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Originally Posted by DARISC

No, I never said it was "about race" (it surely wasn't).

You clearly avoided mentioning race.

I postulated similar conditions - in all respects - for the sake of discussion; they surely were not similar.

You little clever postulator! You did avoid any insinuation that they even might be similar.


I really didn't intend to, nor do I think that I did, present a view on racism. I asked a question wherein racism may or may not have been a factor, purely for the sake of discussion. I didn't voice an opinion as to whether or not we should have dropped the bombs. I'm asking if the Japanese were not Japanese, but rather Westerners, do you think we'd have dropped the bombs? You said that you believe we would have, which answers my question.

You may think that your designed slant on the topic was invisible. Not so much, hence my suggestion for the poll.

I think it's an interesting question, not meant to provoke anything but thought and discussion.

Or maybe A chance to give the USA a shot in the seeds? Naahh, nobody noticed.