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Originally Posted by Sake Sipper  |
Its such a tough question to deal with ethically. Some say that it saved lives through the ending the war earlier as opposed to using conventional troops. Others say that the bomb could have been used as much more of a scare tactic (by bombing, say, an uninhabited island off the coast of Japan) instead of on a civilian population. But then, you still have to ask, with all the funding that went to the bomb, would nuclear energy be at the level it is now to help with the energy crisis? And then there is the question about the ethics nuclear energy in general...
Staggering, I couldn't even imagine having to deal with something like this. If it was a clear cut success, you can be proud. If it was a clear cut atrocity, you can be apologetic. What do you do in a situation like this?