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Nic Name · 02-06-2002, 02:49 PM

The decision to drop the bomb on Japan, characterized as part of an anti-American Axis of Evil, was justified based on a belief that Japs were less than human.

The first step in justification of using weapons of mass destruction is to dehumanize the enemy, in the minds and hearts, so that force can be used without thinking and without feeling.

The Japanese were no more allies of the Nazis than the Koreans are of the Iraqis, or they of the Iranians.

The current rhetoric that "you are either with us" in all we say and do, or you are "with the terrorists" and part of an axis of evil, is pretty offensive language in a State of the Union address, especially when Germany, Italy and Japan are part of the coalition in the "war on terrorism."

02-06-2002, 02:49 PM	#24
Nic Name retired Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,930	The decision to drop the bomb on Japan, characterized as part of an anti-American Axis of Evil, was justified based on a belief that Japs were less than human. The first step in justification of using weapons of mass destruction is to dehumanize the enemy, in the minds and hearts, so that force can be used without thinking and without feeling. The Japanese were no more allies of the Nazis than the Koreans are of the Iraqis, or they of the Iranians. The current rhetoric that "you are either with us" in all we say and do, or you are "with the terrorists" and part of an axis of evil, is pretty offensive language in a State of the Union address, especially when Germany, Italy and Japan are part of the coalition in the "war on terrorism." Last edited by Nic Name; 02-06-2002 at 02:58 PM.