Pearl Harbor Karma bullshit

There is a growing movement afoot that believes that what Japan is going through right now is karmic payback for the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Can you believe that shit?

Let's look at the numbers.

In the attack on Pearl, we lost 2,402 Military Personnel and 57 Civilians.

In the entire Pacific Campaign we lost a total of 17,861 Military Personnel.

In the entirety of WWII (Pacific Campaign and European Theater combined) we lost 416,800 Military Personnel and 1,700 Civilians.

Wow! That's a lot of people dead. Let's see the Japanese losses.

It's hard to count exactly how many they lost to us directly since they were fighting many battles with China and Southeastern Asia, but from what I can determine from the Historical documentaries and websites I can find, in the Pacific Campaign they lost 1,140,570 Military in the Pacific Campaign.

So for every Soldier, Sailor and Marine that they killed at Pearl, they lost 474.8 men in return. For every Soldier, Sailor and Marine that they killed in the Pacific Campaign, they lost 63.8 men.

So we're looking at nearly a 64-to-1 ratio.

Looking at the war in total, they lost 2,120,000 Military and between 500,000 and 1,000,000 civilians.

Crunching those numbers against our losses in the whole war on both fronts, that means that for every American man, woman and child killed in the entirety of the Second World War, they lost between 6.2 and 7.4 of their own.

So Mr. and Mrs. "Japan is finally getting payback for Pearl Harbor", They've already paid for it by the time the war ended. Even if you factor in the belief that many pagans have of "everything being returned times three" they've still paid for it at least twice over.

THIS IS NOT KARMA!

This is simply a tragic occurrence.

And before you go ahead and blather on about how smugly superior you are, think of this. Your fellow Americans when Katrina hit New Orleans decided to loot the shit out of everything. Now I know that someone is going to point out that poor family who were looting some clean clothes and telling their story in front of the news cameras, but did you notice the fuckers stealing the TV's, Gaming Consoles, Computers, and other electronics in the background? Huh? Did you?

Or how about your fellow Americans who decide that when some judge hands down a verdict that is not well received by the community that was wronged by the defendant. Ever wonder why they as "Morally superior Americans" decided that the best thing to do was to riot, loot, and pillage that same community that was wronged in a way that was a thousand times worse than the defendant ever did?

Rodney King got the shit beaten out of him. The community suffered 53 deaths, thousands of injuries, and roughly One Billion dollars in property damage thanks to a six-day riot.

Or how about all the times that the fans after a major win at a sporting event will pour out of the stadiums and start tear-assing through the streets looting, rioting, and carrying on cranky in general.

Now let's look at "Japan the evil collection of heathens". Huh? Look at that. No riots. Grocery stores reduce prices, people are orderly, vending machine owners are giving away free drinks, and everyone is doing their part to help out in what is a horrific situation.

Gee! Not so morally superior anymore are we?

As someone said on a CNN blog...

"Two words: National pride. The people of Japan love their country and do what is best for the nation, unlike the United States where we love our country and do what is best for ourselves."

I think that covers it pretty well.

So if you still think that Japan is suffering this because of Karma over Pearl Harbor, you go and keep thinking that. Your words are making it easier to tell who the fools are.