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96. I think we should engage in non-aggression.

Reply to darkangel218 (Reply #94)

Tue Aug 6, 2013, 08:14 PM

Aug 2013

But it does not exist in our constitution so it's not a valid expectation of us, as one might with Japan.

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Japan Unveils Biggest Warship Since WWII [View all] jberryhill Aug 2013 OP

Its funny that they did it today. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #1

Bataan Death March survivors would strongly disagree Kingofalldems Aug 2013 #2

Then what do you consider the millions who died from Hiroshima and Nagasaki? darkangel218 Aug 2013 #5

Victims of Hirohito and Tojo's aggression. nt Deep13 Aug 2013 #14

If that makes you sleep better at night. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #16

I'm 45, it had nothing to do with me. nt Deep13 Aug 2013 #24

So the truth of what happened in the past has nothing to do with us? darkangel218 Aug 2013 #26

That's not what I said. nt Deep13 Aug 2013 #37

It is very ARROGANT... SkyDaddy7 Aug 2013 #154

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it. liberal N proud Aug 2013 #113

Really? You're going with that? Deep13 Aug 2013 #115

Don't you love when they tell you to pick up a history book BainsBane Aug 2013 #140

It wasn't millions, it was roughly 250,000. William769 Aug 2013 #21

Hey!! my grand parents were holocoust victims!! dont think i ignore that!! darkangel218 Aug 2013 #40

I find this statement hard to believe. William769 Aug 2013 #46

Post removed Post removed Aug 2013 #48

I'm not denying anything. just trying to understand your battles. William769 Aug 2013 #49

Btw, my grand mom was a nurse and she Volunteered in the Korean war darkangel218 Aug 2013 #53

Your family members are more accurately defined as Jenoch Aug 2013 #109

I didnt bring up the holocaust in the equation!! can you read???? darkangel218 Aug 2013 #112

You didn't bring it up but your replied Jenoch Aug 2013 #116

25% of Hiroshima's civilian population fled ahead of the bombing because we warned them. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #63

Completely wrong. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #66

I never said alot more people died from the A bombs than the holocaust! darkangel218 Aug 2013 #68

Well, let me quote you. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #72

Read the whole thing!! Will brought up the holocaust and tried to tie it up to H&N! darkangel218 Aug 2013 #74

I'm not going to apologize for anything. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #77

And how many do you think have died of tyroid cancer and other radiation consequences?? darkangel218 Aug 2013 #79

I already told you that number. About 650,000. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #80

So 650,000.00 dead people in two days wasnt enough for you darkangel218 Aug 2013 #85

Random words does not constitute a counter-argument. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #87

There wasn't 650,000 dead in two days. hughee99 Aug 2013 #146

There were roughly Jenoch Aug 2013 #105

Who the fuck conpared the Holocaust with thw A bomb victims?? darkangel218 Aug 2013 #110

You wrote that your grandparents were Jenoch Aug 2013 #114

Thats not at all what i meant, and you know it!! darkangel218 Aug 2013 #117

I did not know your meaning when I wrote my reply. Jenoch Aug 2013 #118

Thanks.. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #120

I like Japan too, but they were vicious enemies Kingofalldems Aug 2013 #51

If Japan haqd an A bomb they would have used it Kingofalldems Aug 2013 #52

And you know that how? darkangel218 Aug 2013 #54

From what they did to other innocent people Kingofalldems Aug 2013 #55

I know WWII. i dont need to look it up. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #56

Unit 731. Glanders. Anthrax. 'Rotten leg syndrome'. Bubonic Plague. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #61

By their indiscriminate use of chemical and biological weapons against civilians. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #60

Millions? paleotn Aug 2013 #62

There were 200,000.00 who died in the initial strike darkangel218 Aug 2013 #73

Cite your source for millions, plural. Because the Japanese Government recognizes 650k from ALL AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #75

200,000 who died instantly. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #83

You are completely pulling numbers out of your butt. Chernobyl is not comparable. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #86

Your own source doesn't even agree with you. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #89

Care to get a heart??? darkangel218 Aug 2013 #92

I know, it's really hard to admit when you've made a mistake. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #93

You accused me of saying something erroneus abouy the holocaust darkangel218 Aug 2013 #97

400k IS a lot. But it is not MILLIONS. You do the victims a disservice when you make things up. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #99

Also, make sure you KEEP me on your ignore list this time. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #95

Post removed Post removed Aug 2013 #122

Perhaps if you read the entire thread AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #139

not that many kurtharp Aug 2013 #81

900,000.00 is pretty close to a million!! darkangel218 Aug 2013 #107

And those 900K had N.O.T.H.I.N.G. to do with H or N. TheMadMonk Aug 2013 #136

Didn't you post these Jenoch Aug 2013 #102

"Millions" didn't die at Hiroshima & Nagasaki. Bucky Aug 2013 #123

Necessary acts of vengeance. Just like Dresden. TheMadMonk Aug 2013 #132

Dresden, remember who it was aimed at. happyslug Aug 2013 #150

Millions??? The estimates are much less then the 100,000 people killed in the March 10 Firebomb raid happyslug Aug 2013 #135

Millions did not die from the two atomic blasts... rexcat Aug 2013 #155

Millions? LOL. tabasco Aug 2013 #156

Or those of Nanking, among others. nt Deep13 Aug 2013 #17

Would you bomb another country with nukes if given the possibility? darkangel218 Aug 2013 #70

**yawn** 1945=/=2013 nt Deep13 Aug 2013 #108

This seems like a binary way of thinking. Aristus Aug 2013 #119

OK. How about millions more in China Kingofalldems Aug 2013 #125

I think you tried to change the subject just then. Aristus Aug 2013 #129

Go back and read the post I responded to originally Kingofalldems Aug 2013 #131

They never were victims hack89 Aug 2013 #4

Oh please!! the civilians who fuking died were not professional soldiers, darkangel218 Aug 2013 #6

Were the Nazi's victims too? hack89 Aug 2013 #7

The Germans were victims of the Nazis... Deep13 Aug 2013 #18

don't blame the USA for that PatrynXX Aug 2013 #11

and no matter how you slice it PatrynXX Aug 2013 #13

Hirohito? Yes. Deep13 Aug 2013 #22

Do you think the victims of Nagasaki would cheer a warship being built? nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #39

Yes they would. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #43

How would they feel about Japan invading Manchuria again? nt geek tragedy Aug 2013 #45

And what arw the chances they will do that?? darkangel218 Aug 2013 #50

What were the chances 5 years before they did it the first time? AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #69

I didnt ask you. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #71

The same way people usually feel about hypotheticals too absurd to acknowledge. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2013 #64

A destroyer? Really more of a aircraft carrier.. EX500rider Aug 2013 #76

My money is on drones. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #78

You're right. 10+ million innocent Chinese civilians. Just for starters. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #67

2 for 1 happy hour today? Kali Aug 2013 #143

both cities were military targets Niceguy1 Aug 2013 #151

Japan was the villain, not the victim, of World War II. geek tragedy Aug 2013 #8

Yah. do you ever admit our country did anything wrong?? darkangel218 Aug 2013 #20

What did the U.S. do wrong prior to the Japanese bombing Pearl Harbor? Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #30

I didnt ask you, DI. my question was for geek tragedy. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #32

It's an open question... Drunken Irishman Aug 2013 #33

This is a discussion forum. If you only want one person to reply, you can message them. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #82

I expect an answer from the specific poster i asked. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #84

People do not sit by their keyboards mashing the F5 button. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #88

The US was the villain in the 2003 invasion of Iraq, one of the villains of post-colonial Vietnam, geek tragedy Aug 2013 #38

Alrite, fair enough. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #44

Indeed! William769 Aug 2013 #25

BS, Will. and you know it. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #28

I have looked at the pictures. William769 Aug 2013 #36

But wait, youre yoo hang up on Pearl Harbour to see the horrors of the A bombs. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #31

What I'm hung up on is what the Axis did to this world. William769 Aug 2013 #41

If, you want to John2 Aug 2013 #103

History Godot51 Aug 2013 #130

Your phrasing is making it out like Japan was a victim of US aggression during WW2 penultimate Aug 2013 #157

Maybe when the sea level rises it can be useful for living on. Gregorian Aug 2013 #3

Nice try Grego diverdownjt Aug 2013 #12

ahhh.. so they wanna sink Sea Shepherd right PatrynXX Aug 2013 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author guyton Aug 2013 #10

that is the oddest looking "destroyer" I've ever seen. n/t boomer55 Aug 2013 #15

That flat-top is a destroyer like my barking spider is Beethoven Eleanors38 Aug 2013 #58

Nice to see I was not the only one thinking that. ManiacJoe Aug 2013 #133

Yes, and not totally unprecedented, either. sofa king Aug 2013 #148

what? heaven05 Aug 2013 #19

Fukushima cant be " cleaned"... darkangel218 Aug 2013 #23

yeah heaven05 Aug 2013 #29

All nuclear plants should be shut down. darkangel218 Aug 2013 #35

no heaven05 Aug 2013 #42

Um, you realize some nuclear reactors exist PURELY to provide isotopes useful for AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #90

Large industrial nations can walk and chew gum at the same time. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2013 #27

it's heaven05 Aug 2013 #34

So how does an aircraft carrier fit into their pascifist constituiton? nt Deep13 Aug 2013 #47

What about our own aircraft carriers?? darkangel218 Aug 2013 #57

So you don't know either then. Deep13 Aug 2013 #59

I missed the part in the constitution where we are now pacifists AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #91

Why do you think we vote for democrats, to be warmongers??? darkangel218 Aug 2013 #94

I think we should engage in non-aggression. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #96

Woosh!! darkangel218 Aug 2013 #98

Third time you've said it. About as accurate as your claim of 'millions' upthread. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #100

Officially it's an ASW/SAR ship. (nt) Posteritatis Aug 2013 #65

What's "SAR?" nt Deep13 Aug 2013 #104

Search and Rescue Posteritatis Aug 2013 #121

thanks. nt Deep13 Aug 2013 #126

They classify it as a destroyer despite obviously being a helicopter carrier. Warren Stupidity Aug 2013 #138

our helicopter ships don't look like this one. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #142

Not one single Japanese person alive today bears any responsibility whatsoever for kestrel91316 Aug 2013 #101

So should we cheer the building more weapons? AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #106

Well, they *are* our allies. Bucky Aug 2013 #124

Weapons have a funny way of getting used, once invested it. AtheistCrusader Aug 2013 #141

An apropos comment in a Hiroshima thread Bucky Aug 2013 #144

"Claptrap" jberryhill Aug 2013 #111

No shit. snort Aug 2013 #128

I was hoping Japan would set an example to the world that this kind of stuff is obsolete. Spitfire of ATJ Aug 2013 #127

Let's nuke 'em! burnodo Aug 2013 #134

Tried it twice already. Didn't work jberryhill Aug 2013 #137

uh Bucky Aug 2013 #145

Three times, if you count them doing it to themselves! jberryhill Aug 2013 #147

More pix on HuffPo: Rhiannon12866 Aug 2013 #149

How long before it's in space? onehandle Aug 2013 #152

About a brazillion years. Angleae Aug 2013 #153

Can you really blame Japan for wanting build its defenses? penultimate Aug 2013 #158