[Vision2020] Why the Nagasaki Bombin and Why So Soon After?

[Tony]

Nick suggests that an expedient means of ending a war, and thus saving 
potentially tens of thousands of American lives, cannot fairly be regarded 
as a moral act.

Fascinating!

Have a pleasant weekend ya'all.   -T
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <nickgier at adelphia.net>
To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 2:38 PM
Subject: [Vision2020] Why the Nagasaki Bombin and Why So Soon After?


> Greetings:
>
> There is credible evidence that the main reason for the Nagasaki bombing 
> was to test a different type of bomb.  I don't have the details or 
> references at my finger tips, but they are available.
>
> Furthermore, when I have time I want to lecture the list about the moral 
> failings of utilitarianism, the only "moral" theory that can conclude that 
> the ends justify the means, and theory that has been used quite a bit by 
> at least two on this list.
>
> I believe that the atomic bombing of Japan, just as any conventional 
> bombing of populated centers, can have no moral justification at all.  It 
> can be justified as only an expedients means to a desired end and nothing 
> more than that.
>
> Nick Gier
>
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