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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (13688)	5/31/2002 5:31:58 AM
From: Solon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

"They chose atomic bombs. This sent a message to Russia...fine...but what if these were your kids dying for absolutely nothing" YOU: "I'd hate to know what you consider something" Perhaps I was unclear? Naturally I refer only to the infants still suckling. I am not so foolish as to disagree with your astute suggestion that the frying of larger tots indeed served a noble and endearing purpose. Once they are able to walk...a bullet is simply a waste. It would, of course, be absurd for me to suggest that the deaths of those whom had develped rudimentary words such as "mama", were less than meaningful, or to ignore the degree to which our humanity is more universally applauded by the manner of their dispatch. I should have made it clear that I was only referring to babies beneath 20 pounds as having contributed little by way of their deaths. Thank you for catching the error...

To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (13688)	5/31/2002 11:14:06 AM
From: Original Mad Dog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 21057

It took TWO OF THEM before the made that radio broadcast announcing their surrender! TWO OF THEM! Not one! TWO! I dunno how much it was appropriate to read into that. The era of instantaneous mass communications and CNN and so forth was a long way off at that point. There were news reports that day, to be sure. There were American announcements of this terrible and powerful new weapon. But how much the Japanese high command could have learned about what was really happening on the ground, and what it all meant, between August 6 and the morning of August 9 is questionable. There is a powerful moral hindsight case for saying that the Americans should have said, "we have more of these bombs. We will drop another one in a week (or two or a month or whatever) if you do not capitulate." Then give the Japanese time to go into Hiroshima and see how awful it really was. I assume you read John Hershey's (sp?) book on the subject.