From: Dehede011@aol.com
Date: Wed Apr 09 2003 - 12:26:42 MDT
In a message dated 4/9/2003 12:52:16 PM Central Standard Time,
charleshixsn@earthlink.net writes: The Black Dragon Society was a group of
aristocrats in Pre WWII Japan. They weren't a myth. Their members included
generals (possibly admirals, but I must admit that I'm not even sure Japanese
military made a distiction), but they were primarily politician. And they
weren't particularlly sub-rosa. No more than equivalent current groups are.
(One may doubt how important such groups are, but denying that they exist is
unreasonable.)
Charles,
That is short of the full story. The Black Dragon Society were
reasonably close to the way you described them. However you missed a couple
of points. They were successful in obtaining their goals and eventually seem
to have pushed Japan into the misadventures that got them destroyed by the
Second World War.
Otherwise the Black Dragon Society is a modern group claiming to be
the true descendents of the Ninja groupss of yester year. I understand they
are a joke to the martial arts community.
It is difficult from the original comments to tell exactly which
groups you were referring to.
Ron h.
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