At 07:52 26-7-01 -0400, John Giorgis wrote:
>At 02:10 PM 7/25/01 +0200 J. van Baardwijk wrote:
> >And if they were indeed emotionally damaged for life, why haven't I heard
> >anything about Americans en masse running to psychiatrists, psychologists
> >and other therapists right after the war?
>
>Americans have been deeply troubled by nuclear weapons ever since we used
>them.
>
>Maybe you don't hear much about it in Europe, but there is a vigorous
>debate in this country on whether bombing Hiroshima and Nagasaki was the
>right and proper thing to do at the time. There are a great many people
>who think that we should never use these weapons again.
Having a vigorous debate about it does not mean the population suffered
personal emotional damage from it. Many people in the debate weren't even
born when Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuked.
Personal emotional damage requires help from professionals (such as
psychiatrists) to help you deal with it. Is the debate in the US lead by
psychiatrists? If it isn't, there isn't much personal emotional damage from
the bombings.
If the debate *is* lead by psychiatrists, then it isn't a debate -- it's
group therapy. :-)
Jeroen
_________________________________________________________________________
Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: http://go.to/brin-l
