From: theirony2013@gmail.com   
      
   On 2026-01-16 11:29, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >   
   > Mike  posted:   
   >> On 2026-01-15 23:31, Steven Douglas wrote:   
   >>> Mike  posted:   
   >>>> 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....   
   >>>   
   >>> The solution to evil is to defeat it. Sometimes   
   >>> the only way to do that is to fight. Fighting   
   >>> in self-defense is not evil, no matter how   
   >>> morally confused you so obviously are.   
   >>   
   >> Evil cannot be 'defeated'.   
   >   
   > Hitler was evil. Hitler was defeated. There are   
   > many examples down through history when evil was   
   > defeated.   
      
   If evil was defeated with Hitler, why do you   
   still exist then? Please explain.....   
      
   >>   
   >>    
   >> Calling evil something that can simply be   
   >> "defeated" assumes it is a single, concrete   
   >> thing.   
   >   
   > No, that's the assumption that CrapGPT came up with.   
   > In never said that it's a single concrete thing. It   
   > shows up in many forms, and when it does, it must be   
   > defeated (as was the case with Hitler).   
      
   Why do you exist then, if evil was vanquished?   
      
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