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08-22-2010, 03:26 AM
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[QUOTE=AndyJWest;176250]What exactly is 'cool' about a weapon who's only feasible use is against large civilian populations?
QUOTE] Probably the exact same thing that makes it "cool" to fly a simulation of aircaft thats only purpose was to carry machine guns, cannons, bombs and rockects that's only purpose were to kill people. As an aside there were numerous engineering schemes investigated to use nuclear devices for the good of man kind. Such as using them to create a chanel from the Great Australian Bight to Lake Eyre forming a inland sea and turning the arid central regions of Australia into a lush green paradise! Luckily sanity prevailed! Cheers 
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08-22-2010, 03:43 AM
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[QUOTE=Skoshi Tiger;176252]
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Please, let's not get into a debate about whether or not the US should have dropped the bombs on Japan. Those bombs saved Allied soldier's lives in an all out war and also saved large numbers of Japanese lives No one had "smart weapons" back then and bombing a city was about the only way to knock out the manufacturing capacity based in those cities. Nukes probably saved the Soviets and Americans from direct confrontation during the Cold War. Nuclear power is also probably the most efficient source of power we have currently. It's not about the technology, it's about how it is used ultimately. If it was inherently wrong to simulate killing on computers, there really wouldn't be many games to play. Good or bad, that's a fact. I might have killed hundreds of thousands of simulated people in my life but never once have I had to kill a real life person  .Splitter
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08-22-2010, 03:53 PM
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1) There were no atomic bombs in 1940
2) Even if it were, or if the SoW:BoB had been a 1945 Pacific sim, I still would not want an atomic bomb included. I don't want a long, boring, unopposed and uneventful mission to destroy a whole city and kill thousands, I want to do daring raids against agaist pinpoint targets. Let's face it: From a combat flight sim point of view the two atomic bomb missions were extraordinarily boring. They flew too high for being in any real danger from flack or fighters. The aiming of the bombs weren't really that important (though the Hiroshima bomb aimer did a very good job). The flying and navigation was nothing special. The only interesting aspect of the two missions is the immense destructive power of the bombs. I play this game to fly and occasionally shoot. If I wanted to play God, I'll fire up my old Black & White. Last edited by Friendly_flyer; 08-22-2010 at 05:03 PM.
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#8
08-22-2010, 03:49 AM
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I do have to worry about the morality and sanity of people that want to drop nuclear weapons on civilian targets in a game "for fun".
It reminds me of the controversy a few years back where some people wanted horses and other animals included in IL2 so they could fly around and shoot at them. All I can say is I sincerely hope these same people never get a position of power in the Military or a national Government.
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08-22-2010, 04:15 AM
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And by the way, Japanese 'manufacturing capacity' had already been crippled by the US submarine blockade. Military production at that point was more or less insignificant.
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