>>This was a war. The absolutely bloodiest War to date in
>>human history. And to be honest, the Japanese would have had
>>no qualms at all about bombing California into the Pacific
>>Ocean.
>
>Yup, they were actually drawing up plans to bomb San Fran
>with the plague or some other nasty bioweapon shit they were
>toying with - they just didn't have the capability to reach
>that far by the time the war ended.

Operation Iraqi Freedom.....n/m, first thing that popped into my head when I read this was pre-emptive Bush. *shrugs*

>> The Emperor was holding out for the
>>'Ultimate Battle' - the same logic which lost the Battle of
>>Midway, I might add. By denying them that, and using a
>>mindless automaton to raze their cities, the US didn't just
>>DEFEAT Japan - they CRUSHED them. Showed them their 'warrior
>>spirit' amounted to a handful of uranium. COMPLETELY altered
>>their history and culture.
>
>Stephenson, dude. Damn, what is that exact quote again? I
>paraphrased it again... damn, gotta go thumb through 400+
>pages of Snow Crash to find the exact words for that joint.
>
>>What cracks me up, though, is that people on this board are
>>all about discussing American suffering as a reflection of
>>policy; that 9/11 was deserved to some extent because our
>>government has had its foot up the entire planet's ass for
>>so long. To many people on this board, that logic stands.
>>But turn around and say that Hiroshima and Nagasaki happened
>>as a reflection of the Japanese government's policies and
>>you're a retard at best, and a monster at worst. It's an
>>irritating inconsistency... I mean, Imperial Japan believed
>>in applied eugenics, institutional rape, and divine
>>monarchy. If that were a European country, there'd be no
>>question why there's been no apology - they deserved having
>>the Sun dropped on them.
>
>Excellent point. I hadn't even thought of that angle, but
>yeah that is a great point. Folks should at least be
>consistent with that shit.
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