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'Oppenheimer' draws debate over the absence of Japanese bombing victims in the film (www.nbcnews.com)
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Viewers are divided over whether the film should have shown Japanese victims of the weapon created by physicist Robert Oppenheimer. Experts say it's complicated.

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[–] -5 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

Look up most of the contemporary US pacific command saying the bombings were unnecessary. I know Asian people are just ants to people like you but Jesus, the pathetic rationalizations.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    Ants is a pretty apt comparison to Japanese culture at the time. All expected to become soldiers and die for the hive. Seriously, shit was crazy. They were not going to surrender otherwise.

    Firebombings were daily killing more than the bombs did as well.

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  • [–] -5 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Ants is a pretty apt comparison to Japanese culture at the time.

    Okay, thank you for proving my point and admitting you're a virulent racist so publicly.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    I mean... That's what the culture was at the time. No need to name call over it. It is well documented and any attempt to obfuscate it is revisionism.

    Our discussion is prompting me to look more into the history here, though. Your comment on modern generals' statements is intriguing. That lead me to learn about Soviet entry into the war, defeating Japan in Manchuria, which may have promoted talk of surrender among Japanese leadership.

    I'll certainly keep researching and I'm open to changing my view. Feel free to present me with some material to consider rather than calling me racist.

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