Today is the anniversary of one of the greatest crimes against humanity that was carried out against the civilian population against Japan by the US. The only country to date to use nuclear weapons (en.wikipedia.org)

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[-] MasterBlaster@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 7 hours ago

I think there's a clear difference between testing it in areas where the fallout will affect a population, and intentionally ending the lives of 200K people in a flash.

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