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Poison gas and nuclear weapons are similar in that they're indiscriminant killers that leave long-term effects on the survivors. Granted that they don't have the same long-term ecological effects, but prior generations showed restraint with tried and true WMD before 1945. My point is that the same actors restrained themselves from using gas prior to WWII as well as afterwards, but only after seeing its effects. No one really knew all of the problems associated with nuclear weaponry until well into the 1950's. Once those became clear, Nagasaki in particular started to be seen in a completely different light, one that wasn't available at the time.
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understood--i'm making a similar point, but trying to place the tipping point between hiroshima and nagasaki.
i don't think there's much question about both being atrocities--part of a long list of them which unfolded during world war 2 (to keep with this)---if you're feeling ambitious and dont mind sitting through a version with an irritating russian voice over, have a look at this:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?...is&sitesearch=