ksbsnowowl
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A few things:
Oceanbreeze, not to rag on you, but WWII, Truman, and the atomic bomb happened in 1945, not the 60's
To those screaming against the use of the atomic bomb to end WWII, most Japanese realize that its use was neccessary, and did save many lives in the end. One of my former history professors used to teach at the American School in Japan. His secretary was Japanese, and she assured him that the US was right to drop the bomb. Every Japanese citizen was trained and ready to die in the event of a land invation. This lady was a school girl at the time, and they actually had invation drills, where each student armed him or herself with a sharpened broomstick. Dropping the bomb saved the lives of US troops, and it caused less Japanese civilian deaths than would have an invation.
Oceanbreeze, not to rag on you, but WWII, Truman, and the atomic bomb happened in 1945, not the 60's
To those screaming against the use of the atomic bomb to end WWII, most Japanese realize that its use was neccessary, and did save many lives in the end. One of my former history professors used to teach at the American School in Japan. His secretary was Japanese, and she assured him that the US was right to drop the bomb. Every Japanese citizen was trained and ready to die in the event of a land invation. This lady was a school girl at the time, and they actually had invation drills, where each student armed him or herself with a sharpened broomstick. Dropping the bomb saved the lives of US troops, and it caused less Japanese civilian deaths than would have an invation.
I'm a biology major in college, and last year I gave a fairly lengthy Senior Seminar presentation on stem cell research. Would it surprise you to know that not a single cure or treatment for any malady has been devised through embrionic stem cell research? Or maybe you'd be impressed that research into adult and cord-blood stem cells has thus far produced treatments for over 50 conditions? Perhaps you were uniformed about the fact that Swedish scientists recently created functioning brain cells that interact in a neural network, using adult stem cells havested from patients undergoing brain surgery? I understand that it can often be difficult for laymen to become informed on such subjects, especially when the large media outlets only discuss the embrionic side of the issue, and ignore the vast advances being made through methods that do not tread into regions of moral uncertainty (I mean, c'mon! It wouldn't be dramatic, and thus good for selling papers, otherwise...)ravensteve1961 said:3.Doesnt give a shit about people who are ill,sick,deaf or blind who want hear,see and feel well again cause he vetoed the stem cell research bill.
Thats why i want him outta there