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originally posted by: Stevemagegod
I fully understand that the Atom Bombs was are last resort and we even gave warnings for them to surrender.
originally posted by: Stevemagegod
There hasn't been a single event like it before or after.
originally posted by: misterhistory
a reply to: 0zzymand0s
Also, anyone who thinks the two bombs dropped in August of '45 were the worst to happen to Japan, look up the fire bombing of Japan, tell me which was more deserving of 'karma'.
originally posted by: misterhistory
a reply to: Stevemagegod
No, Japan got the karma of the A-bomb for Pearl Harbor. People seem to forget that part of how we were brought into WWII. We then preceded to help them become one of the better countries, arguably the weirdest, in the world. I don't know if I'd want a Japan that wasn't as awesome weirdness it is today. No, stop bringing up this karma bs about 9-11-01 and 8-6-45 every anniversary of 9-11.
originally posted by: misterhistory
a reply to: schuyler
Wasn't that Britain's doing? And wasn't that kind of pay back for fire bombing a city in the UK?
originally posted by: 0zzymand0s
a reply to: gunshooter
If Karma is real, explain children born into starvation and disease, only to die within the first 5 years of their life. Is that cosmic pay-back for an earlier life where they were wicked?
I am an American, and -- all things being equal -- I think I got a pretty good deal, but post-colonial notions that the east holds great revelations for us spiritually are just another form of cultural masturbation.
Just like when dumb white people start sharing the secret, and rambling about creating their own reality through the power of intention. They never explain how a starving orphan, living off the refuse of the dominant culture, the in the favelas of Argentina is supposed to use this power to get a pair of pants, some antibiotics and an education.