Comments on: The Holocaust That Should Be Our National Shame http://www.1115.org/2007/08/07/the-holocaust-that-should-be-our-national-shame/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:09:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Programmer http://www.1115.org/2007/08/07/the-holocaust-that-should-be-our-national-shame/comment-page-1/#comment-59691 Programmer Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:58:11 +0000 http://www.1115.org/2007/08/07/the-holocaust-that-should-be-our-national-shame/#comment-59691 Dubya would be impeached,Cheney imprisoned and neocons feathered and tarred. (But to address the topic at hand, I don't disagree that nukes are abhorrent. I just disagree with the presumption that the Japanese are more honorable than the US, or anyone else for that matter. Which I am sure was not the major thrust of your post anyway. ) Dubya would be impeached,Cheney imprisoned and neocons feathered and tarred.

(But to address the topic at hand, I don’t disagree that nukes are abhorrent. I just disagree with the presumption that the Japanese are more honorable than the US, or anyone else for that matter. Which I am sure was not the major thrust of your post anyway. )

]]> By: sarabeth http://www.1115.org/2007/08/07/the-holocaust-that-should-be-our-national-shame/comment-page-1/#comment-59688 sarabeth Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:11:42 +0000 http://www.1115.org/2007/08/07/the-holocaust-that-should-be-our-national-shame/#comment-59688 And if <em>we</em> truly had honor? And if we truly had honor?

]]> By: Programmer http://www.1115.org/2007/08/07/the-holocaust-that-should-be-our-national-shame/comment-page-1/#comment-59687 Programmer Fri, 10 Aug 2007 02:09:42 +0000 http://www.1115.org/2007/08/07/the-holocaust-that-should-be-our-national-shame/#comment-59687 Sorry, but affirmations of the Japanese sense of honor just make me laugh. They treated the rest of Asia like animals to be slaughtered, whores to be raped and enslaved. They have shown a great reluctance to come to terms with their true role in WWII. If they truly had honor, they would be paying reparations to Korea and China. Sorry, but affirmations of the Japanese sense of honor just make me laugh. They treated the rest of Asia like animals to be slaughtered, whores to be raped and enslaved. They have shown a great reluctance to come to terms with their true role in WWII. If they truly had honor, they would be paying reparations to Korea and China.

]]> By: Dale http://www.1115.org/2007/08/07/the-holocaust-that-should-be-our-national-shame/comment-page-1/#comment-59603 Dale Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:50:16 +0000 http://www.1115.org/2007/08/07/the-holocaust-that-should-be-our-national-shame/#comment-59603 Powerful message, sarabeth. It took so long for the idea that Hiroshima was unnecessary (as if killing 300,000 civilians could ever be necessary) to get out to the public. Even now people think we're wild-eyed radicals if we question Hiroshima's necessity. Yes, it was an extreme time and things like the bombing of Dresden and London were going on and the outcome of the war was in doubt and civilians had become "fair game". But what Hiroshima amounted to was a "warning shot". 300,000 people killed as a warning. Insane. Powerful message, sarabeth. It took so long for the idea that Hiroshima was unnecessary (as if killing 300,000 civilians could ever be necessary) to get out to the public. Even now people think we’re wild-eyed radicals if we question Hiroshima’s necessity. Yes, it was an extreme time and things like the bombing of Dresden and London were going on and the outcome of the war was in doubt and civilians had become “fair game”. But what Hiroshima amounted to was a “warning shot”. 300,000 people killed as a warning. Insane.

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