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Re: Oddball thoughts (was: Hiroshima-Was It Necessary?)
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Mon, 22 Oct 2001 01:18:33 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Lindsay Frederick Braun writes:
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> Here's an oddball thought: Imagine a world where Hiroshima and
> Nagasaki were never bombed, and nuclear weapons were never seen
> in action on such a comparatively small scale. I'd be willing
> to posit that in such a world, a Cuban Missile Crisis would
> have become World War III, and we wouldn't be here flapping
> our jaw-meat about it. Does the end justify the means? Can
> there not be any *positive* value to having seen the horror of
> a Hiroshima and Nagasaki relative to the survival of humanity?
Here's another oddball thought: It's likely humanity will eventually cease to
exist at some time in the future, anyway, so was it worth imparting such horror
on the Japanese population, just to keep humanity going a bit longer?
ROSCO
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