in terms of strategy or tactics; 6. Weapons that should be used against the enemy in combat are used for purposes other than their original purpose.For example, the trial cut of a saber, etc. There are roughly the above contents, especially the first and second are obvious features.A country reduced to a battlefield is undoubtedly a country that has been invaded.The country being invaded counterattacks to drive the aggressor back. Conversely, when attacking the opponent's country, the offensive and defensive positions change immediately, and the invaded person becomes the aggressor.Its cruelty is then further intensified by the strong influence of vindictiveness.

War is inherently cruel.It brings together human stupidity (what animals don't have, supposedly non-animal).At present, although human beings with nuclear weapons clearly know that neither the enemy nor the enemy will survive the next war, they are desperately expanding their nuclear power.This fact speaks to their stupidity. However, it is understandable for the killing and injury in the battle where the enemy and the enemy are intertwined in the war.Captives are protected as "non-combatants" who are treated humanely under international law (the Geneva Treaty).Even in war, a minimum of humanitarianism must be observed as the rule.But in the aggression, these rules are consciously ignored and not obeyed.Using a weapon against a defenseless person other than in combat.The glorification of war stems from the rules of the battlefield.Covering up the nature of war by unscrupulous means in order to win, bringing the illusion of "winning or losing" in sports into war. However, the war of aggression has thoroughly exposed the nature of war.It brings home the fact that there are no rules in war. In wars, people can't even abide by the minimum rules that people must abide by. This is the reality of aggressive wars.The people who testified to this book are now very ordinary kind-hearted citizens, who abide by the law and order and live honestly.It is unbelievable that the same people committed the brutal crimes described in this book.Those who testified to these crimes apologized to the victims by confessing their wrongdoings during the war and vowed never to repeat such atrocious acts. Although these crimes cannot be compensated by repentance, there is such a desire in these testimonies: to tell with great courage to the next generation who do not understand war: once citizens are entangled in the madness of war How terrible.Hopefully this experience will serve as a disincentive to a new war. We who live together on this beautiful planet, the earth, why do we start wars and kill each other?Want to abide by the rules of war but can't.War negates human intelligence. In short, wars are born out of narrow self-righteous nationalism.The idea is that as long as the country and the people can live well, other countries can do whatever they want. The basis of patriotism lies in the happiness of individuals and families, so this happiness needs to be defended and developed.It is human nature that individuals do not want to belong to a country where their happiness is destroyed.In a multi-ethnic compound country like the United States and the Soviet Union, the national purebreds that support nationalism lose their meaning. But war is waged in defense of the country, even at the expense of personal happiness.In the name of defending the motherland, citizens willingly sacrifice their lives.Those who gave their lives were young men who had not yet received any favor from the country to which they belonged.Regardless of the victory or defeat of the war, the sorrow of losing them will always be deeply etched in the hearts of the survivors. What is the national interest obtained by losing the life that is most precious to the individual?What is the national honor that has been defended?Sacrifice one's life and happiness in order to realize the interests of the country, and the victim cannot rest in peace. People in a small country who become slaves to a big country will not have their personal dignity and reputation recognized.However, the citizens of small countries stand up and fight for national freedom and independence in order to get rid of the slavery of big countries, and they can have no regrets after achieving the war goals.The interests of the country and the happiness and interests of the people are not necessarily the same.Looking back at the fascism of Japan's military establishment, it can be said that it is based on the sacrifice of the people.In the name of "for the country", it is natural that all personal interests are obliterated, resulting in a reversal of values. By not shying away from the truth of aggressive wars and confronting its actions, I would like to ask again: what does it mean to use "for the country" as a banner of war?Is there an individual first and then a country?Or is there a country first and then an individual? I like Japan very much.I was thrilled when the "Sun Flag" was hoisted at the Olympic Games, but the fact that the same "Sun Flag" was used as a flag of aggression must never be forgotten.However, loving one's country and fighting to promote and maintain one's own interests are two different things.Even the line between defensive combat and aggression is blurred. However, when citizens fight "for the country", the two are confused.When a war of aggression is waged, even the purpose of the war is kept secret from the people.To be honest, many citizens lost their lives without knowing why they fought. There is a national interest in the idea of ​​trading out-and-out aggression for “entry” to cover up historical facts.All the facts that are unfavorable to the country are covered up.Hidden in his heart is the danger of using rhetoric to turn black and white, not acknowledging the mistakes the country has made, and repeating the same mistakes.This danger is the root of war. But exposing the mistakes of the motherland (militarism) is accompanied by pain.We suffer to tell these false truths to the next generation, so that their memories will fade and they will not forget the lessons that the older generations should have learned through precious sacrifices. Why are we talking about 731 now? This is because after more than 30 years after the war, the scars of the war finally began to gradually fade; the firm "bolts" that were sealed on the mouths of the former 731 troops began to gradually loosen.A team member who helped us with the interview said: "The order of secrecy 10 years ago is still in effect, and we are not allowed to talk about it. In another 10 years, most of the personnel of Unit 731 will become old friends. So, only now!" When we read this book, we should not avoid the horrific content. Rather, this is the terrible nature hidden in human beings. We have to think that ordinary people put this nature on the basis of law, order and reason. Bits".In the weight of this "bit" lies human intelligence.The question asked about the chilling testimonies we speak of in this documentary: "Is this the same people who did it?" Before answering, it is necessary to see them testify today with sincere introspection. The facts of the narrative, while also valuing the freedom of speech and expression on which this book is based today. The ability to openly acknowledge the country's mistakes is proof that democracy is alive and well.Peace and democracy are flimsy bridles on the terrible nature of human beings.We should realize.See the fragility of this "bit" through this documentary, and be determined to make unremitting efforts to maintain and strengthen this "bit".