tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13079355.post115410366800698496..comments2023-09-21T03:28:35.308-05:00Comments on Full Metal Attorney: Terrorism: Always Bad?Full Metal Attorneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04818204892818121018noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13079355.post-1154273198700976642006-07-30T10:26:00.000-05:002006-07-30T10:26:00.000-05:00Most systems of ethics favor some type of procedur...Most systems of ethics favor some type of procedural, prospective approach to decision-making. In other words, guidance on how to act is provided in terms of how to make a particular decision while looking forward with the information you have now.<BR/><BR/>Hindsight analysis is always 20/20. One can easily look back and find benefits of a particular bad or unethical act, but that doesn't make trusty gettohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12428191762443615975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13079355.post-1154224629835125462006-07-29T20:57:00.000-05:002006-07-29T20:57:00.000-05:00I've always believed that dropping the atomic bomb...I've always believed that dropping the atomic bombs on cities was unnecessary and purely for the purposes of investigating the destructive effects thereof. A burst over Tokyo Bay, with advance warning, might have been more than sufficient. (With the threat that the next one would target a city, of course.)<BR/><BR/>I also don't buy the "no other recourse" excuse; it's morally stunted. But then IbaDaiRonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04845661759929090003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13079355.post-1154173876685197912006-07-29T06:51:00.000-05:002006-07-29T06:51:00.000-05:00As I understand it, Japan probably would have crum...As I understand it, Japan probably would have crumbled anyway without the nuclear bombs, although that may only be obvious in hindsight. I am not particularly interested into getting into that particular discussion as I am very much in two minds about it anyway.<BR/><BR/>You hit on the reason, later on, why some might resort to terrorist methods- because they are unable to utilise any other. Mr Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18158562661305595169noreply@blogger.com