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Re: Victims

What is the purpose of this argument over the "body count"?  If the bomb

killed "only" 140,000 rather than 226,870 persons, does that make it

acceptable?



Although I'm convinced that the decision to use nuclear weapons to end World

War II was correct, that does not make it any less horrible.  Also note that

some of the victims were American POW's.



One note about the alternative of invading Japan.  When planning this

invasion, the government had sufficient Purple Heart medals made for the

expected casualties.  That supply has lasted until this very day.  No Purple

Heart medals have been made since then!



The opinions expressed are strictly mine.

It's not about dose, it's about trust.

Curies forever.



Bill Lipton

liptonw@dteenergy.com







Sandy Perle wrote:



> On 6 Aug 2002 at 6:31, M Nivas wrote:

>

> > "The number of victims from the atomic bombing in the

> > city totaled

> > 226,870 as of Monday. The blast and its aftereffects

> > killed an

> > estimated 140,000 people by the end of 1945."

> >

> >  Of the additional "victims" that passed away (86870),

> > did not anyone die of a heart attack?  Or if they died

> > from cancer - how can they attribute the bomb as a

> > cause?

>

> Tom,

>

> From another article: "This year's total rose by 4,977 people to

> 226,870 victims, as more of the older generation succumbed to long-

> term illnesses caused by the blast, such as cancer, Hiroshima city

> spokeswoman Yukiko Ota said."

>

> The number of killed in Hiroshima was ~ 140K and in Nagasaki was ~

> 70K. Together, these numbers total about 210K. I wonder whether or

> not the total is base don these, plus new individuals.

>

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