"The 'Kill Hitler As A Baby' Argument" or "Would You Kill Thousands To End A War?"

Seil · 10-05-2013, 04:18 AM

This cropped up recently. For those people that didn't click the link, it's a minute and a half of Oppenheimer - a member of the Manhattan project, one of the persons who created the atomic bomb - trying not to cry at what he's done.

The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, didn't they? We were at war! Why shouldn't we have dropped a bomb that killed millions and made the surrounding land unfit for habitation?

10-05-2013, 04:18 AM	#1
Seil Super stressed! Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: British Columbia Posts: 8,081	"The 'Kill Hitler As A Baby' Argument" or "Would You Kill Thousands To End A War?" This cropped up recently. For those people that didn't click the link, it's a minute and a half of Oppenheimer - a member of the Manhattan project, one of the persons who created the atomic bomb - trying not to cry at what he's done. The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, didn't they? We were at war! Why shouldn't we have dropped a bomb that killed millions and made the surrounding land unfit for habitation?