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From: welsch@houxu.UUCP (Larry Welsch)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Hiroshima and Nagasacki
Message-ID: <289@houxu.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 17-Jan-84 22:03:54 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 17 22:03:54 1984
Date-Received: Thu, 19-Jan-84 01:31:10 EST
Organization: Bell Labs, Holmdel NJ
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<to that eater of fist lines>

I am not an advocate of guilt trips.  However, a people that
successfully uses a weapon that killed a hundred thousand people,
indiscriminately, in a fraction of a second should be more aware
of their actions.  I believe that having used an Atomic Bomb,
and seen the effects on our enemies, immediate and total
surrender, we should be much more careful in our threats and
willingness to use it again.  

As to comparing the use of the bomb to the holocast, how does
one compare two terrible and atrocious actions.  I think history
should be taught accurately.  As to TDA, that did more harm to
nuclear freeze than good.  The TV station would have done better
on a documentary on what actually happened with constant
reminders of how tiny those bombs actually were.  TDA gave the
impression that things would not be soo bad.  The NYT has
reported that when the survivors saw the film in Japan, they
said that TDA was mild compared to the real thing.  Think about
it.

						Larry Welsch
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