tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104012373258339565.post403298764763118775..comments2023-10-31T12:10:39.067-04:00Comments on Ladder on Wheels: Interlude: A Brief Meditation on "The Sorcerer's Apprentice"Michial Farmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10062071425935524922noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104012373258339565.post-6974803513594962472009-01-04T07:26:00.000-05:002009-01-04T07:26:00.000-05:00Yeah, I've heard that one. It seems to assume, th...Yeah, I've heard that one. It seems to assume, though, that pushing for a Sherman-style unconditional surrender was some kind of historical necessity rather than the assertion of contingent imperial will, an assumption that I don't make.Nathan P. Gilmourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00731491771737922242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104012373258339565.post-19817417370499769462009-01-03T13:08:00.000-05:002009-01-03T13:08:00.000-05:00Well, there's the old argument that dropping the b...Well, there's the old argument that dropping the bombs saved hundreds of thousands of Japanese and American lives that would be lost under a land invasion. I'm not sure I buy that though.Michial Farmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10062071425935524922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104012373258339565.post-62037154269144490552009-01-03T11:47:00.000-05:002009-01-03T11:47:00.000-05:00Wow. I must be more of a raving Mennonite than I ...Wow. I must be more of a raving Mennonite than I thought-- I figured the only reasons for dropping atomic weapons on civilian targets would be bad ones.Nathan P. Gilmourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00731491771737922242noreply@blogger.com