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Re: First entry in "predict the responses!"
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Marchetti writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, John Neal writes:
> > And if they did, for the love of God, tell me to what end? Anyone who would
> > do such a thing *is* irrational!
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> You mean like dropping bombs on Nagasaki and Hiroshima?
No, there was a rational reason for dropping those-- to end the war, and
prevent even *more* widespread killing. And it worked.
That is not to say that that call was a no-brainer. It was an agonizing
decision to make, and truthfully, the morality of it will always be debated.
But not its rationality.
-John
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16 Messages in This Thread: ![Let's play "predict the responses" -Larry Pieniazek (22-May-02 to lugnet.off-topic.debate)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![First entry in "predict the responses!" -Lindsay Frederick Braun (22-May-02 to lugnet.off-topic.debate)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/246.gif) ![Re: First entry in "predict the responses!" -Scott Arthur (22-May-02 to lugnet.off-topic.debate)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![Re: First entry in "predict the responses!" -David Koudys (22-May-02 to lugnet.off-topic.debate)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/246.gif) ![Re: First entry in "predict the responses!" -John Neal (22-May-02 to lugnet.off-topic.debate)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![Re: First entry in "predict the responses!" -Lindsay Frederick Braun (22-May-02 to lugnet.off-topic.debate)](/news/x.gif) ![](/news/46.gif) ![Re: First entry in "predict the responses!" -John Neal (23-May-02 to lugnet.off-topic.debate)](/news/x.gif)
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