From: Charles Hixson (charleshixsn@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Apr 09 2003 - 04:50:34 MDT
Dehede011@aol.com wrote:
>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.
>
>
>
I didn't even know the second group existed. (sigh!) Information overload.
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