Oh my mom and dad were fully behind dropping the 2 atomic bombs on Japan. They saw it, and I agree, as a way to end the war without the high casualties that invading Japan would have cost.
Well I'm old enough to remember the time after WWII and there was ZERO moral ambiguity among most of the US population over "the bomb." A few liberals wrung their hands and clutched their pearl necklaces, but we thought that they were just odd ducks. Never forget that Japan started it and the Christian US nation was all too happy to end it. In my small community of Baptists and Methodists, no one had any guilt over the matter. It was a very different time back then, and it may be hard for younger people today to understand that.
I didn't take your question as critical, I just answered it as truthfully as I could. No offense taken. It was a good question.
People of my generation don't have much moral ambiguity, and tend to see things in black and white terms. Common sense ruled back then. The most radical thing I recall from those days was a woman called Madeline Murray O'Hara who was an atheist and won a court battle to remove God and religion from the public schools.
So that was the cultural and political landscape back then.
Oh my mom and dad were fully behind dropping the 2 atomic bombs on Japan. They saw it, and I agree, as a way to end the war without the high casualties that invading Japan would have cost.
Agreed, but I can only imagine how much that would weigh on a person to feel responsible for so much death, even if it was necessary...
Well I'm old enough to remember the time after WWII and there was ZERO moral ambiguity among most of the US population over "the bomb." A few liberals wrung their hands and clutched their pearl necklaces, but we thought that they were just odd ducks. Never forget that Japan started it and the Christian US nation was all too happy to end it. In my small community of Baptists and Methodists, no one had any guilt over the matter. It was a very different time back then, and it may be hard for younger people today to understand that.
I pray you're right, patriot.
Sorry, I wasn't trying to be critical. I only saw that Oppenheimer clip recently and it really got to me...
I didn't take your question as critical, I just answered it as truthfully as I could. No offense taken. It was a good question.
People of my generation don't have much moral ambiguity, and tend to see things in black and white terms. Common sense ruled back then. The most radical thing I recall from those days was a woman called Madeline Murray O'Hara who was an atheist and won a court battle to remove God and religion from the public schools.
So that was the cultural and political landscape back then.