SleepWaking said:
Lostplanet22 said:
Kantor said:
hallowedbeeddie said:
Kantor said:
Lostplanet22 said:
What you are saying is that when someone murders someone we should murder his daughter?
Yeah sorry I am confused...
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You can't compare a country of 100 million people to a single man. The country does something, you punish the country. But again, the atomic bombs weren't punishment; war is war. The atomic bombs were a means of forcing Japan to surrender. Not ideal, but the best America could have done, given the circumstances. Do remember that they had no idea what this bomb did, except cause a massive explosion. Which is why they never used it again.
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it doesnt matter if you kill person or 100 thounds, you would still be a murderer. just 1 life is unique and irreplaceable
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Ideally, you kill nobody.
But if you have a choice between killing 300,000 and killing over a million, you choose the lower number. Whether they are civilians or soldiers isn't really relevant.
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So if you had to choose between two actions. Klling 50.000 Chlldren/women/innocents or 100.000 soldiers you would choose the 50.000?
The only way you are saying this is because you know the endresult...For the same sake Japan would not have surrendered and the Japanese soldiers would fight even harder and braver..and maybe 10 bombs would have been dropped..
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I agree but the bombs definitely had the purpose the persuade the Japanese in surrendering. They couldn't have known Japan would surrender after the atomic bomb, but because they did I believe it was indeed the right decision. I can't imagine how hard it was to make this decision, I don't think I could have done it.
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Sure not disagreeing. I am not saying that they were dropping the bombs for the fun...just saying they didn't knew 100% for sure that Japan would surrender ..so they had no idea and no choice between killing 300k or 1.000k..
