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James Wynn · 18 Jan 2011, 20:15 · from 2011-January.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2011 14:15:34 -0600
Subject: (urth) (no subject)
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> Jeff Wilson-
> It is both a horrible crime *and* a justifiable, necessary action, 
> which is one reason for the schism and doublethink; if the defenders 
> stop to consider if their tribe of fallible, corruptible people is 
> worth preserving by burning alive the widows and orphans of the tribe 
> who is also prone to gratuitous slaughter, they might hesitate too 
> long or even disreagrd their orders entirely.

To put things in perspective, in order to take Berlin, the Soviets 
pummeled the city with 5X the explosive force in rockets as Hiroshima. 
And the conventional invasion of Okinawa resulted in the deaths of 
almost 1/3 of the population (many from suicide or deliberate suicidal 
charges). By comparison, the bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were a mercy.

But your point, as I take it, was that they are all awful.

u+16b9

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