Theos-Talk Archives (September 2001 Message tt00283)

At 20.42 24. 9. 01., you wrote:


> With all the home factories that there were in Japan, there was no way
> to separate the civilian targets from the military targets. I assume
> from your message that you have never been to a city that an
> on-the-ground military operation has passed through.
>
> You, in my opinion, have absolutely no idea what you are talking
> about.
Dennis, I was personally in war recently, my country, my city and even all 
three houses and apartments my family own were bombed, one even twice ... 
In WWII my country of 12.5 millions had 2-3 times more civil victims than 
US and Japan together, in absolute numbers.

You repeat argument 'we were unable to invade Japan without bombing of 
civilians.' I commented it already: fight them fair and if you can not, 
then don't fight them at all. More than that is war crime.

Japan was ready for peaceful solution and bombing of Hiroshima killed twice 
more civilians than US lost in whole WWII, so argument of self-defence can 
not be applied.

However, because it is theosophical list, is anyone aware of official 
attitude of different theosophical societies or eminent theosophical 
authors about that particular event? As I already said, philosophy that 
pretend to explain essence of human being should be able to give 
unambiguous answers on that problems.

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Kazimir Majorinc, Zagreb, Croatia
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