There goes the neighborhood - Tunisia Edition

[Alvin Walton]

Originally Posted by BleedBurgundy

No, do you?

Yea, and so do a lot of other people.
Far more than that what the nukes killed.

[BleedBurgundy]

Originally Posted by Alvin Walton

Yea, and so do a lot of other people.
Far more than that what the nukes killed.

I'm looking for a number, since you're being definitive on one quantity vs. another. Obviously there is no such number. It's hypothetical.

That said, I think we can agree that it was the biggest single attack on a civilian population in the entire history of human civilization. And why do we hate terrorists? Oh yeah, because they're willing to blow up non-combatant citizens. You can't make the argument for one and not the other. It just doesn't exist. The only differentiator is scale.

[Alvin Walton]

Originally Posted by BleedBurgundy

I'm looking for a number, since you're being definitive on one quantity vs. another. Obviously there is no such number. It's hypothetical.

That said, I think we can agree that it was the biggest single attack on a civilian population in the entire history of human civilization. And why do we hate terrorists? Oh yeah, because they're willing to blow up non-combatant citizens. You can't make the argument for one and not the other. It just doesn't exist. The only differentiator is scale.

Hiroshima was a military target that was chosen because of its industry, naval ports and military headquarters. Not because of its civilian population.
Pretty common knowledge.....

[BleedBurgundy]

Originally Posted by Alvin Walton

Hiroshima was a military target that was chosen because of its industry, naval ports and military headquarters. Not because of its civilian population.
Pretty common knowledge.....

So the civilians weren't there? Imagine this was some afghani saying "the cafe was chosen because military personnel held meetings there." Would that be ok? Because it's the same ****ing thing on an exponentially smaller scale.

[Alvin Walton]

You expected us to go to war with Japan without creating any collateral damage?

Please go read up on a A LOT of history before you respond.

[BleedBurgundy]

Originally Posted by Alvin Walton

You expected us to go to war with Japan without creating any collateral damage?

Please go read up on a A LOT of history before you respond.

It's not "collateral" when it's the primary target. Feel free to read the below definition before you respond.

Collateral Damage
: injury inflicted on something other than an intended target
merriam-webster