[Powderworks] August 6, 1945
Magnus Holmgren
oznut@swipnet.se
Fri, 9 Aug 2002 10:05:23 +0200
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Mike wrote:
> I don't believe the United States was wrong to use the bomb. Using it saved
> hundreds of thousands of American lives who would have died in an invasion
> of Japan (which also would have killed a lot more Japanese than the two
> atomic bombs did). Maybe the logic in counting human lives is counting
> the ones you can keep from dying. Anyway, my whole point is that there
> are a lot of people who are quick to condemn the United States for using it,
> but why do I never hear these same people talk about the millions
> of civilians the Japanese killed (more than 10 million!) during their
> invasions and
> conquests of China and southeast Asia? Before villifying the United States
> and
> making Japan the victims, let's consider the whole situation.
Mike,
Let's consider also that you are not speaking for all the people of USA, just the other day someone posted to the list and included 3 or 4 quotes from high American politicans and militaries who didn't quite see it your way.
Some of "the people who are quick to condemn the United States for using it" are indeed Americans.
MOC:
"My country right or wrong"
"Short memory"
etc.
/Magnus
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<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2>In a message dated 8/8/2002 7:02:27 PM Pacific Daylight Time, bcurran@columbus.rr.com writes:<BR>
<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Mike, if somebody else did a wrong thing, surely that doesn't justify<BR>
another wrong?<BR>
<BR>
I've never been able to figure out the logic of counting human lives.<BR>
We don't, say, kill one person because five people who are tissue<BR>
matches to her are going to die if they don't get transplants. A<BR>
military historian would say that the rules of war are different from<BR>
the rules of society, but still, somehow it just never made sense to me.<BR>
- Beth<BR>
</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
<BR>
<BR>
I don't believe the United States was wrong to use the bomb. Using it saved<BR>
hundreds of thousands of American lives who would have died in an invasion<BR>
of Japan (which also would have killed a lot more Japanese than the two<BR>
atomic bombs did). Maybe the logic in counting human lives is counting<BR>
the ones you can keep from dying. Anyway, my whole point is that there<BR>
are a lot of people who are quick to condemn the United States for using it,<BR>
but why do I never hear these same people talk about the millions<BR>
of civilians the Japanese killed (more than 10 million!) during their invasions and<BR>
conquests of China and southeast Asia? Before villifying the United States and<BR>
making Japan the victims, let's consider the whole situation. <BR>
<BR>
Mike</FONT></HTML>
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