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Offline CC27

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MineralMan... I was born one week and a day before the Hiroshima bomb.
« on: August 06, 2015, 10:03:35 AM »
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I was born one week and a day before the Hiroshima bomb.


I'm an "atomic baby." I've always had mixed feelings about our country being the first and only nation to use nuclear weapons in wartime. I had no idea, of course, that the bomb existed, for many years. With its development begun by FDR and the decision to use the weapons made by Truman, it was an event that has always been fraught with dispute.

In the aftermath, it led to the Cold War, which threatened all of us. I was in the generation that dove under desks in A-Bomb drills, and that had nightmares of bright flashes in the sky and certain death.

I still have mixed feelings about our use of this weapon. They will never be resolved in my mind. I don't enter into arguments about it, because there are arguments on both sides that have validity. I remain saddened that any such weapons were ever made to exist and deep regrets over the international divisiveness they created for so many years.

Each year, the issue is raised, and that is a good thing. We need to think about this. We need to examine our consciences about this. We need to resolve that such a thing will not occur again. We cannot change what happened, but we can change how we think about the use of such weapons in the future.

It is a sad anniversary in many ways.

You need to shut up.

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Re: MineralMan... I was born one week and a day before the Hiroshima bomb.
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2015, 10:18:05 AM »
OMG! YOU COULD HAVE DIED!
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Re: MineralMan... I was born one week and a day before the Hiroshima bomb.
« Reply #2 on: August 06, 2015, 10:41:36 AM »
When was he born in relation to Roe v. Wade ?
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Re: MineralMan... I was born one week and a day before the Hiroshima bomb.
« Reply #3 on: August 06, 2015, 11:20:53 AM »
This one's for you, Mineral Oyl!

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Re: MineralMan... I was born one week and a day before the Hiroshima bomb.
« Reply #4 on: August 06, 2015, 11:24:40 AM »
Rock head feels compelled to make everything about him.
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Re: MineralMan... I was born one week and a day before the Hiroshima bomb.
« Reply #5 on: August 06, 2015, 11:26:19 AM »

     Too bad he wasn't born one foot and one inch away from it.
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Re: MineralMan... I was born one week and a day before the Hiroshima bomb.
« Reply #6 on: August 06, 2015, 11:27:40 AM »
 :bouncy: Me! :bouncy: Me! :bouncy: Making Hiroshima about :bouncy: Me! :bouncy: Me! :bouncy:

Between us two older dudes you're the older. Congratulations and STHU unless you have something meaningful/significant to say!
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Re: MineralMan... I was born one week and a day before the Hiroshima bomb.
« Reply #7 on: August 06, 2015, 12:14:47 PM »
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Re: MineralMan... I was born one week and a day before the Hiroshima bomb.
« Reply #8 on: August 06, 2015, 01:03:32 PM »
I'm not making up my mind until I hear nadin's opinion.
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Re: MineralMan... I was born one week and a day before the Hiroshima bomb.
« Reply #9 on: August 06, 2015, 01:06:10 PM »
The use of the bomb on Japan caused the cold war?

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Re: MineralMan... I was born one week and a day before the Hiroshima bomb.
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2015, 01:23:44 PM »
Quote from: dutch508 on August 06, 2015, 01:06:10 PM
The use of the bomb on Japan caused the cold war?

No, the Cold War was George W. Bush's fault.
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Re: MineralMan... I was born one week and a day before the Hiroshima bomb.
« Reply #11 on: August 06, 2015, 03:59:55 PM »
Quote from: GOBUCKS on August 06, 2015, 01:23:44 PM
No, the Cold War was George W. Bush's fault.

You forget that the great grandfather of W caused  the "beer hall pustch" in Munich. So don't forget to add WWII to his list of crimes!  /DUmode off
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Re: MineralMan... I was born one week and a day before the Hiroshima bomb.
« Reply #12 on: August 06, 2015, 04:09:45 PM »
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MineralMan

I was born one week and a day before the Hiroshima bomb.
So. Its YOUR fault.
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Re: MineralMan... I was born one week and a day before the Hiroshima bomb.
« Reply #13 on: August 06, 2015, 04:56:57 PM »
And he remembers it like it was yesterday.
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Re: MineralMan... I was born one week and a day before the Hiroshima bomb.
« Reply #14 on: August 06, 2015, 05:46:30 PM »
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I was born one week and a day before the Hiroshima bomb.

Don't flatter yourself, dickweed, there wasn't any connection between the two events.
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Re: MineralMan... I was born one week and a day before the Hiroshima bomb.
« Reply #15 on: August 06, 2015, 10:28:05 PM »
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