Hiroo Onoda finally surrendered in 1974 after hiding in a Philippine jungle for twenty-nine years after the end of the Second World War. He was crushed, he felt like a terrible fool and had mistakenly killed innocent civilians in that time, but when he returned to Japan he was treated as a hero. To humiliate him further for just doing his duty would have been cruel. Maybe we should see young men who act out the extremes of masculinity in a similar light, and tell them that the war is over, and help them adapt to life in modern society.
