Zero Punctuation: Godzilla - God-Awful-Zilla
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It's not insecurity, it's just that when someone makes accusations of war crimes they need to be answered and shown how while there were war crimes committed the atomic bombings were not war crimes.Marxie said:
The difference is that in those other cases the accusations are legitimate, they were done and they were clearly wrong. If the bombings of other major cities was fine then of course the nukings are fine.Marxie said:
With a purposeful grimace and a terrible smile, he destroys the crappy game in his wild style! Helpless fans scream for mercy as he eyes their favorite game! He picks up a bus and throws it back down as he trods through a grey brown sewer hall! Oh no, they say he's got to go, Go Go Yahtzilla!
Thank you for the review : )
Maybe they should add a game + mode where we get spritely movement and special attacks like the MC Hammer side sliding. *cough* Well maybe not...
Yes that was almost an impulse purchase on my part as well, I kept thinking man, I sure loved Rampage, surely there is no way they could screw this up. Smart phone to the rescue, bad purchase avoided. I think this option has saved me many times the original value of the phone itself.
Maybe they should add a game + mode where we get spritely movement and special attacks like the MC Hammer side sliding. *cough* Well maybe not...
Yes that was almost an impulse purchase on my part as well, I kept thinking man, I sure loved Rampage, surely there is no way they could screw this up. Smart phone to the rescue, bad purchase avoided. I think this option has saved me many times the original value of the phone itself.
OK, I had to join to to post. I am most likely older than a lot of you here, seeing as I will hit 50 before the end of the year... Holy crap, I am old.
My father won a Bronze Star in the Battle Of The Bulge. He landed in Italy and I believe Omaha Beach. He told me that he was scared by the thought of invading Japan. This is a man who fell from a church steeple into a parking lot and cleaned up then drove himself home.
The American Government had forecasts of casualties in the millions for both sides if there was an invasion. This most likely would have included civilian losses as well. It was truly believed that dropping the bombs were the best option to end the war. As Xian pointed out, cities with civilians were bombed during the war, by all sides.
Now, with that being said, how do I feel about the bombings? They were a godawful tragedy. There can be no other description. Know what? The same is true for war in general. Were there other political motivations? Could be, it seems all governments have something going on behind the scenes. The truth is we weren't there during this time. We have no idea of the pressures these men were under to save lives, of the fear the soldiers had thinking about Japan.Would the Japanese people have fought to the end during an invasion? No one knows, but at the time the leaders believed they would.
Sorry if this sounds like a lecture. I just wanted to give an older person's point of view.
Peace
My father won a Bronze Star in the Battle Of The Bulge. He landed in Italy and I believe Omaha Beach. He told me that he was scared by the thought of invading Japan. This is a man who fell from a church steeple into a parking lot and cleaned up then drove himself home.
The American Government had forecasts of casualties in the millions for both sides if there was an invasion. This most likely would have included civilian losses as well. It was truly believed that dropping the bombs were the best option to end the war. As Xian pointed out, cities with civilians were bombed during the war, by all sides.
Now, with that being said, how do I feel about the bombings? They were a godawful tragedy. There can be no other description. Know what? The same is true for war in general. Were there other political motivations? Could be, it seems all governments have something going on behind the scenes. The truth is we weren't there during this time. We have no idea of the pressures these men were under to save lives, of the fear the soldiers had thinking about Japan.Would the Japanese people have fought to the end during an invasion? No one knows, but at the time the leaders believed they would.
Sorry if this sounds like a lecture. I just wanted to give an older person's point of view.
Peace
Nuclear bombings were far better than what the Imperial Japanese Armed Forces had planned for their own citizens, the official Japanese war rhetoric called for ichioku gyokusai, 'the shattering of a hundred million jewels' - the beautiful martyrdom of an entire nation. That was literally part of their defence plan, martyrdom on a national scale.Marxie said:
Soviet strategy and japanese strategy would've not worked well against each other, both liked mass charges and it would've been a massive waste of men. Also like I said we bombed plenty of other cities specifically targeting civilians so if there was no legal problem there then why should there be one for the two cities involved in the nuking?Marxie said:
And that's why the laws of war fail, nobody fights to lose and only the losers get prosecuted. It's extremely regretful but I don't know how to hold countries accountable.Marxie said:
