Of days to come

o.o once again T.T

once again.ive realised.how empty words can be sometimes -.-'' its a sad sad thing =.=''

posted by flame on water @ 11:39 PM 0 comments

quote of the day O.o -->> bored ><

i am bored.so i decided to put quote of the day O.o for me anyway O.O

"Love is the only way to grasp another human being in the innermost core of his personality." Victor Frankl

noww.thats interesting..but i guess its true.no one can live without love, and so yeahh O.o i guess thats the reason why we all cannot live without love O.o

i forgot.i lost my thoughts O.o shall stop here O.O

posted by flame on water @ 1:30 AM 0 comments

history work O.o what i did for my essay

my damned long essay which took me 7 essays.never read it unless ure forced to =.= freakin 2 pages with bibliography



Should the USA have dropped bombs on Japan?

USA should not have dropped bombs on Japan. Several points can be raised. Firstly, the massive numbers of casualties who suffered from the bombing which proved to be the first of it’s kind in the recorded history in the world. 1Secondly, the negative long-term effects that the atomic bomb had on the survivors which proved to be as devastating as the casualties. Lastly, there was other ways of victory of USA, which might have proved to be just as effective, and without such casualties.

There were massive casualties from the bombing. The bombs, named “Fat Man” and “Little Boy” were dropped by the “B-29 superfortress Enola Gay” plane.2, 3, 4 This was the first occasion in the history of the world where the biggest numbers of death have been counted from this singular attack, although this counts both Hiroshima and Nagasaki. What makes this significant is that these two bombs, killed about 170, 000 people who were non-combatants.5, 6The bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki had simply just killed more civilians without any second thought to the number of casualties. This is the first reason Hiroshima and Nagasaki should not have been bombed- they were not full military sites, but a city filled with people.

The negative long-term effects have proved and are proving to be deadly. The horrible burns that the survivors had, due to the lack any proper medical attention, which therefore, could not be cured, were some of the after-effects of the bomb.7,8 The radiation sickness is still around, after 50 years, till even to this day, and is expecting to last for generations. For example, sicknesses like radiation-induced cancers, cataracts and leukemia, which was first noted by Japanese physician, Gensaku Oho, is still around to this day. 9,10 Without the bombing on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, these sicknesses would not have infected many people in Japan during that time. Another long term effect is the structural damage that the bomb caused. It had destroyed both Hiroshima and Nagasaki which had to be cleared and rebuilt from scratch. Hence, the bombing also caused the continual damage of the landscape, other than doing direct damage to Japan.11

USA did not necessarily need to choose Hiroshima and Nagasaki as their bombing site. USA had other locations, such as a wasteland, a less populated area, or a military target.12,13 By doing so, less casualties and sufferings with the same impact would have been attained, since the detonation of the bomb threatens further action, which acts as a incentive for Japan to surrender. However, USA, deliberately choosing Hiroshima and Nagasaki, did so to “psychologically impact” the Japanese with the sheer number of deaths which was a higher priority than the fact that Hiroshima and Nagasaki had insignificant military depots. 14,15 A far-reaching consequence also came out of this “psychological impact”, which resulted in the Arms Race in 194516.This shows that the USA’s choice site for bombing was unnecessary.

Those who support the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki assert that the Japanese had waged “total war”, and had employed most of their population, thus no one was innocent. But it also can be argued that those working in the factories were non-combatants, even if they were involved in the war effort, they were un-enlisted to the army itself, and did not have the sufficient means and ways to protect themselves, for example, being able to drive a tank to shoot down a plane that is getting ready to drop a bomb. 17Another assertion is that the long-term effects could be justified, in that since the war was ended swiftly, and less colonized people suffered from Japanese exploitation as well as the possible lives lost from soldiers in other parts of the world like Java, where four million to ten million people were forced to labor as slaves18. The speedy end of the war could have saved lives which were lost. But would that be true? It is only potential lives, and whether if it would be actually saved lives in reality would be different. 19,20 However, the bombing of the wasteland would weaken the impact of the message sent by USA, and hence, would not have caused the Japanese to retreat from the war.21 In opposition, this argument can be established; that Hiroshima and Nagasaki was targeted with the intention of terrifying the Japanese into submission, which is no different from terrorism.22 Moreover, as the saying goes: “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”23 this bombing allowed the US to gain a significant say in post-war negotiations which may have been part of the factors for choosing the bombsite. 24Therefore, USA should not have dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
To summarize, USA should not have dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki as many negative effects can be seen from it. Hundreds of thousands of lives were lost, and their suffering was passed down from generation to generation. And more, the deliberate intention to harm the non-combatants and to scare the Japanese, led to the poor choosing of bombsites. Although the US Army may have had logical reasons to attack Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the moral implications of such attack outweighs its strategic benefits by far.

Bibliography
1 Based on a discussion with Dong Yun.K, 15th May 2007
2 Based on a discussion with Vilho.J, 11th May 2007
3 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki, 13th May 2007
4 http://campus.udayton.edu/~hume/A-Bomb/abomb.htm, 12th May 2007
5 http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~copeland/atomicbomb.html , 14th May 2007
6 Class notes, 13th May 2007
7 Hiroshima Clickview, 11th May 2007
8 http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~copeland/atomicbomb.html, 14th May 2007
9 http://www.artsci.wustl.edu/~copeland/atomicbomb.html, 14th May 2007
10 http://mothra.rerf.or.jp/ENG/A-bomb/History/Damages.html, 15th May 2007
11 Class notes, 10th May 2007
12 Based on a discussion with Dong Yun.K 12th May 2007
13 Class notes, 13th May 2007
14 Based on a discussion with Dong Yun.K 12th May 2007
15 http://www.dannen.com/decision/targets.html#E, 16th May 2007
16 Class notes, 13th May 2007
17 Based on a discussion with Chris.C, Dong Yun.K and Benjamin.T, 13th May 2007
18 http://lcweb2.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?frd/cstdy:@field(DOCID+id0029), 16th May 2007
19 Class notes, 12th May 2007
20 Based on a discussion with Dong Yun.K, 14th May 2007
21Based on a discussion with Chris.C and Dong Yun.K, 13th May 2007
22 Based on a discussion with Dong Yun.K and Mr Nicastro, 16th May 2007
23 Mao Zedong, http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Power, 13th May 2007
24 Based on a discussion with Dong Yun.K, 15th May 2007

posted by flame on water @ 11:41 PM 0 comments

hmmm

once again.im back for the moment.im sick atm.so i wont be blogging much O.o well.homework as usual has piled up, and not having any time.to do random stuff.many things again have once happened.prolly for the worse.O.o ive been in a stoned state for a while.and might prolly be again O.o so homework.makes it worse.makes me think too much--using the brain.LOL.meh,vague posts.but what can i doO.O i cant think properly.and jotting down thoughts sometimes is too troublesome >< anyways.yeah.ill stop here for now..

posted by flame on water @ 9:02 PM 0 comments