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> consider that you're somehow doing it for their own good I was surprised to read about Fritz Haber, the man who catalyzed nitrogen fertilizers and other "nic
by close04 2y ago
> consider that you're somehow doing it for their own good
I was surprised to read about Fritz Haber, the man who catalyzed nitrogen fertilizers and other "nice" things like mustard gas, that he was convinced that mustard gas is the humane solution for ending the war. Since WW1 would end faster from his perspective he was saving lives.
Almost perfectly mirrors the view that people dropping atomic bombs on Japan had.
Both horrible weapons, one used mainly on the battle field, the other on cities packed with civilians. Both deployed with the same "we're actually saving lives" attitude. Today only one is considered an atrocity almost everywhere in the world. The other still gets the same explanation as it did 8 decades ago.
- bagels 2y agoWhich one is considered an attrocity? I'd argue both.
- close04 2y agoI agree. But even as recently as last year almost half of Americans still believed dropping the nuclear bombs was justified, with half of these people being convinced that using them on cities was the best thing to do [0]. [0] https://thebulletin.org/2024/08/what-do-americans-really-think-about-the-bombing-of-hiroshima-and-nagasaki/ https://thebulletin.org/2024/08/what-do-americans-really-thi...