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on 19/4/03 12:22 AM, Richard Romeo at romeocheeseburger at yahoo.com wrote:

> lots of guys who would have had
> to fight for japan were sure happy the a-bomb ended
> the war.

I don't doubt it. I'm pretty certain there were some, even amongst American
soldiers, who thought it was an absolute atrocity and were horrified and
appalled by it as well. Either way, it doesn't have anything to do with
Slothrop or the text.

> the act itself is horrific but i think a wee bit
> different from auschwitz. i.e conflicted about use of
> such a horrible weapon but also considering the
> situation as it existed on the ground in late 45.
> a very complex issue that can't be summed up half
> century later as one thing and one thing only.

The Americans dropped an atomic bomb on an innocent civilian population, and
killed most of them. How's that?

> I don't believe Mr Pynchon is very much concerned
> about it beyond the legacy that atomic/nuclear weapons
> represent. can be argued I suppose tho.

Yes, I think it can.

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