It's not a matter of whether this is a costume or not. I think we all agree it is, but I think we are failing to see the side of the survivors that had to endure such a regime. My grandfather still has nightmares that he cannot shake of the atrocities the Japanese did to this home town in WW2. It's not like he didn't get psychological help either, but the fact remains, he can't and won't associate himself with a japanese person.
It's easy for us (myself included) to tell people to "get over" it. We weren't there. Lord knows I've been guilty many times for telling people to "suck it up." But the simple fact remains is that they cannot, no matter how much therapy they go through.
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