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   On 2026-01-15 17:58, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   The solution to evil is not more evil....   
      
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