§ Oh, I don’t know, Olga. There’s a lot you can do with a submarine on land … um …
From what I’ve understood, Olga, you’d not be the first person to say the US used the bombings as tests: I believe the idea has been floating around for a while. Yes, there was scientific information to gather, as a result of the bombings … but does that mean dropping them was ethical? I still don’t know.
(As an incidental point? And if I’ver understood the Wikipedia entry on the bombings, correctly? The relevant Hague Convention forbade artillery bombardment of civilians, but allowed aerial bombardment. I can only hope recent military law has changed that.)
¶ My pleasure, Debbi! (Those updates seem to have solved a problem I had: accessing my mobile provider’s website!)
Q5) George Washington Although it wasn't comparable, it makes me think about the bombings here in Spain by the Germans and the Italians during the Civil War. In that case, they definitely were testing their weapons for what would become WWII. There was a documentary about the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki showed yesterday on TV. I don't think it was the one I had seen before, because that one was mostly focused on the test and check-ups they did afterwards, and very little else, while this one told the personal stories of a few survivors and their memories. Although one of the women explained that her father was called to be tested for many years, but they never told them what they had found, and eventually had a cancer and died, but it was diagnosed by their own doctor. And, of course, they were not allowed to talk about the bomb or its effects for many years, and it all but disappeared from the news. It's not something they have ever forgotten, even the very young ones at the time.
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Although it wasn't comparable, it makes me think about the bombings here in Spain by the Germans and the Italians during the Civil War. In that case, they definitely were testing their weapons for what would become WWII.
There was a documentary about the survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki showed yesterday on TV. I don't think it was the one I had seen before, because that one was mostly focused on the test and check-ups they did afterwards, and very little else, while this one told the personal stories of a few survivors and their memories. Although one of the women explained that her father was called to be tested for many years, but they never told them what they had found, and eventually had a cancer and died, but it was diagnosed by their own doctor. And, of course, they were not allowed to talk about the bomb or its effects for many years, and it all but disappeared from the news. It's not something they have ever forgotten, even the very young ones at the time.
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2. the US military
3. the US president's
4. been wounded or killed in action
5. George Washington
Well, maybe a few "stars," if you know what I mean. :) Star Treks?
I had a comic book collection of Archie comics to die for. :) Just sayin'.
Also, Spiderman!