tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post4496261937037686514..comments2024-03-29T05:22:26.118-04:00Comments on Daffey Thoughts: Condemning the Hiroshima BombingDavid Griffeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-42829301459687946452016-06-02T13:46:06.815-04:002016-06-02T13:46:06.815-04:00Hey Sardonicus,
I tried to post on your site, but...Hey Sardonicus,<br /><br />I tried to post on your site, but it kept giving me an error. So I put together a reply in a new post. Look for it tomorrow. David Griffeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06629314279592541401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-32053802156429030782016-06-02T10:29:06.891-04:002016-06-02T10:29:06.891-04:00I found a comment by TM Lutas elsewhere pretty tho...I found a comment by TM Lutas elsewhere pretty thought provoking.<br /><br />https://disqus.com/home/discussion/janetheactuary/on_obama8217s_hiroshima_speech_8211_and_a_sense_of_history/#comment-2704259662<br /><br />Reading the transcript, I see a terrible lost opportunity but the competition, even in recent times, of one of the most terrible speeches of a public figure is stiff. Ultimately, we dropped the bomb on Hiroshima because since the 1920s the Japanese had been killing off their own statesman who we could have talked peace to and had terrified those remaining into continuing a war the Empire of Japan knew could not be won. The pro Japanese genocide statements that Japanese high government officials up to and including the Emperor of Japan were making in 1945 are virtually unprecedented and in modern times are only matched by similar statements among the muslims (who have a similar problem of killing off their liberals and pro-peace people). Not talking about Japan's government by assassination and connecting the bomb to the history that inevitably led us to such a radical solution is a tremendous disappointment. But it is nowhere near as bad as the pro-slavery speeches coming out of ISIS. That's another category of bad entirely.<br /><br />Japan does not, in any special way, honor the victims of their government by assassination period. Obama, by mentioning the problem and releasing the death roll after the speech, could have jump started a conversation inside Japan to integrate two phenomena that the Japanese have not had the courage to properly examine their historical connection. He could also jumpstart a global conversation to ask whether any countries today are painting themselves into that same corner that risks nuclear destruction by destroying their own capability to forge peace. Hint: there are.<br />Nate Winchesterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00630873800235819300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6226269873507053740.post-92057186293813224712016-06-01T07:32:29.065-04:002016-06-01T07:32:29.065-04:00I would be interested in your take on my own comme...I would be interested in your take on my own comments on this - http://sardonicexcuria.blogspot.com/2016/05/on-bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki.htmlSardonicushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09614057543947120116noreply@blogger.com