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by francoisfeugeas 3866 days ago
He did blame the victims.

France is a democracy. The French government has been elected and represents the people of France.

Plus all the things he refers to are not especially the doing of our current government. I do not like our current president or the current ruling party, but come on...
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yup123 3866 days ago
"France is a democracy"

But that does not mean they're a victim, if you're a french citizen who elected a government that then went on to do ABC that does not mean that you as a citizen supported that.

"represents the people of France"

What does that mean though? does that mean that if a government that i elected goes on to do awful things, represent me?

Governments do horrific things their citizens don't support from time to time, i don't think that the US government represented all americans when they decided to drop atomic bombs in 1945.

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francoisfeugeas 3866 days ago
I'm not going to debate on how democracy works or doesn't work, you totally disregarded the second part of my comment anyway.

I'm not aware of any atrocities committed by our current government.

[edited after cooling down]

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TeMPOraL 3866 days ago
> i don't think that the US government represented all americans when they decided to drop atomic bombs in 1945

Offtopic but I wish this historical meme would die. Atomic bombs were probably the most humane option that was on the table; if you want to talk about atrocities America inflicted on Japan, let's talk about firebombings.

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tyrion 3866 days ago
atomic bombs the most humane option? ... Could you elaborate on that?
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TeMPOraL 3866 days ago
Since backing off the war completely wasn't a realistic option, they basically had a choice between nuking Japan until it surrenders, or prolonging the war on land and sea, and the latter was estimated to take much more lives on both sides.

I'm not saying that the US chose to go with the first option out of altruistic reasons, but dropping the atomic bombs wasn't an atrocity compared with the usual firebombing, and saved a lot of lives that would be lost if the war continued.

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PauloManrique 3866 days ago
If they invaded the island still in war, more than 20 millions would die as they thought Hirohito was an God.

Dropping the bombs to scare the japanese empire saved tons of lifes.

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