Bah! That poll was hijacked by the douchebags from Kiwiblog.
Hi Deb, There is a lot of revisionist history and conspiracy theories around this subject however there is simply no factual evidence/documentation to say that Japan had already surrendered prior to the Atomic Bombs being dropped.
Vicky you're welcome to your opinion and don't disagree with it. However I think it could equally be said of yourself. Sorry Viper and BBFloyd for some reason I cannot reply directly to you. Floyd History has been rewritten by the Americans no more/less ...
Freedom the "Killer Asteroid" bit is a joke for many scientific reasons however are you saying that that if the best method of "saving mankind" in that scenario was to launch the worlds nuclear arsenal at it that the use of Nuclear Weapons still isn't ...
Whether or not the Emperor had any concept of what an atomic bomb was is irrelevant (though likely the concept of it wouldn't have been foreign to his scientific advisors as the concept had been around since about 1912-15) I completely agree he would have ...
I agree. The Western Forces are taking into consideration Civilian casualties far too greatly with little or no gains either strategically or politically. They would be far better increasing the focus simply on the destruction of the enemy rather than ...
bbfloyd, I doubt you're really interested in learning anything new. The previous post is are undeniable facts, yes there have been some interesting commentaries that have come to light in the past 20 years especially those that originated from the former ...
Not trying to Viper. It is justified. I don't what rules/conventions that may be in place but when you're at war then you try to win it as quickly and as effectively as possible. While minimizing harm to civilians should always be a consideration for a ...
bbfloyd I would suggest you re-read yours. On July 26 the Allies issued the Postdam Declaration with outlined the terms of surrender for Japan and stated that the Allies would attack Japan which would result in the "The inevitable and complete destruction ...
Viper were also talking about a country who without the sacrifice of their service personal New Zealand as we know it probably would exist. For all the wrongs that the US may have made over the years they are far outweighed by the things they have gotten ...
Freedom with all due respect to your opinion there is no such information that proves there was no justification. There is a lot of information when looked in isolation or with limited perspective that can be interpreted as removing the justification ...
The dropping of the atomic bombs on Heroshima and Nagasaki were good military decisions at a time of war which saves the lives of of hundred of thousands of both Allied and Japanese lives if a ground invasion had proceeded. It is also arguable that because...
If blood ends up on any one hands it will be the leaders of the rebellion for failing to have put in place proper preparations for protecting the people who have joined them. Back to whether the west should get involved or not the reality is it's simply ...
Just because NATO and EU may want to see regime change in Libya it doesn't make it either their right or obligation to enforce their position. Otherwise why shouldn't the New Zealand Government try to implement regime change in Fiji? As for the French, if ...
Personally I've always thought Marae are the most logical place for Civil defence due to typically they're already all setup for catering food to large groups. One of the other issues with retrofitting schools is the age and quality of many. From my ...
... another sovereign country. It amuses me how Libya (and this Website...
For that matter the change the rules around relocating those currently receiving the Unemployment Benefit and relocate all of them without dependents to Christchurch to assist in the clean up.
Red Logix, Do you know if any country implemented this type of solution? and if so what their experience has been?
Fair call. I do still however feel that there far too many more words of fear and hatred around this post and its comments. Its reads more like Kiwiblog which is probably it seems I'm coming off as a prick/ :).
Jum & Pink Postman, If the NZ Public didn't feel that they were already at a place of desperation why did they vote Labour out and National in? National have never been the answer to this country's issues and the majority of NZ'ers know it, however you ...
Apologies for this statement. With hindsight its augmentative and not required. I would delete but is outside the edit period.
According to Wikipedia Vetich was sentenced to "nine months supervision, 300 hours community service and a $10,000 fine with the possibility of having to attend a Stop Violence programme should this be deemed necessary by parole official". While I agree ...
Sorry Orange, thats a cop out. If you want to call a person names be prepared to explain why. Hiding behind emotive words like creepy and leery and pulling in the background of the interviewer is about as a poorly a made argument as you can get. One of the...
Here you go Irish, this is a statement that drips of fear and hatred of women.
Why Marty? Has Not Veitch been been convicted of his crime and completed his punishment? Does that not mean he has repaid his his "debt to society"? Or do you believe that a person who commits a crime be constantly judged on their previousl criminal ...
Irish are you reading different article? Because what he is quoted as saying is: Re which sports star he would be: "Obviously for the money I would be Tiger Woods. You get paid a truckload of money," he said, adding "there are other benefits that clearly ...
Unfortunately it the NZ public were already at a place of desperation when they voted Key in. The real problem is that this election the NZ public have to choose between a Labour Party that has proven over their last 9 year that have have more interest in ...
Your right, thought it could be worse he could be meeting with a known terrorist scumbag like Arafat.
What exactly has Key said that is creepy, Irish?
Whats the need. As much as you might like to criticize the policy National has acted completely appropriately and advertised their intentions well ahead of the Election so that voters will be able to vote whether or not they want this course of action.
After reading a fair few of the comments, this page came to mind: http://www.cracked.com/funny-3809-internet-argument-techniques/ Nothing to do with the topic at hand, just observing commenters...
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