From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

John Cuccia wrote:
> On Wed, 05 Apr 2006 20:03:36 -0400, "Gary Wiltshire"

> wrote:
>
>> Ah, so far nobler would have been a photograph showing one soldier
>> shooting another in the head?
>
> So you think pictures of executions are noble?  To go with your belief
> that immolation in nuclear fire is smarmy?  I'm not sure what you are
> getting at.
>
> Wait, are you asking why I used a picture of Hiroshima to argue my
> point?  Is that what this is all about?
>
> Heck that's easy. It was the most graphic example I could think of an
> event that proved the "laws and customs of war" to be conveniences
> that are discarded when necessary.

Well.... the Japanese thought firearms so far outside the customs etc of
war that they banned them & reverted to swords & bows etc.

The you re-introduced them to the modern world & the rest is history 


Adam

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