Were the Americans right in using an atomic bomb on Japan?

08-10-2006, 11:49 PM

Will you stop it already? You KNOW what everyone is going to say. No. They were wrong. They were very very very very very very wrong. Okay? Happy?

Axel · 08-11-2006, 12:38 AM

Not really. If they hadn't dropped the bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki the war wouldn't have ended.

Firedove · 08-11-2006, 12:42 AM

"Mechanized civilization has just reached the ultimate stage of barbarism. In a near future, we will have to choose between mass suicide and intelligent use of scientific conquests. This can no longer be simply a prayer; it must become an order which goes upward from the peoples to the governments, an order to make a definitive choice between hell and reason."

08-11-2006, 12:49 AM

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Originally Posted by lolitsaxel

Not really. If they hadn't dropped the bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki the war wouldn't have ended.

Okay then. They were right, and they were wrong. Discussion over.

gwia · 08-11-2006, 01:52 AM

Hell Yes

poisonedcandy_X · 08-11-2006, 06:12 AM

Bleh. They were wrong, of course.

Willy_Wonka · 08-11-2006, 08:23 AM

They kinda were. It may have killed a lot of people, but they were out of control. We would probably nuke the pants off of Iraq, but theres oil there. There probably wasn't any oil in japan ;-D

08-11-2006, 09:27 AM

the U.S. made the right decision, the part of the war over in Japan was island to island based, we had to take out Japan in a way so devastating that they would be scared of making another attack on us

NartFOpc · 08-11-2006, 10:50 AM

It was a regrettable but necessary decision on the U.S.'s part. HELLZ YEAH!

haha, nickychris was WAY off

Heyyou27 · 08-11-2006, 10:56 AM

The U.S. made a hard decision but it was the right one; had they not bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki around 100,000 allied P.O.W.s that would have been killed and the war would have lasted much longer.

08-11-2006, 02:38 PM

Oh come on. They bombed innocent people for the purpose of revenge. That's why they were wrong. Sure, we benifitted from it, but they could have used a... slightly different method. Though I guess the japanese were wrong too for not doing things fairly, but come on. We slaughtered innocent people and children who had nothing to do with that war.

Firedove · 08-11-2006, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by nickychris3

Oh come on. They bombed innocent people for the purpose of revenge. That's why they were wrong. Sure, we benifitted from it, but they could have used a... slightly different method.

No they didn't. They did to end a war.
It was the only option and it had to happen, unfortunately.

08-11-2006, 02:53 PM

I guess so.

Moth · 08-11-2006, 03:04 PM

Of course we were wrong. There could of been oter ways of ending a war. But noooooo, we had to nuke them...

08-11-2006, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by nickychris3

Oh come on. They bombed innocent people for the purpose of revenge. That's why they were wrong. Sure, we benifitted from it, but they could have used a... slightly different method. Though I guess the japanese were wrong too for not doing things fairly, but come on. We slaughtered innocent people and children who had nothing to do with that war.

yeah, and they killed innocent people who weren't even fighting them at Pearl Harbor to begin with, so yeah it was revenge, a revenge for killing innocent people who hadn't even started fighting with them till Pearl Harbor came along

Led_Zeppelin · 08-11-2006, 03:28 PM

If a thread ever belonged in the debate section, this would be it.

Ryu-Nacho · 08-11-2006, 03:36 PM

Thanks for pointing that out Led. *Moved*
Anyways, I think it was an appropriate decision. Yes, innocent people died. But if we allowed the war to continue, it's possible that even more lives, innocent or not, could've been take.

Drunken_Shinobi · 08-11-2006, 05:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Led_Zeppelin

If a thread ever belonged in the debate section, this would be it.

Yes it sure is.

God · 08-11-2006, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by nickychris3

We slaughtered innocent people and children who had nothing to do with that war.

They would have taken up arms against the US. Just as the arabs take up arms against the United States now.

08-11-2006, 08:26 PM

they would've taken up more arms is more like it, if they were actually more serious about their fight against us, they would've forced the citizens of Japan to fight against us

Willy_Wonka · 08-11-2006, 08:36 PM

Actually, They considered sending Chuck Norris into Japan to fight, but they decided to drop the bomb, because that'd be more humane.

Drunken_Shinobi · 08-11-2006, 09:03 PM

This is a serious debate man...we don't need Chuck Norris jokes here. Well, not serious but it's still a debate and we don't need those kinds of jokes.

08-11-2006, 09:48 PM

plus, Hot Topic ruined the Chuck Norris jokes anyways so they're not funny anymore

Snow · 08-11-2006, 09:57 PM

I'm with Willy Wonka.

Just kidding, I don't know if it was the right thing to do, but it's not like they just made a split second desicion, they thought about it long and hard.

08-10-2006, 11:42 PM	#1
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nickychris3 Guest Tournaments Won: 1 Posts: n/a Casino Cash: $	Oh come on. They bombed innocent people for the purpose of revenge. That's why they were wrong. Sure, we benifitted from it, but they could have used a... slightly different method. Though I guess the japanese were wrong too for not doing things fairly, but come on. We slaughtered innocent people and children who had nothing to do with that war. Last edited by nickychris3; 08-11-2006 at 02:52 PM.

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08-10-2006, 11:49 PM	#2
nickychris3 Guest Tournaments Won: 1 Posts: n/a Casino Cash: $	Will you stop it already? You KNOW what everyone is going to say. No. They were wrong. They were very very very very very very wrong. Okay? Happy?

08-11-2006, 12:38 AM	#3
Axel =D Local Time: 11:46 PM Local Date: 05-23-2013 Join Date: Mar 2006 Age: 20 Posts: 5,842 Casino Cash: $5969	Not really. If they hadn't dropped the bombs over Hiroshima and Nagasaki the war wouldn't have ended.

08-11-2006, 12:42 AM	#4
Firedove One of Those Deaf-Mutes Local Time: 12:46 PM Local Date: 05-23-2013 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bat Country Age: 22 Posts: 812 Casino Cash: $2650	"Mechanized civilization has just reached the ultimate stage of barbarism. In a near future, we will have to choose between mass suicide and intelligent use of scientific conquests. This can no longer be simply a prayer; it must become an order which goes upward from the peoples to the governments, an order to make a definitive choice between hell and reason."

08-11-2006, 01:52 AM	#6
gwia Aussie Philosophy Local Time: 11:46 PM Local Date: 05-23-2013 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Here and There Age: 20 Posts: 6,078 Casino Cash: $3774	Hell Yes

08-11-2006, 06:12 AM	#7
poisonedcandy_X Roughly 90% inactive Local Time: 05:46 AM Local Date: 05-23-2013 Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Georgia Age: 21 Posts: 2,015 Casino Cash: $10783	Bleh. They were wrong, of course.

08-11-2006, 08:23 AM	#8
Willy_Wonka shit Tournaments Won: 2 Local Time: 08:46 AM Local Date: 05-23-2013 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,065 Casino Cash: $6489	They kinda were. It may have killed a lot of people, but they were out of control. We would probably nuke the pants off of Iraq, but theres oil there. There probably wasn't any oil in japan ;-D

08-11-2006, 09:27 AM	#9
Frookie Guest Tournaments Won: 1 Posts: n/a Casino Cash: $	the U.S. made the right decision, the part of the war over in Japan was island to island based, we had to take out Japan in a way so devastating that they would be scared of making another attack on us

08-11-2006, 10:50 AM	#10
NartFOpc is good at stuff Tournaments Won: 1 Local Time: 12:46 PM Local Date: 05-23-2013 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Little Rhody Age: 23 Posts: 625 Casino Cash: $5769	It was a regrettable but necessary decision on the U.S.'s part. HELLZ YEAH! haha, nickychris was WAY off

08-11-2006, 10:56 AM	#11
Heyyou27 fofo Local Time: 08:46 AM Local Date: 05-23-2013 Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 3,929 Casino Cash: $12610	The U.S. made a hard decision but it was the right one; had they not bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki around 100,000 allied P.O.W.s that would have been killed and the war would have lasted much longer.

08-11-2006, 02:53 PM	#14
nickychris3 Guest Tournaments Won: 1 Posts: n/a Casino Cash: $	I guess so.


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08-11-2006, 03:04 PM	#15
Moth dangly parts Local Time: 12:46 PM Local Date: 05-23-2013 Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,326 Casino Cash: $4595	Of course we were wrong. There could of been oter ways of ending a war. But noooooo, we had to nuke them...

08-11-2006, 03:28 PM	#17
Led_Zeppelin America, Canada's pants. Local Time: 08:46 AM Local Date: 05-23-2013 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Age: 23 Posts: 2,429 Casino Cash: $852	If a thread ever belonged in the debate section, this would be it.

08-11-2006, 03:36 PM	#18
Ryu-Nacho G-Monarch Local Time: 07:46 AM Local Date: 05-23-2013 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: A couple feet east of the center of the Earth. Age: 26 Posts: 4,708 Casino Cash: $2662	Thanks for pointing that out Led. Moved Anyways, I think it was an appropriate decision. Yes, innocent people died. But if we allowed the war to continue, it's possible that even more lives, innocent or not, could've been take.

08-11-2006, 08:26 PM	#21
Frookie Guest Tournaments Won: 1 Posts: n/a Casino Cash: $	they would've taken up more arms is more like it, if they were actually more serious about their fight against us, they would've forced the citizens of Japan to fight against us

08-11-2006, 08:36 PM	#22
Willy_Wonka shit Tournaments Won: 2 Local Time: 08:46 AM Local Date: 05-23-2013 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 3,065 Casino Cash: $6489	Actually, They considered sending Chuck Norris into Japan to fight, but they decided to drop the bomb, because that'd be more humane.

08-11-2006, 09:03 PM	#23
Drunken_Shinobi Ninja Pimp Slap! Local Time: 05:46 AM Local Date: 05-23-2013 Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: The 'West Side' Age: 22 Posts: 10,794 Casino Cash: $18075	This is a serious debate man...we don't need Chuck Norris jokes here. Well, not serious but it's still a debate and we don't need those kinds of jokes.

08-11-2006, 09:48 PM	#24
Frookie Guest Tournaments Won: 1 Posts: n/a Casino Cash: $	plus, Hot Topic ruined the Chuck Norris jokes anyways so they're not funny anymore

08-11-2006, 09:57 PM	#25
Snow 19th President Local Time: 08:46 AM Local Date: 05-23-2013 Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 5,785 Casino Cash: $27723	I'm with Willy Wonka. Just kidding, I don't know if it was the right thing to do, but it's not like they just made a split second desicion, they thought about it long and hard.