What ordinary men can do: The bombing of Hiroshima

[Gothmog]

Bozo, I think you are way oversimplifying with your A,B, and C. All those are part of the decision, but in no way encompass it.

Furthermore, after killing this person in order to save my own life, it would be disgraceful of me to be PROUD of killing that person. Which is how the surviving pilots who dropped the bombs feel to this day, and many other people say theyre proud of what they did.

Would you be PROUD of killing someone if it saved the lives of your family? How about a kindergarten class?
Or, how about everything you find worth saving in the world?

But again, that wasnt the case at that time, our survival wasnt in jeapardy.

Speculative, and certainly untrue for certain values of the word survival.

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Gothmog, I intend to answer fully later or tommorow. I have to get the heck out of here because a plumber is coming and is going to be here all day banging on pipes. To be continued...

 

[Bozo Erectus]

Great, apparently the plumber never showed up, so that means he's coming tommorow

Bozo, I think you are way oversimplifying with your A,B, and C. All those are part of the decision, but in no way encompass it.

Whether all or some of them were part of them doesnt change my opinion on the morality of it.

Would you be PROUD of killing someone if it saved the lives of your family? How about a kindergarten class?
Or, how about everything you find worth saving in the world?

Relieved yes. Proud no.

Speculative, and certainly untrue for certain values of the word survival.

I dont see how its speculative. IYO, in what sense was our survival at stake? Do you mean that if we had allowed the Soviets to capture and hold on to as much territory in Asia as they did in Europe, that our survival as a nation would have been at stake during the Cold War?

 

[Knight-Dragon]

Moderator Action: Moved to History, already dropped off 1st page in OT.

Eagerly awaiting a post from the esteemed Vrylakas.