Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site stolaf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!we13!ihnp4!stolaf!twiss From: twiss@stolaf.UUCP (Thomas S. Twiss) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: addendum to my flame Message-ID: <1350@stolaf.UUCP> Date: Thu, 2-Feb-84 18:49:35 EST Article-I.D.: stolaf.1350 Posted: Thu Feb 2 18:49:35 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 8-Feb-84 05:45:59 EST References: <6420@watdaisy.UUCP>, <534@akgua.UUCP> Organization: St. Olaf College, Northfield MN Lines: 17 ..!akgua!rjb : (paraphrased) > The use of the bomb brought about a merciful close to WWII ____________________ Merciful?!?!? All those people killed?? Many suffering still from radiation sickness?? Those that didn't die immediately suffered *horribly* from radiation sickness. I don't know if I can resolve the question because, morally, it's very complex. But how can we possibly refer to the destruction caused by the nuclear bombs "merciful"?!?!?!?! Lookout, 1984... here we come! Tom Twiss ...!ihnp4!stolaf!twiss