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Post by wvpeach1963 on Aug 17, 2008 1:00:07 GMT 9.5
I don't believe pople were dancing in the streets because of the bomb... they were dancing in the streets because the war was over. In the case of UK they had been at war for 6 years, almost two of them fighting alone while suffering continual bombing, shortages of material and food. Okay so celebrate the wars end and then take a break and realize a lot of innocent people just died. We need to rethink partying for any reason when innocent people have died. Its immoral.
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Post by wvpeach1963 on Aug 17, 2008 1:02:51 GMT 9.5
Well said Rob . I agree. One thing to consider though. It is never wrong to apologize , show sympathy whatever you want to call it for the taking of innocent lives. Did that bomb stop world war 2 ? .................yes it did. Did it kill innocent people?........................Yes it did. Expressing regret over innocent lifes lost is never wrong. It bothers me to see the photos of war but THATS WAR!-It's about killing the enemy. The other day I watched the American musician Herbie Hancock on world tour. They played in Japan and he wanted to take time out to go to Nagasaki to the museum and memorial there for the people who died from "the bomb"-Thats fine but when he started to say how we owe them an apology for dropping it ,I got upset. My dad faught in that war and he made it home in one piece but many others didn't and the only way that war eneded was with that big bomb or thousands of smaller ones for who knows how many more years and lives later. I don't think we owe them an apology for anything. Have you seen how the POWs were treated? Bamboo under fingernails etc. Had the Japanese had that bomb, we would be speaking Japanese right now. They would have dropped them all over America no problem.For anyone to think it was something to cheer about or feel good about is wrong. It was the only option available. And it was us or them. Germany would have had it real soon also. We were just very lucky to be living here when it was first used. Can you imagine what Hitler would have done with that? It's a chilling thought. Look at all the damage he did to innocent people just using conventional weapons.During Viet Nam we saw alot of war photos every night. This is not new. And once we leave Iraq Obama wants to head right into Aphfganistan. Hopefully we get better info on the real enemy this time out. And just maybe we will be given the real truth of the situation instead of alot of lies~
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Post by Epi on Aug 17, 2008 7:04:04 GMT 9.5
People handle grief in a number of ways - and that's their right.
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Post by Willow on Aug 20, 2008 21:22:54 GMT 9.5
I thought to myself no matter what the sins of world war 2 and the fact Japan and Germany had to be defeated what kind of people dances and cheers at the news 200,000 people were killed? Maybe the ones who have a clear understanding and are glad their loved ones wouldn't die in an invasion of Japan. Would you perfer it was American bodies in those pictures? Of course not. But sometimes it comes down to us or them. As much as I hate war, guns....et al - I have to agree with your last statement - there are times when its "us or them" - what we need are world leaders who can avoid those situations.
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Post by Willow on Aug 20, 2008 21:25:19 GMT 9.5
I don't believe pople were dancing in the streets because of the bomb... they were dancing in the streets because the war was over. That was always my understanding of the situation from reading/viewing old press and news footage
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Post by robspace on Aug 22, 2008 11:46:41 GMT 9.5
We also have to remember it was the Japanese who started the war with us. They brought it on and they paid the price. There is always alot of innocent people killed in these ugly things. Russia is blowing it right now and it makes no sense for them to be doing what their doing. The little country of Georgia is not a threat to anyone.
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