Well, it's more complicated than that. There were military targets in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Consider the alternative, though: We now know that Japan was going to basically fight to the last man if we invaded, they were projecting losses of up to 20,000,000 people. You could argue that we saved 19,000,000 lives by dropping the bomb. It doesn't make it less reprehensible, but it's a factor that should be considered.
Doesn't it make it less reprehensible? I know that since we cannot know exactly what would have transpired otherwise, it's hard to say if it was a "good decision." But it seems reprehensible is the wrong word.
A elderly man goes into confession and says to the priest,
“Father, I’m 80 years old, married, have four kids and eleven healthy grandchildren, and last night I had an affair with two 18 year old girls. I made love with both of them twice.”
The priest said, “Well, my son, when was the last time you were in confession?”
That's the great thing about living in post-9-11 America, NO ONE is too unimportant to have their phone calls and emails archived. To the NSA, we're ALL special!
I blame the exponential growth in archival storage sizes.:)
The reason I read/. Is cuz we're ten posts into the comment section and nearly all are about irradiated killer robots. None are substantive comments about the summary.
Without arguing whether this is or is not a good thing...:)... What we really need on Slashdot is a button that will scroll you down about 50 posts, right away. (Less for "newer" stories with less comments.)
I'm a millenial who works on mainframes you insensitive clod!
I had to bootstrap a PDP-8 in the Science building during college to complete my introductory programming assignments. That meant physically toggling in the octal sequence to start the high speed paper tape reader.
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Thank you for being a friend... You're a pal and a cosmonaut.
Why not Zoidberg?
Well, it's more complicated than that. There were military targets in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Consider the alternative, though: We now know that Japan was going to basically fight to the last man if we invaded, they were projecting losses of up to 20,000,000 people. You could argue that we saved 19,000,000 lives by dropping the bomb. It doesn't make it less reprehensible, but it's a factor that should be considered.
Doesn't it make it less reprehensible? I know that since we cannot know exactly what would have transpired otherwise, it's hard to say if it was a "good decision." But it seems reprehensible is the wrong word.
True!
That is a useful unit for carbon credits, though. I've skipped my latte, so my year of Facebook is guilt free!
Someone should ask Pluto if it self-identifies as a planet.
Hah, suckers! I listen to Grooveshark!
I have amazon prime
I get free music already.
I don't think you understand what "free" means.
Perhaps they live in a civilized country where the universal human right to free music is recognized, and the government picks up the tab.
Keep in mind that the victims here are journalists... Maybe the computer system didn't register them as human beings.
The defense is probably going to present an alternative theory that the pizza did it.
That's the great thing about living in post-9-11 America, NO ONE is too unimportant to have their phone calls and emails archived. To the NSA, we're ALL special!
I blame the exponential growth in archival storage sizes. :)
"Are you older than 49 or younger".
There really is no wrong answer here...
It's blatant discrimination against those who are exactly 49.
...the audience to see the whales. I'm sure the whales were comforted seeing the inside of a Klingon Bird-of-Prey~
That was just so Scotty could observe, "There be whales here!"
I'm so glad you managed to overcome the side effects of being stoned to death.
I got better.
Can't a guy say "feminist rag" without being called a reactionary?
Yes, I did too. They have been too much in the news lately.
I love how someone modded it "Informative."
People who don't understand Godwin's law posting on slashdot. Nobody's proud.
Those who don't understand Godwin's law are doomed to invoke it.
" Are you telling me that this sucker is NUCLEAR? "
"No, no, no, no, no, this sucker's electrical..."
Press your space bar, it scrolls down for you.
M. Night Shyamalan : "The button he had desired was there all along!"
The reason I read /. Is cuz we're ten posts into the comment section and nearly all are about irradiated killer robots. None are substantive comments about the summary.
Without arguing whether this is or is not a good thing... :) ... What we really need on Slashdot is a button that will scroll you down about 50 posts, right away. (Less for "newer" stories with less comments.)
Nuke the entire blogosphere from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.
You collapsed the wave function.
...today is the day to not bother reading Slashdot.
I'm a millenial who works on mainframes you insensitive clod!
I had to bootstrap a PDP-8 in the Science building during college to complete my introductory programming assignments. That meant physically toggling in the octal sequence to start the high speed paper tape reader.
Now I'm not sure who should get off whose lawn.