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   Mike  posted:   
   > 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..   
      
   My remorse is that there are evil people in this   
   world who make war necessary. But I'm glad when   
   evil is defeated. Read JTEM's post and try to   
   learn something new for a change.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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