Kate30
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Shrewd messenger the China syndrome I do not know. But Jack Lemmon I do. Probably the reason I have a soft spot for grumpy old men : ) That’s quite a statement. Your saying that Hiroshima and Negasaki were not nuked. Can you present a little more evidence on that. I do know that most Japanese cities were mostly of wood construction: the reason why so many of the cities were turned into infernos. And with the same devastating effects that were inflicted apon the defenceless city of Dresden near wars end. So there was not really too much left to be nuked. ( Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds) Quoted from the Hindu sacred text by Mr Oppenheimer. Perhaps he was merely parroting the wholesale slaughter that was being perpetrated by the supreme powers on defenceless populations at the time.Don't forget Jack Lemmon in the China Syndrome.
But seriously, as bad as those events were, the product of nuclear (fission) failures they have not been proven to be. For example, those 2 isolated Japanese cities exhibited the exact same aftermath phenomena as the earlier Tokyo firebombing, which left many concrete buildings still intact even around ground zero. Plus the longer term radiation effects (fallout) were not felt, and the first eyewitnesses were a den of Jesuits who miraculously survived. The list of irregularities goes on.
The best way to fake an 'atomic blast' is get shiploads of TNT laced with magnesium, creates a blinding flash followed by a monstrous explosion and the mushroom cloud. Then you hire a drama-queen actor to say something stupid like "I am death, destroyer of worlds" and Viola! Instant myth to wield over a craven populace to this day.
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