Human-Centrism II

Re:Anthropocentrism(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on Tuesday November 29, @02:04PM (#14139955) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: Monday November 28, @03:58AM)
Christianity, existentialism are human-centristic. Structuralism is anti-egocentristic.
Anthropocentrism means both human-centrism (good) and egocentrism (bad), I don't want to assert the superiority of one thought than another, so I carefully used the term 'human-centrism'.
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Habit Is a Second Nature

Despite the declaration -I resume posting here after I completed posting at vol.IV, I post comments here. Habit is a second nature, Keep on! That will help me.

Integration of Direction

I've been storing all my comments here, but now I need to integrate all my writings into one volume. Now I'm going to store in 'Journal of mercedo -vol.IV, then if the entry came near 200 or 250, I would come back here to resume postings.

Till then, see you soon.

Human-Centrism

I'm Impressed(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.11.29 1:24 (#14129640) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.28 17:58)
I read all your comments here and I got very curious. European civilisations from Greek via Latin to early 20 c have been formed deeply influenced in human-centrism, the thought existing many entities are made from human perspective. That thought was almost died out in Europe but still in America, some people cannot steer clear of the culture formed in precentury. Human-centrism. You are entirely distinguished from all American pals here in this discussion.
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Morosoph's Weltanschauung

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Morosoph's Weltanschauung(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.11.28 20:18 (#14127662) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.28 17:58)
Altough I mean it's not sarcastic. Yeah, this time too, the Morosoph's worldview is in full throttle.
Seems you are good at making a good comparison among directly disconnected matters. Capitalism is based on a belief that making profit is virtue, of course it's not always virtue but we have to admit that our eagerness to wealth sure leads to more viable society, state in general.
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Kigos

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Succinct & Concise(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.11.28 19:32 (#14127573) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.28 17:58)
Hi, from the country where haiku is originally from. What's your writings going on? I hope you have already completed writing enough for the competition. Let me see your haikus..
See haiku is a way to say something succinct. We cannot mention something thoroughly in three lines. So a kigo plays an important role in explaining circumstances around the poetic expressions. Kigos are usually fixed, and in your haikus, some words like 'burning leaves' are thought to be so.
Any way I appreciated many concise expressions from overseas. Your Haikus are clearly demonstrating that you are good at making an expression in a few words.
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America

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America(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.11.25 11:24 (#14110479) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.24 11:29)
Our land-what is now Japan was once inhabited by Ainu ( thought to be a sub branch of early Caucasians that spread out throughout the Eurasian continent before Mongolods occupied the area ) partly in North and Polynesians ( thought to be people who came over by catamalan along with southern islands ) in South. When invaders came from the Asian continent roughly 2000 years ago, they started being excluded from the land. They were entirely eliminated from the main part of land by circa 800 AD.
Britain, once inhabited largely by Celtic people, were invaded from Angles &Saxons in 5c, and again by Normans in 11c, so Britain now is differnt from what it was before 11c, and 5c.
America, once inhabited by proto-Mongoloids who were thought to come from the north when still Siberia & Alaska was connected with the land more than 12,000 years ago. It was rather very recently, they came not to be the only people who live in America when Europeans started coming in America in 15c.
And more importantly, I'm afraid you don't have to particularly keen on distinguishing indigenous Americans and European settlers. Since conflicts were everywhere, they themselves also were repeating a history of invasion and defence inside America.
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Fish

Re:Thanksgiving Day(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.11.25 1:52 (#14107961) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.24 11:29)
I don't know the exact reason though the symbol of fish was used to indicate Jesus among early Christians in ancient Rome, so fish happened to be both the founder of world religion & the basis of America.
America must be a fertile country, it is just normal to fail in the first year. It was very unusual to succeed in the second year.
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Know Ourselves

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Know Ourselves(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.11.22 2:13 (#14082765) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.21 5:00)
As Mercedo says, 'My trek continues'. I wish my search were as romantic as his.
He must be cool, I want to see him.
How do you define yourself?
I define myself as a writer. But to be a good writer we need a mask. Masks cannot generate money. My real name can come up with what little money I can keep up with my daily necessities. That's enough.
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Pain of Transplantation

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Pain of Transplantation(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.11.16 22:01 (#14042672) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.16 18:05)
The pain you felt was the same pain your Maple might have felt. When your pain disappears, the transplant will be succeeded.
Oh front yard to backyard? So I guess it's a backpain.
It's so American, for you pulled the tree by truck.
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$4.67 Per Gallon In Japan

$4.67 Per Gallon In Japan (Score:0)
by mercedo on 2005.11.16 12:11 (#9336) User #2554 Info http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.10.19 20:56
When Katrina hit the USA, we had a report that USA was unable to produce enough oil to sustain their people's need only in their land because it hit many refinery plants especially located in the Gulf region.
US government asked us to export part of oil stored off the coast mainly for the preparation of emergency energy crisis in Japan. Japan is one of the strongest allies of USA, of course our government agreed to help them. I am not sure whether Japan really exported out of its stored oil. All amount of stored oil is for 210 days of all domestic consumption in Japan, I mean it's less than one year.
According to the article, not $1.75 but $2.57 per gallon in California. Here in Japan also creeping inflation of the price of oil is in progress, it's $1.23 per littre, that is $4.67 per gallon (1 gallon is approximately 3.8L)--
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Proverb

Re:You're a teacher?(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.11.16 17:25 (#14041910) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.16 2:41)
Yes, I am. Teaching social studies in high school is the only my qualified job. But because usually I work two or three different jobs at the same time, and sometimes I mentioned some of my other jobs here in Slashdot, it might be a little bit hard for readers to realise what my qualified occupation is.
About 14 years ago I tried working in a restaurant, because at that time at the age of 30, I never worked other than in teaching. I was told from my colleague very severely not from his malice but his compassionate insight - 'teachers & monks can't do anything other than their jobs'-according to him this is a proverb. (Actually there is no proverb fallen into this expression in Japanese, as a matter of fact he was a Chinese Japanese. ) I spent many years in school till the age of 27, so I was able to learn a lot only from a book. But I just felt the necessity &importance of experience intensely. Basically I have been teaching, besides I make it a rule to work at least one manual job to know well the real world.
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Re:Sea Monsters (Score:0)
by mercedo on 2005.11.15 18:16 (#9316) User #2554 Info http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.10.19 20:56
It is widely known to amongst Japanese that Godzilla is an imaginary creature of gorilla & whale combined. Probably creator's comment is right, that guy must be as strong as gorilla &as big as whale then his nickname was 'Gojira' around him.--
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Similar Names

Re:I don't know(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.11.16 2:03 (#14035762) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.13 5:11)
Dutch -Deutch, Danish -Spanish, Prussian -Russian, there are tens of similar names in autonomous regions &republics in Russia. In short they all are from a few families around the Black Sea 6 millennia ago. It's not strange if some of them happen to share the similar names.
Japanese might be from Javanese. In fact some scholars insist that large portion of our ancesters came from the southern islands by catamalans.
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on November 12th, 2005 at 12:21 pm
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Natto -the Spirit of Bushido

Re:Heh(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.11.13 3:58 (#14016255) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.11 2:43)
Not only natto but other fermented foods like cheese attracts a lot of people.
Why natto is tasty? Because that reflects the spirit of samurai. Natto was developed in the east part of Japan -Tokyo (to tell the truth, you know in the western part of Japan, traditionally natto hasn't been eaten)- that is regarded as a cradle of samurai spirit. Natto represents spirit of simple diet, vegetarian protein, thought to be only allowed to take in Buddhist tradition. And the strings of natto are believed to be not being able to cut by Japanese sword, that's perseverance, patience, frugality-one of virtues of Japanese bushido.
Let's eat natto in the breakfast.
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A Taste of Colour -II(Score:0)
by mercedo on 2005.11.12 19:25 (#9266) User #2554 Info http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.10.19 20:56
Can humans taste fat? For what reasons? I can hardly find the benefit of being able to taste the fat. If our tongue can detect whether the fat is good for our body, it might be helpful. Probably in appetite more concerned, colour might be another factor for our taste. Interestingly the colour of foods forms an important part of our appetite. We can taste bitter, sweet, sour, salty, umami( glutamate ) and 'colour' as well.--
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A Taste of Colour

Re:hmm(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.11.13 3:14 (#14016043) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.11 2:43)
Interestingly the colour of foods forms an important part of our appetite. We can taste bitter, sweet, sour, salty, umami( glutamate ) and 'colour' as well.
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The Origin of Three Languages

Re:I don't know(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.11.13 3:02 (#14015992) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.11 2:43)
Hi, Deg, what's up? I must say this is a tough question, but I try to explain.
You see in our case, despite the fact that though we( South-west Japanese ) live adjacent to Korea, virtually we don't understand anything about Korean language. Yet historically speaking, Korean and Japanese languages are definetly correlated, we have to trace back to our mutual parent language several thousand years ago. I mean we don't understand mutually at all 'now'.
I can hardly believe that they -French and German -can communicate now in using their own languages although they have been living next to one another.
A little bit vague though from my memory in my school days, ca 4 millennia BC, a parent common language of these three started being spoken around the Black Sea. Then around 500 BC, core of Latin language family and Germanic language family started being formed in the respective area. So probably around 2500 years ago that the division of Germanic English and Latin French started. In 5th century, Gemanic tribes-Angles & Saxon started migrating what is now in England, so the division of English and German dates back to 1500 years ago.
This is a core of three languages. But by and large, they (French &German) don't understand one another( 2500 years from separation!).
And furthermore. Superficial share in many vocaburaries are completely different matter. Japanese language contains more than 80% of Chinese words yet linguisticaly speaking there's not in the least correlation between two languages. As a result of Germanic invasion in northern France in 3rd century, French language contains 15% of Germanic words yet there's no influence on its origin to be Latin language.
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Symbiosis

Symbiosis (Score:0)
by mercedo on 2005.11.11 20:41 (#9248) User #2554 Info http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.10.19 20:56
Lichen -as if it were the Earth that keeps on floating in space with intricate symbiosis within it.--
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Clinical Trials (Score:0)
by mercedo on 2005.11.11 20:29 (#9247) User #2554 Info http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.10.19 20:56
It is very much needed to have the complete clinical trials before the application to the disease, in this 'Statins' case, the effectiveness of this medicine to certain diseases does not automaticially mean it is also effective to other diseases.
R&D of new drugs is sure to cost a lot more than the application of older drugs.
Application of older drugs to other diseases is more cost-effective, therefore, researchers ought to spend a lot of time and money for clinical trials thoroughly.--
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Phenomenon is Prior To Theory

Phenomenon is Prior To Theory (Score:0)
by mercedo on 2005.11.11 19:13 (#9246) User #2554 Info http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.10.19 20:56
We have inevitably theoretical boundary-our physics is three-dimentional, at best four. On the contrary, we've got lots of inexplicable phenomenon first before we reached some theory afterwards to be able to explain these strange- hard to explain- phenomenon in existing theories. Phenomenon is always prior to theory. We have to put the higher value as to how to find the phenomenon that's worth being evaluated under the light of reason thereafter.--
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This Is Reality (Score:0)
by mercedo on 2005.11.11 18:46 (#9245) User #2554 Info http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.10.19 20:56
Europe and America have been very much suffered from BSE issues, the bird flu appeared in the first place in Asia, part of Canada, then Europe.
Japan has been suffered from both cases -from BSE, bird flu, not only those diseases but other livestock related diseases -mouth&foot disease is also a potential threat.
Our economic growth always has to take those threats into account.--
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Envision, Perspective, Panorama

Envision, Perspective, Panorama (Score:0)
by mercedo on 2005.11.11 18:37 (#9244) User #2554 Info http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.10.19 20:56
I'm Japanese and clearly I can tell what lacks in Japanese, that's envision, perspective, panorama. They are excellent in precise technic, but they always show severe lack of whole image in space technology.
As was usual, they failed to see forest while always kept on glaring at details.--
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Magnitude, Epicentre, Richter Scale

Magnitude, Epicentre, Richter Scale (Score:0)
by mercedo on 2005.11.11 18:01 (#9243) User #2554 Info http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.10.19 20:56
We just had an earthquake here in Fukuoka this year. Magnitude shows the strength of the earthquake, and where the epicentre of the earthquake -whether it is in the midst of the city or off the shore, and Richter scale- that indicates the degree of destruction, are also important as well. To know magnitude accurately is the very beginning of the first step to know how the earthquake is and we know how beneficial if the early warning system will be well arranged.--
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Sea Monsters

Sea Monsters (Score:0)
by mercedo on 2005.11.11 17:37 (#9242) User #2554 Info http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.10.19 20:56
It is little known -I think, that Godzilla was an ancient creature combined with gorilla and whale, and woke up after the extra exposure of nuclear-radiation. Give me the advantage of Japanese, the term Godzilla is made up with gorilla plus kudzilla( whale in Japanese )thus Godzilla. Behemoth in Bible is thought to be whale those days, in ancient times we must have been able to find more sea monsters than now.--
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Re:Right(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.11.11 0:11 (#13997685) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.09 4:59)
Thanks for the reply. I talked to a Japanese guy on line for the first time. Both slashdot org.&jp. are very similar in form nowadays and sometimes I visit jp. site and enjoy it.
I found von_yosukeyan's site very interesting &beneficial. If you knew other jp.sites that's worth reading, please let me know.
Oh, I don't have to feel about time-lag when I talk to you, that's another happiness!
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Re:Denmark(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.11.10 4:41 (#13991221) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.09 4:59)
And they may be citizens, but they are NOT assimilated. If they were assimilated, they would likely not have the problems with unemployment, harassement and ghettoization that they are facing

This sounds a little bit strange from outsiders' view. Let's think it opposite, probably they think because they are alienated, they would be unable to assimilate with the society they live even if they wanted to.

It's ugly, but I firmly believe it is truth

Interesting. Probably your belief only reflect part of truth in America, while it's a little bit mysterious since it seems not funny as long as superficially we follow many news in America.
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Re:Denmark(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.11.10 4:11 (#13990936) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.09 4:59)
assimilate or be deported

Since border control is very tight in the case of Britain and its extending country- USA, and their national characteristic is relatively very clear as opposed to one of the main European countries like France. France we say today is already very different from what it used to be, so even if they were asked whether to assimilate or be deported, they would probably ask you 'assimilate with whom?' and deported to where?'
The concept of national border is very different from that of Britain and America that are basically divided from by the sea.
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Re:Denmark(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.11.10 3:43 (#13990688) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.09 4:59)
Europeans are clearly insane

You Americans might think so, but assuming the fact that the right half of Europe was deeply dipped into Asia, it is unavoidable for Europe to be exposed from the waves of immigrants and the cultures along with them. In the case of USA, border control is basically only limited in restricting illegal workers from central America. Best way for them Europeans is to assimilate the changes by degrees as accepting many different cultures.
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Nice To Meet You(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.11.09 5:09 (#13981575) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.09 4:59)
Always newest journal entries are shown in order by date at journal search, that's why I'm making a comment on your first journal entry.
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Right(Score:?)
by mercedo (822671) on 2005.11.09 3:09 (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.09 2:56)
Yeah, I found it difficult too. Anyway I didn't choose it so no problem so far though.
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Re:A Moment of Truth(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.11.07 23:57 (#13969333) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.07 3:29)
Thank you very much, you are the first person who recommended my signature. I myself have been very fond of my signature and also I have been convincing that our daily activity in slashdot is sure to be tracked down on the record of history. Before the invention of the internet, it took time for many valuable things to be revealed from the debris of useless historical events, but since the invention of the internet, we have been able to know what we can evaluate it's worthy of in real time. that's the very difference the internet brought us. Also only those who have got real power can have fair oppotunity to express their real value. We don't need money, luck, patronage, financial help from somebody, etc. In the age of the internet, we can keep on being a forerunner of our times.
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mercedo said...
Yeah, that's right. My journal entries are for her. But probably it would be better to be understood as a reader side that the dedication is just a setting, to make my journal more interesting &curious for other readers. If we focused on only one issue, integration itself comes up with and more and more people get curious whether to find her response in my journal. This is a part of technique. But apart from that, she's been playing an extremely important role on my life so far &from now on. Till I find her reply in my journal, my trek keeps on.
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Re:A Moment of Truth(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.11.07 3:36 (#13963733) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.07 3:29)
I got it.
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A Moment of Truth

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A Moment of Truth(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.11.06 18:17 (#13961815) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.06 17:49)
It was on board on the sea between Belfast to Glasgow when I felt I was really alienated from what I am. I was travelling all around the world without any fixed aim, just I was deeply moved to the eagerness of I want to see something.
At age 29 I quitted my teaching job (later resumed though) and I started travelling all around the world. It took 4 months to complete anyway it was on my way back to England from Northern Ireland through Scotland when I wondered what I was doing. It was pointless, meaningless, without any destination I was just moving incessantly as I wished.
I was about to be unable to lose myself when I was on board -Strainer or something, the name of the line.
One Swiss came to me and talked to me. Thanks to him I was able to spend a meaningful voyage for five or six hours. I found myself not alone even in the midst of solitude on board.
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mercedo said...
Are you a Japanese writer?Yes, I am or I must say I used to be. I wrote a couple of proses and literal critics in a literal magazines when I was 17 -19. I started learning English at age 21. I started writing diary in English in 1999 in my notebook. When I edited my diary and wrote an anthology in autumn in 2003 but I was unable to find how to publish my anthology. One year later I found slashdot as one of the best ways to make myself understood and since then I came to be a slashdotter. I am very confident to be one of the greatest writers of our times. As to the definition of mathematics, math is the way to explain what the world is through the order of things based on figure. That's my definition of mathematics, see you later on in your articles here.
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Re:Seismologically unsound as well(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.11.05 4:36 (#13952347) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.04 3:23)
When I was young or much younger than now I am, I read many articles related to the justification of enforcing an atomic bomb over the sky of Hiroshima, Nagasaki.
Their points were concentrated on two,
1. The use of atomic bomb acceralated the end of war.
2. The death toll of Hiroshima was less than the death toll caused by the big fire after incendiary bombs were used as a carpet bombing in Tokyo.
But probably I have to add one more on the list of justification -
3. The atomic bomb in Nagasaki saved millions of Japanese, if it had been dropped over Kokura, Japan would have disappeared from the map.
We dropped the bomb in Nagasaki, it was in fact good or at least better much better than the worst case -dropping the bomb in Kokura.
This is similar meta-phychology -we killed more people in one night in Tokyo Air Raid, certainly less people were killed in Hiroshima by atomic bomb, so it was good at least better than the worse case -air raid in Tokyo.
Probably in 1970s, those kinds of justification were told among American people. I don't know whether the story is based on scientific research though if it were true we Japanese have to say thank you for dropping a bomb not in Kokura but in Nagasaki.
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Some Consideration

Some Consideration (Score:0)
by mercedo on 2005.11.04 18:45 (#9143) User #2554 Info http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.10.19 20:56
Drugs are poison and medicine at the same time. Drugs themselves are located beyond the judgement of good and evil but once we failed to apply, it would invite the aftermath beyond our imagination.
It takes huge cost to develop new medicines, instead it cost much less just to find what disease to apply. That oughtn't necessarily to be reduced to the matter of cost though, it is a reality.
Aspirin is confirmed to be one of the most effective medicines ever and there has been no significant side effect on this medicine. But remember there are some cases some medicine turned to be both harmful and beneficial depending on being applied to the kinds of diseases.
We need lots of clinical tests when we tried to apply some medicines to other diseases. Any way it's supposed to cost a lot as well.--
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Effectiveness &Application (Score:0)
by mercedo on 2005.11.04 16:57 (#9141) User #2554 Info http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.10.19 20:56
that extracts hydrogen directly from water using only solar energy.
I still doubt the effectiveness of this technic, in space how to apply and how cost effective in space for what?
The University of Tokyo is a national university, they are using millions of out taxes, I want them to do R&D in a field more explicable to anyone.--
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It's Not A Joke(Score:1)
by mercedo (822671) * on 2005.11.04 3:56 (#13943177) (http://www.blogger.com/profile/11854854 Last Journal: 2005.11.04 3:23)
Some poor Japanese people (not bees) leared how to make them warm by vibrating themselves when they found no money to purchase oil. This is a passive reaction to prevent cold. Probably Japanese honey bees learned more positively how to protect from bigger enemies through observing their masters.
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