I simply put you on the spot to give you the opportunity to at least acknowledge some sympathy for other human beings-
I'll do the same for the you.
It is my belief that Canada suffered about 40,000 military dead in World War II. The U.S. toll was approximately 250,000. (A significant number of these casualties involved Canadians and Americans fighting shoulder-to-shoulder).
I do not recall that you have expressed any feelings one way or the other about these dead.
You have acknowledged that the war would have lasted longer without the bombs, which is the same as acknowledging that there would have been more Allied deaths (including Canadians, who were volunteering at that time for service in the Pacific). I believe your characterization of this added war duration was on the order of "insignificant."
Some might consider that to be a cavalier dismissal of the worth of these lives, including your fellow citizens, simply because they wore the uniform of our countries ... an implication that their lives were "insignificant."
So I give you the opportunity to explain, Solon: Why do your heart and soul not bleed for these youths, especially your countrymen, who died? Why do you not celebrate along with Canadian mothers, wives, and children, for the additional lives that were spared when the bombs accomplished their purpose?
Perhaps you should address your reply to those mothers, wives, and children. |
