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GunboatDiplomat on May 23, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Hiroshima (1946)

It's hard to have contrition for policies and actions which saved, arguably, millions of lives.

chillacy on May 23, 2016 | [–]

Saving 10 people at the cost of killing one person is still a tragedy, unless you're UtilitarianMan or a psychopath.

sukilot on May 23, 2016 | [–]

It certainly is hard to have contrition if all your lines of thinking start with the conclusion that you are never wrong about anything, and work backwards from there

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