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In response to "I'm not saying we should celebrate killing innocents at all obvie, I'm saying it was the right call at the time -- nm" by CQ

Here's the thing: if you want to celebrate Victory over Japan Day in a reasonably tasteful way, do it when they formally surrendered.

Posted by TFox Aug 6 '10, 17:28

Which would be September 2. Doing it on August 6 is to my mind directly dancing on the graves of the 80,000 civilians we killed that day to put an end to that war. I think it's in really shitty taste, myself, and I don't think it makes me unpatriotic to say so. The only reason its still celebrated here is because the dumb fucks around here don't want to give up an extra day at the beach in August.

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august 6 remembers the dropping of the atomic bomb and is certainly not a celebration -- nm - Danedukenuuk Aug 6, 17:41 1
- Right, its not Aug 6 technically, its the second Monday of Aug, matching the 14th. - TFox Aug 6, 17:44
Reading more, I am misremembering, and VJ Day is the day of the announcement of surrender on the 14th. - TFox Aug 6, 17:34
Uh-huh. -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 6, 17:31

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Here's the thing: if you want to celebrate Victory over Japan Day in a reasonably tasteful way, do it when they formally surrendered.

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