Little Boy dropped 64 years ago, today.
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What is this? I've not heard of it.
Japanese P.O.W. camps - supposedly worse than concentration camps.
Probably because we have several thousands of years of history showing that major powers tend to go to war with each other unless there is a significant reason not to? Or because even with the threat of nuclear war we still came close on several occassions to another world war?
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You think that if these weapons weren't used the cold war wouldn't have been so... uneventful? It's a fairly logical conclusion that the cold war wouldn't have been so cold if these weapons weren't used in Japan, not bottom talking.
Then why are you damning it if you are otherwise unaware of the effects of it not being dropped?
You cant argue against something, and then accuse the people defending it of being ignorant of facts as they dont know what would have happened otherwise. Neither do you.
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This to be honest.
Well visa versa, you cannot say what would have happened if they hadn't dropped bombs, so stop talking out of your bottom.
Lot's of people died and continue to die horribly? Regardless of whether it saved the universe or not.
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So you'd rather millions more Japanese soldiers/civilians and millions more American/Commonwealth soldiers would have died than the few thousand (Or hundreds? anyone got any numbers) of people who still have to suffer from the radiation?
Don't take this the wrong way, but that is probably a good way to go. Prefer that than being raped and tortured by the Japanese as happened in China, or being experimented on in a concentration camp for months before dieing a slow death from some twisted experiment and starvation.
Nuclear bombs are absolutely horrific.
Although needed and justifiable.
I think the world is a far safer place with Nukes. It menas full scale wars are pretty much unthinkable.
Germany were expected to complete there's in about 12 months and with there new jet planes named horton 229(fighter and I forget the number for the bomber) could off attacked any city including USA citys. With virtually no hindrance due to speed.
Although with the allies seizing Europe it kind of put and end to that anyway.
Although needed and justifiable.
I think the world is a far safer place with Nukes. It menas full scale wars are pretty much unthinkable.
Germany were expected to complete there's in about 12 months and with there new jet planes named horton 229(fighter and I forget the number for the bomber) could off attacked any city including USA citys. With virtually no hindrance due to speed.
Although with the allies seizing Europe it kind of put and end to that anyway.
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You've taken it out of context. It was directed at his cause for argument, not at the argument itself.
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I love all things nuclear, inspires a sense of awe in me.
They could have picked another target without 100,000 casualties and still proved a point.
I disagree and it does work as a deterrent. Name one war since then in which both sides have had nuclear weapons? Answer: None.
Reason: Nobody wants to go to war with another nuclear armed country.
It was a horrible thing, it's context does not make it any less horrible.
I apologise, I'll bow out of this thread because I can see where it's going.