From: theirony2013@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-15 17:48, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > Mike  posted:   
   >> On 2026-01-15 16:33, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >>> Mike  posted:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Frying 250,000 innocent people is defending yourself?   
   >>>   
   >>> I realize you know nothing about history. I realize that   
   >>> you're also very morally confused. So I will attempt to   
   >>> educate you on the topic of Hiroshima and Nakasaki.   
   >>>   
   >>> The Japanese leaders were choosing to surrender when the   
   >>> U.S. military was closing in on their home country. They   
   >>> were continuing to fight, and with the battle of Okinawa   
   >>> (which I'm sure you know nothing about), they gave every   
   >>> indication that they planned to fight to the death before   
   >>> they would surrender.   
   >>>   
   >>> Hiroshima and Nagasaki were military industrial targets.   
   >>> Those cities produced weapons and equipment for Japan's   
   >>> military. Many of the people who lived there worked in   
   >>> those factories. The atomic bombs were used to shock the   
   >>> Japanese leaders into realizing there was no point in   
   >>> fighting to the death.   
   >>>   
   >>> Some estimates are that 30 MILLION lives were saved when   
   >>> the Japanese leaders came to their senses and surrendered.   
   >>> Not that any of this information will affect your moral   
   >>> confusion, which I'm sure you will continue to exhibit on   
   >>> a regular basis.   
   >>   
   >> Thee is no way to prove any of that.   
   >>   
   >> I'm talking about your own morality, and you keep   
   >> trying to deflect, change it into something else.   
   >   
   > My morality has nothing to do with it. Your moral   
   > confusion, however, has everything to do with how   
   > ill-informed you are.   
   >>   
   >> Even if I had to kill an enemy in self defense   
   >> I would feel very remorseful at having to   
   >> resort to those measures.   
   >>   
   >> You on the other hand relish in your glee   
   >   
   > You know nothing about me, Mike. You have invented   
   > a caricature of me in your imagination, and you   
   > have projected that caricature onto me even though   
   > it's a false caricature.   
   >   
   > As for your moral confusion, I hope you read JTEM's   
   > post that I just read -- it's very good, and it   
   > might help to educate you since you are completely   
   > ill-informed and morally confused on this topic.   
   >   
   > And just so you know, Mike, -- the United States   
   > did not start that war. The U.S. wanted to stop   
   > Japan from enslaving the Chinese people. It's a   
   > shame that you know nothing about any of that, or   
   > how and why that war started -- and why it's a   
   > good thing is ended when it did and didn't go   
   > on and kill MANY MILLIONS MORE people.   
   >   
   > But why am I wasting my time on trying to educate   
   > you, when it's clear that you are too morally   
   > confused to ever understand the reality of that   
   > war.   
      
   I want to talk about your remorse, your feelings,   
   not stuff I could look up with ChatGPT..   
      
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