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Hiroshima justified? (was Enola Gay: Burnt flesh and othermagnificent technological achievements)
Linda Terrell wrote: On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 16:26:36 UTC, RogerM wrote: "Col. RJ" wrote: First off, **** you asshole. The women and children who were murdered didn't have **** to with Pearl Harbor. Secondly, your attitude is different from Osama Bin Laden's how, exactly? Maybe some day you American cowboy assholes will grow up and realize there's more to life than having the biggest gun. And the 3000 dead at WTC had what to do with Bin Laden? They had invaded his country how? They had fired on his family how? Even if were to agree that the bombing of Hiroshima was wrong (I don't know about today, but I know how I would have felt in 1945), what does this have to do with the attack on the WTC? Does one wrong justify another? The issue is that the Smithsonian's newest facility it about aircraft history, not about the pros and cons of US military action. The Enola Gay should be treated as other aircraft on display without mention of the suffering and death caused by the bombings, nor mention of the other side of the same argument. |
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should be treated as other aircraft on display without mention of the suffering and death caused by the bombings, nor mention of the other side of the same argument. You mean so as to marvel at our own destructive capability without reflection and a clear conscience. Regards... |
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"Bjørnar Bolsøy" wrote
The Enola Gay should be treated as other aircraft on display without mention of the suffering and death caused by the bombings, nor mention of the other side of the same argument. You mean so as to marvel at our own destructive capability without reflection and a clear conscience. Regards... Yep, just like the automobile, which has killed more people in a week than Atomic weapons ever did. Cars are beautiful, planes are beautiful, and humans are expendable. |
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mrraveltay wrote in message ...
Linda Terrell wrote: On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 16:26:36 UTC, RogerM wrote: "Col. RJ" wrote: First off, **** you asshole. The women and children who were murdered didn't have **** to with Pearl Harbor. Secondly, your attitude is different from Osama Bin Laden's how, exactly? Maybe some day you American cowboy assholes will grow up and realize there's more to life than having the biggest gun. And the 3000 dead at WTC had what to do with Bin Laden? They had invaded his country how? They had fired on his family how? Even if were to agree that the bombing of Hiroshima was wrong (I don't know about today, but I know how I would have felt in 1945), what does this have to do with the attack on the WTC? Does one wrong justify another? The issue is that the Smithsonian's newest facility it about aircraft history, not about the pros and cons of US military action. The Enola Gay should be treated as other aircraft on display without mention of the suffering and death caused by the bombings, nor mention of the other side of the same argument. I completely agree. The problem today is too many museum exhibits are polticized. |
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"Bjørnar" wrote in message ...
(cave fish) wrote in om: mrraveltay wrote in message ... Linda Terrell wrote: Even if were to agree that the bombing of Hiroshima was wrong (I don't know about today, but I know how I would have felt in 1945), what does this have to do with the attack on the WTC? Does one wrong justify another? The issue is that the Smithsonian's newest facility it about aircraft history, not about the pros and cons of US military action. The Enola Gay should be treated as other aircraft on display without mention of the suffering and death caused by the bombings, nor mention of the other side of the same argument. I completely agree. The problem today is too many museum exhibits are polticized. The Enola Gay and what it represent is unique, it's not just another B-29. It's not politics, or a battle of oppinions, an unpresidented number of people died at the drop of a single, tiny bomb. We have a responsibility to tell the story and provide the facts whenever we can, when people come into the exhibition hall they should be amply reminded of the horrible forces of a nuclear weapon. To censor it out is an injustice IMO. I agree, but that shouldn't be the main part of the exhibit. It's far too grave and complex an issue to sum up with a written poster. I think in some ways this Enola Gay exhibit is a reaction to the Hiroshima exhibit some years ago which also neglected to put things in context. In that cxhibit, Japan was victim, pure and simple. It didn't explain what led to the war and why such drastic measures were taken, justified or not. It made it seem like poor hapless Japanese were nuked for no reason at all. |
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