dronester writes:
Of the many items, which particular items on my list do you find dubious? I am thinking at least some of the points were "un-contestable" to moral and intelligent people.
How can winning WW2 be considered 'immoral' after the rape of Nanjing and the Bataan Death March? Do you actually think that when one considers Makin, Tarawa, Pelieu, Saipan, and so on, the military under the Japanese Empire under the false doctrine of Bushido were just going to surrender en mass, like the Germans?
They fought to the death. Learn some history, a lot of mine is oral and firsthand. Are you unaware of Kamakaze pilots?
There is some debate over the use of the atomic bombs, however, I have studied this problem and feel the solution, considering both military and political considerations, was unfortunately inevitable.
One article against the collective judgment of the people who were there at the time hardly constitutes a refutation of their decisions.
Yeah, I wish it didn't happen, but to argue that it made no difference is easily shown as being false. You don't have to take my word for it, ask Hirohito.
Yeah, I'm an idiot. I hope this post absolves me of having to go chapter and verse, but if necessary I will.
There is a lot of documentation concerning the surrender of Japan other than Zinn. Ever heard of General Anami, the last shot revolt, the Hirohito speech, the hassle over its recording.
Of course not, as I am more stupid than Palin according to you.
Let's rock, self-appointed badass.
The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes.
Salman Rushdie
This rudderless world is not shaped by vague metaphysical forces. It is not God who kills the children. Not fate that butchers them or destiny that feeds them to the dogs. It’s us. Only us. - the character Rorschach in Watchmen