Comments on: US drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/06/us-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hirosh-1/ Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:00:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 By: Spiv https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/06/us-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hirosh-1/#comment-541490 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:00:04 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/06/us-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hirosh-1/#comment-541490 This is one of those things that will endlessly be questioned as to whether we “did the right thing.” I get both sides and all, but of course I have my own opinions.

Hint: Ends and Means are the same thing.

]]> By: José https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/06/us-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hirosh-1/#comment-541489 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:45:30 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/06/us-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hirosh-1/#comment-541489 @dprosenthal
Yes. We’d be living in a post apocalyptic paradise where mutants roam the land and people like Mel Gibson are allowed outdoors.

]]> By: dprosenthal https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/06/us-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hirosh-1/#comment-541488 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:13:52 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/06/us-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hirosh-1/#comment-541488 Where is good old Harry when we need him? If the US had continued to fight later wars with the same force as WWII the world would not be in the shape it is today. Now we’re going to sit back and do nothing while the fanatics continue to build their nuclear arsenal. You can be sure that they don’t consider what we did to stop the enemy as wrong–they plan to follow in our footsteps.

]]> By: Eric Michael Johnson https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/06/us-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hirosh-1/#comment-541487 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 11:12:16 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/06/us-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hirosh-1/#comment-541487 Thanks for the link Greg (and for your comment on my post). The politics of the nuclear era has always been endlessly fascinating for me. It appears that your Dad learned the correct lessons from the war, because he clearly raised you right.

]]> By: José https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/06/us-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hirosh-1/#comment-541486 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:09:36 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/06/us-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hirosh-1/#comment-541486 @MadScientist
Trinity and Beyond is good if you’ve never seen it. It’s hypnotic, beautiful, and disturbing at the same time.

]]> By: José https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/06/us-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hirosh-1/#comment-541485 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 10:05:18 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/06/us-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hirosh-1/#comment-541485 I suppose you’re against my Second Amendment right to posses an A-Bomb?

]]> By: MadScientist https://gregladen.com/blog/2009/08/06/us-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hirosh-1/#comment-541484 Thu, 06 Aug 2009 09:15:41 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2009/08/06/us-drops-atomic-bomb-on-hirosh-1/#comment-541484 We need to see photos of these awesome devices in action and the devastation and suffering they cause. I think most people alive today are absolutely clueless about these terrifying weapons; they hear the occasional story, but they have no idea what it means.

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