<annoyed>I'm sorry. You seem to me to be labouring under the misconception that war is moral, noble, and just. There is no such thing as a moral war. There is no such thing as a noble war. There is no such thing as a just war. There is only war, and war is killing, and killing is not moral, or noble, or just. There is only killing the other guy before he can kill you. There is only panic, and fear, and you don't think about anything but making them die. That's all.</annoyed>
It was neccessary to attack population centers to prove to the Nation we were at war with that we really did mean business. It's one thing to destroy a mountain -- it's another thing to destroy a city. Killing people tends to make a bigger point than turning rocks into glass.
On the subject of good and evil, my grandfather was a grunt in Korea and Vietnam. In war, both sides do horrible things. That is the nature of the beast. As a soldier, it is your job to do everything that you can to keep yourself alive, and the easiest and most effective way to do that is to kill people who want to kill you. Nihilism, my friend. The Negation of Negation. Make kaputt what makes you kapput.
I am not saying it was not a great tragedy. I am not saying I feel nothing for the people who died. But it was the only way to get the job done with a minimum number of casualties. And when dropping two atomic weapons on population centers is the 'minimum of casualties,' think about the other end of the spectrum.
I also suggest you, the Parent, read this, and look at the expected casualties to take the Islands of Japan. 1.7 to 4 Million US Service Personnel expected as Casualties, including 400,000 to 800,000 fatalities.
And that's just Americans. You are also looking at the fact that civilians were being organised to mount suicide attacks and to provide extra backup for the army, and everyone was expected to fight to the death -- "Death before Dishonor."
If we had not dropped those bombs, there very well might not be a Japan today.
It was the lesser of two evils. On one hand you had destruction of two cities. On the other hand you had the destruction of the virtually the entire japanese people.
Don't you think it's Ironic that a Hammer was used to bang something?
It's not Ironic. A bomb that is designed to be dropped from altitude being dropped from an Airplane is... logical.
I know Irony is a hard thing to grasp, but let's put forth some effort, shall we?
Irony would be something like, "They spent years designing their plane for safety during takeoff, but never thought to do something to stop it from crashing during landing."
The real reason America doesn't want anyone but America to have Atomic Weapons is because America wants to be the bully on the block with the biggest stick.
Teddy Rosevelt once said, "Walk softly and carry a Big Stick." The Fission Bomb, and its Cousins, the Fusion and Neutron and Radio-cobalt bombs, are the Biggest Sticks there are short of dropping a tea-spoon of antimatter.
So it's all about being able to beat the snot out of anyone who doesn't agree with America, and making sure that anyone who doesn't like what America doesn't can't possibly hurt America.
The Former Soviet Union used to have a technical word, called, 'Neutral.' 'Neutral' was anyone who could not possibly hurt the Soviet Union.
America always has been, and still is, nothing more than an overgrown bully. We force our will on other people by force, toppling democratically elected governments and installing dictators who we then have to remove years later, or they end up fucking us over. And the people of those countries hate us because, guess what? We won't mind our own god damn business.
America is headed for some major hurting. The Rest of the World will not deal with our stupidy much longer.
I've said it before and I've said it again. It saved lives.
It saved the lives of approximately One Million US Service Personnel, and it saved the lives of Millions of Japanese Civilians and Soliders -- you see, atleast during WWII, alot of people really took that "Death before Dishonor" thing seriously, and could not be made to surrender. So the only way to force an unconditional surrender was a rather raw display of power. The Bombs were a way of saying, "We don't need to use people to decimate you -- we can do it in a manner that you cannot possibly defend against. Now, will you give up?"
Are you kidding? Mike overthrows governments and lobs rocks at Earth for fun.
And his practical jokes... oi.
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On the bright side, your English is very good. You speak it like it's your second language.
You should hear some of us native speakers sometime. We can't even understand eachother.
Here are a few examples:
Read my lips: No New Taxes
I did not have sexual relations with that woman
640k ought to be enough for anybody
By the way, what are the regulated exceptions? Is there some sort of, "if a company makes a road with their own funds for X period of months/years they may charge a toll" thing, or is it more like what you can and cannot do on the roads?
The euphemism is 'Draining the Dragon,' and it refers to going to the bathroom.
Also, when you hear it during a DnD game, you know you need to kill the makers of the game, kill your fellow players of the game, then yourself, and make sure you get your whole head infront of the fireball^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H shotgun.
I went to one when I was twelve (oddly enough, the same year I joined/., I think. But I digress), and William Shatner was there. No one was allowed to get within ten feet of him, and at one point I remember somebody pointing at his Toupe and shouting, "LOOK! A TRIBBLE!"
Yes, for the love of the Gods, none of us need to reproduce.
And not just because of Star Trek. Every person born is another person breathing my precious, precious oxygen.
We're still a few centuries away from the Church of Star Trek, though, and then the eventual retaliation where-by all fans of the series are killed in the manner most befitting virgins.
What about something like this that could be implanted under the skin to create 'fake tatoo' that could be used to read blood sugar?
Something along the lines of the 'tatoo' Darrien had in the Sci-Fi series 'The Invisible Man.' A snake eating its own tail, the segments of which gradually turned from green to red as more toxins built up in his system from turning invisible.
I think it'd be kickass to have a snack on my wrist that changed colours the lower/higher my bloodsugar went.
Testify. I think it was summed up best at the end of 'Enemy at the Gates.'
DANILOV:I've been such a fool, Vassili. Man will always be man. There is no new man. We worked so hard to create a society that was equal, where there'd be nothing to envy your neighbour. But there's always something to envy. A smile, a friendship, something you don't have and want to appropriate. In this world, even a Soviet one, there will always be rich and poor. Rich in gifts, poor in gifts. Rich in love, poor in love.
I didn't enjoy the sequal as much either. They skipped too much time between one and two -- and I had no idea what was going on. But I still enjoyed it. The character Riddick is one of my favourites in recent years.
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<annoyed>I'm sorry. You seem to me to be labouring under the misconception that war is moral, noble, and just. There is no such thing as a moral war. There is no such thing as a noble war. There is no such thing as a just war. There is only war, and war is killing, and killing is not moral, or noble, or just. There is only killing the other guy before he can kill you. There is only panic, and fear, and you don't think about anything but making them die. That's all.</annoyed>
It was neccessary to attack population centers to prove to the Nation we were at war with that we really did mean business. It's one thing to destroy a mountain -- it's another thing to destroy a city. Killing people tends to make a bigger point than turning rocks into glass.
On the subject of good and evil, my grandfather was a grunt in Korea and Vietnam. In war, both sides do horrible things. That is the nature of the beast. As a soldier, it is your job to do everything that you can to keep yourself alive, and the easiest and most effective way to do that is to kill people who want to kill you. Nihilism, my friend. The Negation of Negation. Make kaputt what makes you kapput.
I am not saying it was not a great tragedy. I am not saying I feel nothing for the people who died. But it was the only way to get the job done with a minimum number of casualties. And when dropping two atomic weapons on population centers is the 'minimum of casualties,' think about the other end of the spectrum.
I also suggest you, the Parent, read this, and look at the expected casualties to take the Islands of Japan. 1.7 to 4 Million US Service Personnel expected as Casualties, including 400,000 to 800,000 fatalities.
And that's just Americans. You are also looking at the fact that civilians were being organised to mount suicide attacks and to provide extra backup for the army, and everyone was expected to fight to the death -- "Death before Dishonor."
If we had not dropped those bombs, there very well might not be a Japan today.
It was the lesser of two evils. On one hand you had destruction of two cities. On the other hand you had the destruction of the virtually the entire japanese people.
I'm glad they dropped the bombs. I like Japan.
Don't you think it's Ironic that a Hammer was used to bang something?
It's not Ironic. A bomb that is designed to be dropped from altitude being dropped from an Airplane is... logical.
I know Irony is a hard thing to grasp, but let's put forth some effort, shall we?
Irony would be something like, "They spent years designing their plane for safety during takeoff, but never thought to do something to stop it from crashing during landing."
The real reason America doesn't want anyone but America to have Atomic Weapons is because America wants to be the bully on the block with the biggest stick.
Teddy Rosevelt once said, "Walk softly and carry a Big Stick." The Fission Bomb, and its Cousins, the Fusion and Neutron and Radio-cobalt bombs, are the Biggest Sticks there are short of dropping a tea-spoon of antimatter.
So it's all about being able to beat the snot out of anyone who doesn't agree with America, and making sure that anyone who doesn't like what America doesn't can't possibly hurt America.
The Former Soviet Union used to have a technical word, called, 'Neutral.' 'Neutral' was anyone who could not possibly hurt the Soviet Union.
America always has been, and still is, nothing more than an overgrown bully. We force our will on other people by force, toppling democratically elected governments and installing dictators who we then have to remove years later, or they end up fucking us over. And the people of those countries hate us because, guess what? We won't mind our own god damn business.
America is headed for some major hurting. The Rest of the World will not deal with our stupidy much longer.
I've said it before and I've said it again. It saved lives.
It saved the lives of approximately One Million US Service Personnel, and it saved the lives of Millions of Japanese Civilians and Soliders -- you see, atleast during WWII, alot of people really took that "Death before Dishonor" thing seriously, and could not be made to surrender. So the only way to force an unconditional surrender was a rather raw display of power. The Bombs were a way of saying, "We don't need to use people to decimate you -- we can do it in a manner that you cannot possibly defend against. Now, will you give up?"
Go here and learn.
The point I was trying to prove was that all were later proven false.
So basically it over comes the pure libertarian problem of "I live in the middle of the doughnut and I can't get through my neighbour's yard?"
Ah, Kobold. How we will miss thee. Best damn mini-golf in the whole universe.
I wonder if anyone ever found the blob... Hrm...
Are you kidding? Mike overthrows governments and lobs rocks at Earth for fun.
And his practical jokes... oi.
On the bright side, your English is very good. You speak it like it's your second language.
You should hear some of us native speakers sometime. We can't even understand eachother.
Here are a few examples:
By the way, what are the regulated exceptions? Is there some sort of, "if a company makes a road with their own funds for X period of months/years they may charge a toll" thing, or is it more like what you can and cannot do on the roads?
Say no to software patents!
Say no to Bolkestein!
Say no to the constitution!
Yay, prostitution?
Is it easier to purify carbon nanotubes in microgravity too?
Short answer: yes.
Long answer: Yeeeeeeeeeeeees.
(Note: Length and pitch of the Long Answer may be affected by answerer's velocity relative to yourself.)
The euphemism is 'Draining the Dragon,' and it refers to going to the bathroom.
Also, when you hear it during a DnD game, you know you need to kill the makers of the game, kill your fellow players of the game, then yourself, and make sure you get your whole head infront of the fireball^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H^H shotgun.
I went to one when I was twelve (oddly enough, the same year I joined /., I think. But I digress), and William Shatner was there. No one was allowed to get within ten feet of him, and at one point I remember somebody pointing at his Toupe and shouting, "LOOK! A TRIBBLE!"
Yes, for the love of the Gods, none of us need to reproduce.
And not just because of Star Trek. Every person born is another person breathing my precious, precious oxygen.
My oxygen.
We're still a few centuries away from the Church of Star Trek, though, and then the eventual retaliation where-by all fans of the series are killed in the manner most befitting virgins.
Guy: *Tosses Geek into Volcano* He's Dead, Jim.
What about something like this that could be implanted under the skin to create 'fake tatoo' that could be used to read blood sugar?
Something along the lines of the 'tatoo' Darrien had in the Sci-Fi series 'The Invisible Man.' A snake eating its own tail, the segments of which gradually turned from green to red as more toxins built up in his system from turning invisible.
I think it'd be kickass to have a snack on my wrist that changed colours the lower/higher my bloodsugar went.
And the 'Cosmic Operating System' is a *BSD derivative!
See? God is Dead!
What about people like me, your parent poster, who have Hypoglycemia? I'm lucky if my bloodsugar stays above 60mg/dl the whole day!
It shouldn't need to emit light unless I want to see it at night. If it can turn itself opaque in places, it will function as a kind of 'watch tatoo.'
I would go so far as to say that such a thing would be of epic proportions.
How much to have one of these implanted right underneath my skin on my inner left wrist running off of electricity generated from my blood sugar?
I'd never need another watch.
Testify. I think it was summed up best at the end of 'Enemy at the Gates.'
DANILOV:I've been such a fool, Vassili. Man will always be man. There is no new man. We worked so hard to create a society that was equal, where there'd be nothing to envy your neighbour. But there's always something to envy. A smile, a friendship, something you don't have and want to appropriate. In this world, even a Soviet one, there will always be rich and poor. Rich in gifts, poor in gifts. Rich in love, poor in love.
I didn't enjoy the sequal as much either. They skipped too much time between one and two -- and I had no idea what was going on. But I still enjoyed it. The character Riddick is one of my favourites in recent years.