napkin2020

You need to check your available space privilege.

Say the last part to Gazans.

And you think it's fine? What are you trying to say? Dead women and queers are better than dead everyone so don't let Iranians have democracy?

Because we think killing women and queers just because they exist is a big no no.

Hibernate.

ready for anything? That's fucking revolting.

Tankie shit is something that every kid should be done with by the time they're 15 after they realize it's just edgy and cringe, and then graduate.

What led to the rather tragic decision was the fact that the Japanese did not consider surrendering. Japanese high-ups used their elite pilots like one-off missiles rather than to surrender, and hoped that 100 million Japanese people would 'shatter like a jewel'(一億玉砕), rather than, you know, be alive.

Landing option the US had, Operation Downfall, also included bombing the coastal defense with nuclear bombs and literally obliterating Japan as a whole, so I'm not sure if that would have caused fewer casualties, not to mention it would have been a painstakingly long fight, ultimately leading to more painful exploitation for the victims like Korea and Southeast Asia. Even after the first bomb was dropped, they did not consider surrendering.

I am not saying that the bomb was the only way the war could have ended(although that was something I implied jokingly), and I'm not ignoring the fact that countless civilians died from it. But I don't think any other options would have had fewer casualties, especially from the viewpoint of one of their many colonies that was brutally exploited and suffered.

I thought the vote happened before the strike?

edit: Yeah, I definitely think it happened before the strike. It wasn't off by 2 votes either.

Language is not just about getting your idea across. It shapes how we think.

But to answer your question, if you speak English, no.

Don't argue with tankies. Making fun of them is very much enough.