Re: Guardian: Hiroshima: One hell of a big bang

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On Tuesday 06 August 2002 07:43 pm, Gerald Oskoboiny wrote:
> Sometimes I envy elderly people because they seem to be able to
> say whatever they want without worrying about offending anyone.
>
> discussion of the article on metafilter also has interesting bits:
> http://www.metafilter.com/comments.mefi/18951

I don't know if this is a benefit of the elderly, or a lack of conscience.
When these things were done, those involved were relatively young, but
these bombings were still treated with a surprising level of crassness [1].

[1] http://goatee.net/anarchists/tract-1-war
"This is the greatest thing in history." President Truman hearing of the
destruction of Hiroshima.

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