Why no threads...

[Weird Harold]

... about the atomic bomb anniversaries that just passed.

I wondered this on August 6 and again yesterday, but it seems that they're only important in years divisible by five.

 

[TxRad]

... about the atomic bomb anniversaries that just passed.

I wondered this on August 6 and again yesterday, but it seems that they're only important in years divisible by five.

Probably because it was more important to us old cold war survivors than the younger crowd.

 

[trysail]

I made a mental note of August 6th— I always do because not only is it the anniversary of Hiroshima, it is also the birthday of a childhood friend. I didn't think it justified the creation of a brand new thread. For those who are aware of history, it isn't novel. For those who aren't, it's casting pearls before swine.

As Iris Chang pointed out during a posthumous rebroadcast of a 1997 interview on C-Span, more Chinese died in Japan's "Rape Of Nanking" than the combined total of deaths from the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atom bombs.

 

[oggbashan]

... about the atomic bomb anniversaries that just passed.

I wondered this on August 6 and again yesterday, but it seems that they're only important in years divisible by five.

Almost all anniversaries are only important in years divided by 5 and multiples such as 10, 25, 50, 100, 500, and 1000.

Og

 

[Safe_Bet]

Probably because it was more important to us old cold war survivors than the younger crowd.

That and many of the people who find it reprehensible to use nuclear weapons on anyone, and would have started a thread about it, have mostly drifted away.

 

[oggbashan]

The bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki saved tens of thousands of Allied troops who would have died in Operation Olympic to invade the Japanese homeland.

They gave the Japanese Emperor justification to exceed his powers and overrule his military to ask for peace.

Without the surrender forced by the atom bombs, Japan might now be split between the US and USSR zones.

Og

 

[glynndah]

I read something somewhere just recently about a Japanese man who was in both attacks. When the first bomb hit, he was injured and went to the second city for treatment.

 

[CharleyH]

... about the atomic bomb anniversaries that just passed.

I wondered this on August 6 and again yesterday, but it seems that they're only important in years divisible by five.

My theory? Too much news about the Manson Murders and something about an accident in the Hudson River and something about a Typhoon in Taiwan.

 

[trysail]

The bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki saved tens of thousands of Allied troops who would have died in Operation Olympic to invade the Japanese homeland.

They gave the Japanese Emperor justification to exceed his powers and overrule his military to ask for peace.

Without the surrender forced by the atom bombs, Japan might now be split between the US and USSR zones.

Og

Amen, Og.

"Wars are not won by dying for your country. Wars are won by making the other poor dumb sonofabitch die for his."

 

[sr71plt]

And nothing on Richard Nixon's resignation anniversary either that I can see. Or Sotomayer's swearing in.

Could it be that we are growing up and thinking more about writing? No, that couldn't be, the forum is supposed to be deteriorating to Jell-o at the loss of its stars.

I would hope that the lack of discussion on the atomic bomb anniversary is that the issue has been pretty much talked out and most folks seeing us as retreating away from that dangerous path.

 

[sr71plt]

They gave the Japanese Emperor justification to exceed his powers and overrule his military to ask for peace.

How does one exceed the powers of a god? That's what the emperor was. Whitewashing the imperial family a bit was a necessity in keeping the Japanese sullen but subdued through the occupation. And it keeps on now because they've become an international traditional icon. But if the Japanese imperial family wanted to stop the war at any point earlier than it was stopped, they could have done so. It's all a matter of how you choose to write history.

 

[rgraham666]

Political threads tend to go off like an A bomb these days. So the smart people stay away from Ground Zero.

 

[Saucy_Sage]

Could it be that we are growing up and thinking more about writing?

Could be! From the first page of the AH:

NAsty gangbang stories about me (Multi-page thread 1 2 3)
busty_jessica_2

writing a stroy for me? gangbang/cumeating
busty_jessica_2

What Are You Listening To Now? (Multi-page thread 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... Last Page)
hugo_sam

looking fro really cummy gangbang stories
busty_jessica_2

​

 

[Handley_Page]

It is fairly easy to find some of the pictures of the big bangs, but this one took some finding. The French had a series called Licorne. I think this one is Canopus:-

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[sr71plt]

Could be! From the first page of the AH:

NAsty gangbang stories about me (Multi-page thread 1 2 3)
busty_jessica_2

writing a stroy for me? gangbang/cumeating
busty_jessica_2

What Are You Listening To Now? (Multi-page thread 1 2 3 4 5 6 ... Last Page)
hugo_sam

looking fro really cummy gangbang stories
busty_jessica_2

​

Yeah, I saw those this morning. Haven't opened them yet; waiting until I have some wine and pop corn.

 

[Handley_Page]

Yeah, I saw those this morning. Haven't opened them yet; waiting until I have some wine and pop corn.

is she for real ?

 

[Weird Harold]

And nothing on Richard Nixon's resignation anniversary either that I can see. Or Sotomayer's swearing in.

... I would hope that the lack of discussion on the atomic bomb anniversary is that the issue has been pretty much talked out and most folks seeing us as retreating away from that dangerous path.

Political threads tend to go off like an A bomb these days. So the smart people stay away from Ground Zero.

I don't think the world will end if people forget about Nixon or don't hear about Sotomeyer but forgetting about the human cost of Atomic Bombs just might lead to the End of the World in a literal and global extinction kind of "End of The World."


Perhaps big remembrances every five or ten years will be sufficient to keep the memories alive and the nutcases that think nuclear weapons are just bigger firecrackers at bay. I'm thinking certain world leaders could use a reminder of just what their ambitions are all about this year and not next year or five years from now -- not that I think they'd pay any more attention than they have in the past.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

And nothing on Richard Nixon's resignation anniversary either that I can see. Or Sotomayer's swearing in.

Could it be that we are growing up and thinking more about writing? No, that couldn't be, the forum is supposed to be deteriorating to Jell-o at the loss of its stars.

I would hope that the lack of discussion on the atomic bomb anniversary is that the issue has been pretty much talked out and most folks seeing us as retreating away from that dangerous path.

I imagine the Usual Suspects and Protected Species of Washington arent eager to arouse the World War 2 Vets with any sticks in their eyes about the war, not with ObamaCare on life support.

 

[voluptuary_manque]

For what it's worth, I probably exist because of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Once the Nazi's were defeated and all attention turned to Japan, my father was scheduled to be the lead plane in the airborne assault. His expected lifespan would have been about five minutes!

Also, the estimates of the Japanese casualties of a U.S. invasion were around six million. The A-bombs were a cheap way out for both sides. Of course, in today's arsenal they were but firecrackers . . .

 

[sr71plt]

I imagine the Usual Suspects and Protected Species of Washington arent eager to arouse the World War 2 Vets with any sticks in their eyes about the war, not with ObamaCare on life support.

Oh, so you're adding government control of the media to your long list of inane beliefs?

 

[Handley_Page]

Of course, in today's arsenal they were but firecrackers . . .

Well, they didn't know about Tritium and Li6 Deuteride them, did they.

These day, they try to do that science in a Torroid.

 

[Boxlicker101]

That and many of the people who find it reprehensible to use nuclear weapons on anyone, and would have started a thread about it, have mostly drifted away.

"Reprehensible" is a matter of degree. The Japanese did things that were far more reheprehensible than nuclear bombings. (See the aforementioned Rape of Nanking as one example out of many.) And there would have been far more casualties, both allied and Japanese, during the battles of Kyushu and Honshu, which didn't happen.

 

[Xelebes]

Well, they didn't know about Tritium and Li6 Deuteride them, did they.

These day, they try to do that science in a Torroid.

Or a polywell.

 

[ishtat]

Without the surrender forced by the atom bombs, Japan might now be split between the US and USSR zones.

Og

This is a completely valid point. It's often forgotten that USSR only declared war on Japan about 8 days before the Japanese surrender but they still used that as an excuse to annex the south Kuril islands in 1945 - which they still occupy.

Technically the Japanese and Russians are still at war having never signed a peace treaty. It's a big issue in Japan which one of these days they will assert themselves over.

 

[sr71plt]

This is a completely valid point. It's often forgotten that USSR only declared war on Japan about 8 days before the Japanese surrender but they still used that as an excuse to annex the south Kuril islands in 1945 - which they still occupy.

Technically the Japanese and Russians are still at war having never signed a peace treaty. It's a big issue in Japan which one of these days they will assert themselves over.

The reverse would also be a valid possibility. If the collapse of Japan hadn't been forced by the bombing and Russia just sat back and let the U.S. move onto the islands like they did elsewhere, Russia wouldn't have had any part of an annexation. They had to actually move troops there and seize territory, and the whole reason they hadn't declared war on Japan already was that they weren't able to sustain fighting on that front--and getting to Japan to even get into the fighting.

I don't really think there was much of threat that Russia was going to be in on annexation of the Japanese islands.