Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Man Survives Both A-Bombs
Tyler Cowen tips us off to this:
I can't decide how I want to crack a joke about this. I'm thinking I could say something like, "Whoa, I bet he doesn't love America," or maybe, "Huh, looks like the government can't even make a lethal A-bomb," or perhaps some sort of Watchmen reference, like calling this guy Dr. Nagasaki.
Mr. Yamaguchi was in Hiroshima on a business trip on Aug. 6, 1945, when an American B-29 dropped an atomic bomb on the city. He returned to Nagasaki, his hometown, before the second attack, officials said.
I can't decide how I want to crack a joke about this. I'm thinking I could say something like, "Whoa, I bet he doesn't love America," or maybe, "Huh, looks like the government can't even make a lethal A-bomb," or perhaps some sort of Watchmen reference, like calling this guy Dr. Nagasaki.
Comments:
There's nothing funny about nuclear war, Bob.
Poor taste.
That being said, were I to be a crude man, I'd probably go for a "top ten" of what he said when the second bomb went off, a few contenders being, "Are you freaking kidding me?" "Not again..." "What are the chances?" and a Gob Bluth-like, frustrated "Come ON!"
"I knew I forget to turn the gas off on the stove"
Ahem. I'm no comedian, of course.
On a more serious note, when I read that article it made me realize, if the US hadn't stopped being a "free" country already at that point (having suffered Lincon's war, FDR, etc.)... I think you'd be hard-pressed to call a country a free one, or the govt thereof a limited one, when it goes around dropping nukes on other countries. Just between you and me, that kinda seems a little too extreme for freedom's tastes.
Poor taste.
That being said, were I to be a crude man, I'd probably go for a "top ten" of what he said when the second bomb went off, a few contenders being, "Are you freaking kidding me?" "Not again..." "What are the chances?" and a Gob Bluth-like, frustrated "Come ON!"
"I knew I forget to turn the gas off on the stove"
Ahem. I'm no comedian, of course.
On a more serious note, when I read that article it made me realize, if the US hadn't stopped being a "free" country already at that point (having suffered Lincon's war, FDR, etc.)... I think you'd be hard-pressed to call a country a free one, or the govt thereof a limited one, when it goes around dropping nukes on other countries. Just between you and me, that kinda seems a little too extreme for freedom's tastes.
"I knew I forgot to turn the gas off on the stove"*
No, that was not an attempt at racialized foreigner-English.
No, that was not an attempt at racialized foreigner-English.
Just last night I read an old LRC article referenced in todays LRC about the US airforce catholic chaplin in charge of the guys who dropped those bombs. His great regret was in saying nothing, much like the population at large at that time -or like today?
After I've had bad days and things have not gone right I also sometimes sit back and mutter in disgust much like what Taylor refers to with his jokes. I think (would hope) that is what our host meant as well?
After I've had bad days and things have not gone right I also sometimes sit back and mutter in disgust much like what Taylor refers to with his jokes. I think (would hope) that is what our host meant as well?
# posted by 
: March 25, 2009 at 4:20 PM
: March 25, 2009 at 4:20 PM
The Blackadder Says:
I can't decide if this guy is the luckiest guy on earth, or the unluckiest.
I can't decide if this guy is the luckiest guy on earth, or the unluckiest.
# posted by : March 25, 2009 at 6:09 PM
: March 25, 2009 at 6:09 PM
Taylor:
"There's nothing funny about nuclear war, Bob."
As George Carlin said, anything can be funny. It all depends upon the context and delivery.
He even made rape funny.
Imagine Elmer Fudd raping Daffy Duck.
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"There's nothing funny about nuclear war, Bob."
As George Carlin said, anything can be funny. It all depends upon the context and delivery.
He even made rape funny.
Imagine Elmer Fudd raping Daffy Duck.
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