Reply #335: You accuse ME of ducking? Be honest now. Does THIS explain why a demo wouldn't work: [View All]

[Bonobo]

"And many of us have explained to you incessantly why the demonstration was rejected... you may call it racism, but history bears it out. In fact even AFTER the two nuclear bombings there was an attempted coup by a IJA Colonel, the night of the 14. He was not supported by General Anami Korechika, secretary of war who supported the continuation of the war. In the end he committed Sepuku, but there was an attempted coup even AFTER Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Emperor adressed his people for the first time on the 15, announcing the surrender."

THAT IS NO EXPLANATION! HOW IS THAT AN EXPLANATION OF WHY A DEMONSTRATION WASN'T CARRIED OUT. I KNOW; WE ONLY HAD 2 BOMBS SO WE HAD TO USE 'EM! RIGHT!

YOU SAY FACTS ARE STUBBORN. YOU ADD RHETORICAL FLOURISHES ("My God!") BUT YOUR WRITING NEVER THEMSELVES ADDRESS ANYTHING BUT OPINION.

"As to blockading and fuck russia, yep right... and exactly how would that have been done, by us invading the USSR as Patton wanted?"

Who said invade Russia? I said Russia had lost 20 million soliders in the war and were not gonna fight much anymore. Where are your FACTS to show this is untrue?

"For the record, they were also developing a nuke, and they were behind us by not that far, historians today are not that sure that the Rosenberg's had such a large effect on Joe's bomb, so perhaps we would have had a bomb dropped on either them or us three years later?"

RUSSIA HAS HAD THE BOMB FOR 50 YEARS AND THEY NEVER USED IT. WHY DO YOU BELIEVE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MORE LIKELY FOR THEM TO USE IT THEN? ESPECIALLY IF WE HAD A DEMO FOR THEM OF ITS POWER? I REPEAT: THEY NEVER USED IT IN 50 YEARS AND YOU ARE TRYING TO SUGGEST THAT IS A LIKELY SCENARIO. FACTS ARE INDEED STUBBORN THINGS!

"I also know the fact that the fire bombing of tokyo killed far more people still escapes you, nor did it lead to a softening in the attitudes of the War Council."

IT DOES NOT ESCAPE ME, IT UNDERSCORES THE FACT THAT WE WERE BRUTAL BASTARDS WHO SAW NO PROBLEM WITH INTENTIONALLY KILLING "JAPS" EN MASSE! YES! IT WAS UNPRECEDENTED! FACTS ARE STUBBORN!

YOU CANNOT HAVE AN ARGUMENT WITHOUT RESORTING TO CHILDISH COMMENTS! WHY? CAN'T HANDLE IT? YOU ARE CLEARLY USED TO BULLYING PEOPLE. I KNOW THAT IS THE MILITARY MINDSET! BUT YOU ARE NOT IN THE MILITARY. TRY TO HAVE A CONVERSATION.

NOW! STOP DUCKING MY QUESTION. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE STUDIES ON COGNITIVE DISSONANCE? DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS?