Comments on: The Day the World Changed http://themoderatevoice.com/21589/the-day-the-world-changed/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Mon, 28 May 2012 15:48:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Half_Past_Midnight http://themoderatevoice.com/21589/the-day-the-world-changed/comment-page-1/#comment-140395 Half_Past_Midnight Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:39:14 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/nuclear-weapons/21589/the-day-the-world-changed/#comment-140395 <i>"...but WWIV will be fought with sticks and stones."</i><br><br>Possibly. Or, even <i>before</i> WWIV:<br><br><b>"...they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." ~ Isaiah 2:4</b> “…but WWIV will be fought with sticks and stones.”

Possibly. Or, even before WWIV:

“…they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” ~ Isaiah 2:4

]]> By: Half_Past_Midnight http://themoderatevoice.com/21589/the-day-the-world-changed/comment-page-1/#comment-140398 Half_Past_Midnight Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:39:14 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/nuclear-weapons/21589/the-day-the-world-changed/#comment-140398 <i>"...but WWIV will be fought with sticks and stones."</i><br><br>Possibly. Or, even <i>before</i> WWIV:<br><br><b>"...they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." ~ Isaiah 2:4</b> “…but WWIV will be fought with sticks and stones.”

Possibly. Or, even before WWIV:

“…they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” ~ Isaiah 2:4

]]> By: Don Quijote http://themoderatevoice.com/21589/the-day-the-world-changed/comment-page-1/#comment-140394 Don Quijote Thu, 07 Aug 2008 01:16:47 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/nuclear-weapons/21589/the-day-the-world-changed/#comment-140394 <blockquote><br>Phffft. The incendiary raids earlier on Japan and destruction of German cities were worse. Anti-nuclear idiocy and PC "US self-reflection and guilt" are BS.</blockquote><br><br>While you are right that the firebombing of Dresden & Tokyo probably killed just as many people that the little Boy & Fat Man did, there is a qualitative difference between Nukes and standard bombs. The Bombs dumped over Hiroshima & Nagasaki were measured in kilotons, today's bombs are measured in megatons, and while we may be able to kill a whole lot of people using standard bombs, it is unlikely that we could destroy the Planet using them, the same cannot be said about Nukes. <br><br><b>I know not with what weapons WWIII will be fought, but WWIV will be fought with sticks and stones. --Albert Einstein</b>

Phffft. The incendiary raids earlier on Japan and destruction of German cities were worse. Anti-nuclear idiocy and PC “US self-reflection and guilt” are BS.

While you are right that the firebombing of Dresden & Tokyo probably killed just as many people that the little Boy & Fat Man did, there is a qualitative difference between Nukes and standard bombs. The Bombs dumped over Hiroshima & Nagasaki were measured in kilotons, today's bombs are measured in megatons, and while we may be able to kill a whole lot of people using standard bombs, it is unlikely that we could destroy the Planet using them, the same cannot be said about Nukes.

I know not with what weapons WWIII will be fought, but WWIV will be fought with sticks and stones. –Albert Einstein

]]> By: ShortWoman» Blog Archive » Shadow of the Shorties http://themoderatevoice.com/21589/the-day-the-world-changed/comment-page-1/#comment-113644 ShortWoman» Blog Archive » Shadow of the Shorties Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:45:37 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/nuclear-weapons/21589/the-day-the-world-changed/#comment-113644 [...] I couldn’t let the 63rd anniversary of the Hiroshima bomb pass without some sort of remembrance. Please check out the Japanese American Relocation Project Archives, renovation of a trail through [...] [...] I couldn’t let the 63rd anniversary of the Hiroshima bomb pass without some sort of remembrance. Please check out the Japanese American Relocation Project Archives, renovation of a trail through [...]

]]> By: DLS http://themoderatevoice.com/21589/the-day-the-world-changed/comment-page-1/#comment-140392 DLS Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:44:19 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/nuclear-weapons/21589/the-day-the-world-changed/#comment-140392 "America won a war and lost its innocence"<br><br>Phffft. The incendiary raids earlier on Japan and destruction of German cities were worse. Anti-nuclear idiocy and PC "US self-reflection and guilt" are BS.<br><br>As for Chris's overreaction to criticism of Obama, including the fiction, well, it's time for a "time out" if not a spanking. “America won a war and lost its innocence”

Phffft. The incendiary raids earlier on Japan and destruction of German cities were worse. Anti-nuclear idiocy and PC “US self-reflection and guilt” are BS.

As for Chris's overreaction to criticism of Obama, including the fiction, well, it's time for a “time out” if not a spanking.

]]> By: Half_Past_Midnight http://themoderatevoice.com/21589/the-day-the-world-changed/comment-page-1/#comment-113945 Half_Past_Midnight Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:39:14 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/war/nuclear-weapons/21589/the-day-the-world-changed/#comment-113945 <i>"...but WWIV will be fought with sticks and stones."</i><br><br>Possibly. Or, even <i>before</i> WWIV:<br><br><b>"...they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more." ~ Isaiah 2:4</b> “…but WWIV will be fought with sticks and stones.”

Possibly. Or, even before WWIV:

“…they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” ~ Isaiah 2:4

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