Mitigating the Military Mindset

I've never been a big fan of war porn. I tend to avoid films that focus on bombing, gore and a delusional creed of machismo because, in the end, they're all about destruction. In a fascinating profile of 98-year-old Kaname Harada in The New York Times entitled Retired Japanese Fighter Pilot Sees an Old Danger on the Horizon, the World War II veteran flying ace anguishes over the fact that there are few Japanese still alive who can recall the horrors of war. Regardless of its deadly impact, to yo...