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I was just reading about the early development of nuclear/atomic arms. The first atomic weapon test was held near Alamogordo, New Meixco on July 16, 1945. It became known as 'The Trinity Test'.

Here are two of the quotes attributed to two people who were involved with the program, and who were viewing the test.

“I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.”
J. Robert Oppenheimer, often described as the father of the atomic bomb. (Mis)quoting from an ancient Hindu text

"Now we are all sons of bitches."
Kenneth Bainbridge

Now the question, if you were in their shoes, what would your words have been?

Okay, first up mine.

"We just fucked the world over."

"We have created the potential for great solutions and great problems, it will be interesting to see which will come to be."

EDIT: Sorry accidental double post due to slow internet

"I will be ruler of the world *evil laughter*!"

"I know not what weapons World War III will be fought with, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones,"


First to tell me who said that gets a fluffle and a cookie.

lol Wilgrove

"We're not even sure the chain reaction will stop once started.

Well, here goes nothing!"

*crosses fingers behind back*

"I know not what weapons World War III will be fought with, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones,"


First to tell me who said that gets a fluffle and a cookie.

lol Wilgrove

Einstein

"I know not what weapons World War III will be fought with, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones,"


First to tell me who said that gets a fluffle and a cookie.

lol Wilgrove

Albert Einstein, I think?

Einstein


*DING DING DING!* You win!

*Hands over cookie*

:fluffle:

Einstein

Damn you! You beat me to it!

Well? I probably only would have said


Fuuuuck!

*DING DING DING!* You win!

*Hands over cookie*

:fluffle:

Hehe
First, I would to thank my mom, and my hairstylist, and my...umm...anyway...

Damn you! You beat me to it!

Sorry. To the victor go the spoils. You can have--umm--how about this? *hands over piece of cookie that fell on ground*

I was just reading about the early development of nuclear/atomic arms. The first atomic weapon test was held near Alamogordo, New Meixco on July 16, 1945. It became known as 'The Trinity Test'.

Here are two of the quotes attributed to two people who were involved with the program, and who were viewing the test.

“I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.”
J. Robert Oppenheimer, often described as the father of the atomic bomb. (Mis)quoting from an ancient Hindu text

"Now we are all sons of bitches."
Kenneth Bainbridge

Now the question, if you were in their shoes, what would your words have been?

America! FUCK YEAH!

"Alright world.. I'm about to attempt something that could wipe at least a third of us out. But I'm doing it anyway, and there isn't anything you can do or say to stop me! " ShwoooOOoosh

Sorry. To the victor go the spoils. You can have--umm--how about this? *hands over piece of cookie that fell on ground*

ooooo...

Here Eyster, have a fluffle :fluffle:

I would say:

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now the question, if you were in their shoes, what would your words have been?

That'll leave a mark!

I would say:

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

How about!

AGAIN AGAIN DO IT AGAIN!

"I know not what weapons World War III will be fought with, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones,"


First to tell me who said that gets a fluffle and a cookie.

lol Wilgrove

Lauro from Brazil


mine would have to be "E=MC^2"

To secure peace you must brace for war

My god, what have I done

Lauro from Brazil


mine would have to be "E=MC^2"



Sorry, it was Einstein, and someone already won the fluffle

"Somebody get me a baby!"

Golly! :eek:

''Get those farm boys back from the test site now so we can continue to experiment on them.''
those poor souls, put into radiation by their own country.
Or another one:
''now lets try another one near civillian settlements and see the long term results on population''
Both are done even if not told.

'Hmmm was that it?'

You know, I could blow up the whole goddamn world with this thing

I would repeat the words that Thomas Edison said decades earlier:

"There will one day spring from the brain of science a machine or force so fearful in its potentialities, so absolutely terrifying, that even man, the fighter, who will dare torture and death in order to inflict torture and death, will be appalled, and so abandon war forever."

Now the question, if you were in their shoes, what would your words have been?

"Fuck, I forgot the marshmallows. Oh well, in the absence of marshmallows, Japs will have to do."
(to be racist)

In reality, it would have been "Shit shit shitshitshit SHIT! We are fucking stupid."
"I know not what weapons World War III will be fought with, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones,"


First to tell me who said that gets a fluffle and a cookie.
Einstein never said that. He said, "I know not with what weapons World War II will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones" rather than "I know not what weapons World War III will be fought with, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

So technically, all you people are wrong. Einstein never said that. Someone who was misquoting him probably did.

Einstein never said that. He said, "I know not with what weapons World War II will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones" rather than "I know not what weapons World War III will be fought with, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

So technically, all you people are wrong. Einstein never said that. Someone who was misquoting him probably did.
Well you're also misquoting him, because you put "I know not with what weapons World War II will be fought with", when it was World War III.

That was probably a typo, I know, but anyway...



My worlds would probably be "What a stupid idea that was".

Shouldn't we know, use all this money and all these resources to stop the other powers from building nukes?

"I'll get you this time Gadget"

"I know not what weapons World War III will be fought with, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones,"


First to tell me who said that gets a fluffle and a cookie.

lol Wilgrove

Smart man that Einstein.

Shouldn't we know, use all this money and all these resources to stop the other powers from building nukes?
Don't be stupid. If anyone can have them than everyone can have them.

Don't be stupid. If anyone can have them than everyone can have them.

Sorry, what?

Sorry, what?
If people such as the UK, US and Israel can have them, I see no reason why nobody else can.

What we either need is to have disarmament from everyone, or to let everybody have nukes.

When it comes to the likes of nukes, it doesn't matter who's allowed to have them, it only matters who has them. The more people tell them they cant have 'em, the more they're gonna want 'em, and they'll get some someday weather its "legal" or not. Do you think the US would give up their nukes if Japan told us we wern't allowed to use them durring WWII? Please.

When it comes to the likes of nukes, it doesn't matter who's allowed to have them, it only matters who has them. The more people tell them they cant have 'em, the more they're gonna want 'em, and they'll get some someday weather its "legal" or not. Do you think the US would give up their nukes if Japan told us we wern't allowed to use them durring WWII? Please.
Yes, I know, that's my point.

We either need to stop pressuring people not to have nukes, or we need to simply disarm everyone.

Yes, I know, that's my point.

We either need to stop pressuring people not to have nukes, or we need to simply disarm everyone.

I know, I was reinforcing it. The latter however, I believe to be close to impossible. It's a pandoras box of sorts. Nobody would dare give up their nukes, and if it is "said" that they did, I'll be almost 99% sure that they're just hidden underground somewhere, and once you have nuclear power, if somebody tried to take it away... well, lets say whoever tried to take it away by force would be in a sticky position, considering you already have nukes, and under the assumption that you have no intentions of giving them up, it is possible that you would even employ nuclear force to defend your nuclear armory.

"That was a big esploshun!!"

or

"Oh fuck! I left my car out there!"

"Fuck dude that was a loud bang pass me another spliff"

They had to be out of their minds in the first place!

"That was a big esploshun!!"

or

"Oh fuck! I left my car out there!"

LoL, how about *mushroom cloud goes up in test fire* "...so, your SURE the blast radius is only 50 miles?"

*Removes spliff from mouth*Daaaaaaaaaamn this is some good shit *Puts spliff back*

"ooooh, that's pretty";)

"We have created the potential for great solutions and great problems, it will be interesting to see which will come to be."


Bro well put ...

Its part of human development, the creation of tools to kill each other.

From monkeys swinging sticks at enemy monkey folk to our fine city destroying machines.

I myself would like to think even tho this Genie can't be placed back in its bottle we may live through these trying days.

One thing we can almost all count on, we all want our brothers and sisters, sons and mothers to live! even when we make it to a political role such as the presidency.

During the cold war a musician called Sting sang "I hope the Russians love there children too".

Now its our turn to count on the North Koreans JUST doing politics like any other nation.

What i would have said prolly would have gone something like this!

"Fu$% my eyes I cant see!"

Followed by

"omg guys is your skin burning too!"

"If the heavenly hosts does not descend from the skies to smite us in our folly, there truely are no gods." ~ Sim, pushing the red button.

I was just reading about the early development of nuclear/atomic arms. The first atomic weapon test was held near Alamogordo, New Meixco on July 16, 1945. It became known as 'The Trinity Test'.

Here are two of the quotes attributed to two people who were involved with the program, and who were viewing the test.

“I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.”
J. Robert Oppenheimer, often described as the father of the atomic bomb. (Mis)quoting from an ancient Hindu text

"Now we are all sons of bitches."
Kenneth Bainbridge

Now the question, if you were in their shoes, what would your words have been?
Well, it wouldn't have been Bainbridge's. What kind of sick jackass blames his mother for the Bomb?

My words?

KA-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAOOOOOOOOOW!

"Well, this is gonna suck."

"ooooh, that's pretty";)

damn, you beat me to what I wanted to say :(

"What the hell have we done?"

In a somewhat related note my family lived in Alamgordo for about 3 years back in the mid-90's. I can say that I used to live in the town near where the first nuke was tested.

"What the hell have we done?"

In a somewhat related note my family lived in Alamgordo for about 3 years back in the mid-90's. I can say that I used to live in the town near where the first nuke was tested.

Out of curiousity, do you glow in the dark or have an extra head growing out of your spine? :p

"Yahtzee!"

"Woah, Duuude!"

Either that, or nothing at all, considering that I'm usually the one too close to fire and fireworks... I would've likely pulled a Sarah "T2" Connor on that one...

http://www.studip.uni-goettingen.de/pictures/smile/atomrofl.gif

"Coool! Daddy, daddy, buy me one, pleaaaaaaaaaaaaaaase."

"It seems to be better than a roundhouse kick."

I'd have said a number of things (can't decide which):

"Say goodbye to the British Empire."
"I have become the first man to inticate the end of the world"
"Gentlemen, we may have just ended total war."
"Russia is going to be pissed guys."
"Dude! Who just farted!"

I was just reading about the early development of nuclear/atomic arms. The first atomic weapon test was held near Alamogordo, New Meixco on July 16, 1945. It became known as 'The Trinity Test'.

Now the question, if you were in their shoes, what would your words have been?

Easy...


Hehehehe.....FIRE!!![/Beavis]

:D

"Me make pretty Boom Boom"

"I pwn you, pwn you pwn you!"

If people such as the UK, US and Israel can have them, I see no reason why nobody else can.

What we either need is to have disarmament from everyone, or to let everybody have nukes.

That was the idea, instead of spending billions on building nukes why not just use the money to destroy everyone elses efforts to build them. So nobody would have nukes

"Awesome, it worked! Now let's irradiate a giant lizard and sic it on Tokyo."

"I'm, uh, I'm not supposed to be here, am I? Really wasn't supposed to see that, was I?"

"Well, that's it. We've done fucked it up."

"You know, eventually shitty people will have this thing. And when we do, we'll have to pay attention to them, no matter how shitty where before we didn't neccisarily have to. We just made it easier in a lot of ways to buy a seat at the table."

"Is it too late to take my name off this thing?"

"I guess we can abandon that bat-bomb thing" (just watched a weird secret weapon show on The History Channel or Discovery, forget which, that talked about dropping a bomb full of bats with incinderary devices on them...aaannnyway...)

"No good can come from this."

"It'll all end in tears."

"Wow. What an amazing display of wasted energy. ANd I'm not even talking about the explosion! Seriously! You dweebs could've figured out the whole flying car thing, or maybe teleportation. But instead you made a big freakin' glass crater. Bravo. Now didn't somebody tell me there'd be punch and pie at this frickin' thing?"

:)

"All your base are belong to us!!!"
*upon noticing the exclusion zone*"Guys, shouldn't we be standing back there"
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah sh!te run away"

"how soon can we convince thge bush family to move there?"

*points to the middle of mushroom cloud of death*

"No, I meant a Bud Light."

Or..

"Well, thats great. Hey..you know what what would be really bad idea..if we made a shit-ton more of these and got sloppy about who gets em!"

Or....

"Sweet Crispy Jesus!"

or...

"Hey....anyone see where we parked?"

Hey, everybody who made a funny joke at this...do me a favor. Go look at pictures of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Look at pictures of an innocent man with his skin melted. If you can look at those and still make a joke, congratulations. You are a monster.

"We have fucked the world over. Again."

Hey, everybody who made a funny joke at this...do me a favor. Go look at pictures of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Look at pictures of an innocent man with his skin melted. If you can look at those and still make a joke, congratulations. You are a monster.

Cookie Monster. :)
http://adweek.blogs.com/photos/uncategorized/cookiemonster_1.jpg

Hey, everybody who made a funny joke at this...do me a favor. Go look at pictures of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Look at pictures of an innocent man with his skin melted. If you can look at those and still make a joke, congratulations. You are a monster.

Lighten up man. They weren't laughing at the bombings, they we're laughing at the tests.

In my best Joe Dirt voice: Let's shoot fireworks at it!

Or: Hey y'all! Watch this!

Finally: All your base are belong to us!

Hey, everybody who made a funny joke at this...do me a favor. Go look at pictures of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Look at pictures of an innocent man with his skin melted. If you can look at those and still make a joke, congratulations. You are a monster.

Ah, nothing to start my day like the sight of defeat on civilian faces to go with my coffee... I bask in the irradiated glow that is the end of World War II and an end to the death!

Seriously... had we -not- dropped the bombs, World War II memorials today would include a hell of alot more people's names on them, American -and- Japanese. So get over yourself, and join in the original topic, hm? ;)

And on that note, I only have one word I'd say, thanks to Beavis... "FIRE!"

"Well, That was interesting. Who's hungry?"

"OW! MY FUCKING EYES! GOD! Owch, that really is bright!"

That covers it.

"There goes the neighborhood..."

"This is the Hand of God"

Cookie Monster. :)
Nukey Monster! :eek: Oh wait, that's Godzilla...

How about:

"C&C Weapons Factory: Things that make you go Boooom!"

And as a last one I'd sing along this song: http://www.singenundspielen.de/WebMP3/Owiebistduschoen.mp3

Fuck, that's really bright.

It's not supposed to go off until tomorrow...

"Boom."

'My survival is thus ensured. Can't say the same thing about yours.'

*Lummoxish guffaw*

Hurhur, that was cool.

Let's do it again!

"Can we tape this and send it to the japanese? It will ensure a diplomatic exit of this mess"

Seems that noone there thought that. Several hundreds of lives would had been saved, maybe.

Oooooooo mushrooms.. :)
or
get your coat sweetheart we gonna get us a tan , bring your reading teeth too...
or
Faaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrkkkkkkkkkkkkkkin ellllllllllllllllllllllllllllll thats looks ace..still we are death!!!!!!!!

"Hey! This really is leaded underwear!"

*looking at neighbouring country*
PWNed!

"Fuck"

Just silence.

Then ziiiiiip as I redo my fly.



Everyone has their fetish. :D

if you were in their shoes, what would your words have been?

If I had known exactly what the lingering effects would be? "Holy shit."


If I had not? "The most powerful bomb in the world... let's try not to ever use it, k?"

I never did like Oppenheimer's quote. I think mine would have been "Wait 'till they get a load of this one!"


though "HADOUKEN!" comes in second.

:)

"Has anyone seen my cat?"

though "HADOUKEN!" comes in second.

+rep

If people such as the UK, US and Israel can have them, I see no reason why nobody else can.

What we either need is to have disarmament from everyone, or to let everybody have nukes.


your the type of person that would make sure that if someoen had gum they had enough to share with everyone, arnt you?

or the type of person that would give trophies to everyone for participation

your the type of person that would make sure that if someoen had gum they had enough to share with everyone, arnt you?

or the type of person that would give trophies to everyone for participation

Can we PLEASE not go into this?

Ah, nothing to start my day like the sight of defeat on civilian faces to go with my coffee... I bask in the irradiated glow that is the end of World War II and an end to the death!

Your skin burning yet?


Seriously... had we -not- dropped the bombs, World War II memorials today would include a hell of alot more people's names on them, American -and- Japanese.

What a lovely story, shame it's a load of effluence.

Japan were ready to surrender before the bombs were dropped, and had signalled their willingness.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuked to give Stalin the shits.

No other reason.

They were the opening shots of The Cold War.

Now, how do you like them bloody apples?

your the type of person that would make sure that if someoen had gum they had enough to share with everyone, arnt you?

or the type of person that would give trophies to everyone for participation

You're the type of person who would deny someone gum, and take it out of his mouth, because you don't someone to have gum like you?

You would deny someone who had won 'trophy' because you had won a 'trophy' and you did not want him to have one as well?

Not that nukes are trophies, but seeing as you are using silly characterisations, I thought I would as well.

I see the fun.

Possibly: "I think I just shat my pants..."

Or: "That's one mushroom I've got to try!"

Or: "Check that shit out!"

I was just reading about the early development of nuclear/atomic arms. The first atomic weapon test was held near Alamogordo, New Meixco on July 16, 1945. It became known as 'The Trinity Test'.

Here are two of the quotes attributed to two people who were involved with the program, and who were viewing the test.

“I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.”
J. Robert Oppenheimer, often described as the father of the atomic bomb. (Mis)quoting from an ancient Hindu text

"Now we are all sons of bitches."
Kenneth Bainbridge

Now the question, if you were in their shoes, what would your words have been?


"Let's go fuck those Japs up."

Holy Fuck maybe? I dunno, but i would feel pretty bad but at the same time quite accomplished that i had created the most deadly weapon ever known to man.

Hey, everybody who made a funny joke at this...do me a favor. Go look at pictures of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Look at pictures of an innocent man with his skin melted. If you can look at those and still make a joke, congratulations. You are a monster.


Lame. Go look at pictures of the Baton Death March and wonder how many more lives we saved by dropping those two bombs.

Your skin burning yet?



What a lovely story, shame it's a load of effluence.

Japan were ready to surrender before the bombs were dropped, and had signalled their willingness.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuked to give Stalin the shits.

No other reason.

They were the opening shots of The Cold War.

Now, how do you like them bloody apples?
You forget that the US and Russia at the time were allied.

Your skin burning yet?



What a lovely story, shame it's a load of effluence.

Japan were ready to surrender before the bombs were dropped, and had signalled their willingness.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuked to give Stalin the shits.

No other reason.

They were the opening shots of The Cold War.

Now, how do you like them bloody apples?


? Evidence? We hadn't even started a land invasion of Japan, and it would've been f-ing horrible.

You forget that the US and Russia at the time were allied.

And? there was no love lost between them.

The only reason the Americans ever came to Europe was to stop the SOVIETS, not the Germans. Germans had allready lost the war. At the rate the Soviets were pushing them back Berlin would have fallen maybe a month or so later without the Americans AND British doing normandy. And we must not forget that the Americans failed in Africa, Italy (on the first time around, 2nd time they got thru) and at Normandy. The only reason why they got to the beach in the end was because Hitler was and Idiot (didnt give Rommel his guns) and the Britts and Canadians did not botch their landings.

The only reason Americans came was to stop Sovietic Union taking over the whole of Europe.

Of which I am very grateful, in the end.

But dont give me any crap about YOU ending the war.

my 2 cents

and my quote is...

"I hope we win this... Then we can alter history to say we were right and they werent"

? Evidence? We hadn't even started a land invasion of Japan, and it would've been f-ing horrible.

Well, yes. At the rate the Americans were loosing troops even while advancing all the time in the pacific, it would have been horrible. The estimates start at 10 000 and end in 200 000.

But, as he said, the peace treaty had been allready approved secretly and was supposed to be signed on the day the Hiroshima bomb dropped. so....

I think the best 1 ive ever heard about the island wars there was one Island in strategic place which was known to house Japanese soldiers. The americans spent 2 days night and day bombarding it from their ships until there was no stone unturned on the island and no tree standing. Then they decided to celebrate this GRAND VICTORY with putting a marching band to shore first and have them play something while the other troops came...

The moment they landed, the Japanese crawled out from under some rock (underground tunnels) and slaughtered each and every one on the beach.

In the end, the americans won that one.

"Now I can celebrate Guy Fawkes Night in style":D

"What do you mean it's not working ?!? Well, maybe we should give it a kick first; send Private Pyle."

"So, do we get sandwiches for getting it right?"

-Me

What a lovely story, shame it's a load of effluence.

Japan were ready to surrender before the bombs were dropped, and had signalled their willingness.

Hiroshima and Nagasaki were nuked to give Stalin the shits.

No other reason.

They were the opening shots of The Cold War.

Now, how do you like them bloody apples?
While this isn't the place for the discussion of the impact of the atomic bombs on the Japanese government, it must be realized that the Emperor was the only major player in the government who was ready and willing to surrender. All the others were not ready, and they would have gone so far as to de facto depose the Emperor if he had tried to stop it. Even after the bombs had been dropped, major players in the Japanese government had attempted to isolate him and remove him from the decision making process so as to keep the war going. You must remember that LeMay ordered further bombing runs after the Nagasaki bomb, before Japan surrendered. Many in Japan were not yet willing to go.

Bit bright isn't it?

or

Now THATS a firework.

or

ok that equalled 20 kilotons... is that really enough?

So that what a bursting whitehead(pimple) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Trinity_explosion.jpg) looks like to an amoeba!

Is it tingly in here to anyone else?

"Let's go see if my popcorn's done!"

"Holy shit!"

"Can I have a few of these to take care of those gophers on my lawn?"

"Why is my hair falling out?"

"There goes the neighborhood."

:eek:

*stunned silence*

*opens mouth*

*shuts mouth*

*faints*

While this isn't the place for the discussion of the impact of the atomic bombs on the Japanese government, it must be realized that the Emperor was the only major player in the government who was ready and willing to surrender. All the others were not ready, and they would have gone so far as to de facto depose the Emperor if he had tried to stop it. Even after the bombs had been dropped, major players in the Japanese government had attempted to isolate him and remove him from the decision making process so as to keep the war going. You must remember that LeMay ordered further bombing runs after the Nagasaki bomb, before Japan surrendered. Many in Japan were not yet willing to go.
But the cult of the emperor in WW2 Japan was overwhelmingly strong in the public. In fact, it is often regarded that the primary reason that Japan refused to surrender was precisely that one of the clauses was the enforced secession of the Emperor; which, conveniently, was eventually removed some time after the two bombs. I seriously doubt that the people would have taken the military supplantation of the emperor lightly.

Oh, and for the topic,

"... Does anyone else feel an ominous shadow lurking over their shoulder?"

"Fuck, I forgot the marshmallows. Oh well, in the absence of marshmallows, Japs will have to do."
(to be racist)

In reality, it would have been "Shit shit shitshitshit SHIT! We are fucking stupid."

Einstein never said that. He said, "I know not with what weapons World War II will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones" rather than "I know not what weapons World War III will be fought with, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."

So technically, all you people are wrong. Einstein never said that. Someone who was misquoting him probably did.

Oh geez. Details.
Quote: (Wikipedia) In a letter to President Harry S. Truman, Albert Einstein famously wrote "I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones."[2]

Now the question, if you were in their shoes, what would your words have been?:eek:
WOW!... I mean... Shit!... whoa that is a bright M*#$*erf*#ker!... hey, that won't be recorded right... we are strickly off the record here right... no? sh*t... :(

Hey, everybody who made a funny joke at this...do me a favor. Go look at pictures of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Look at pictures of an innocent man with his skin melted. If you can look at those and still make a joke, congratulations. You are a monster.

A bomb by it's self is harmless, inanimate. It is the user, and in what way they use it who is either evil or good. It's like me making fun of a car, and you telling me thats terrible because people die in car accidents. Besides, I think it'd be pretty cool to see one go off, minus the dieing part.

But the cult of the emperor in WW2 Japan was overwhelmingly strong in the public. In fact, it is often regarded that the primary reason that Japan refused to surrender was precisely that one of the clauses was the enforced secession of the Emperor; which, conveniently, was eventually removed some time after the two bombs. I seriously doubt that the people would have taken the military supplantation of the emperor lightly.

I said it would have been a de facto position. They would have continued to claim that they had the sanction of the Emperor, and they would have isolated him, probably in a remote palace. They would have continued the war, in spite of the Emperor's objections. Beyond that, no one would have noticed that the proclamations were not the Emperor's. Until the Imperial Rescript calling for surrender had been broadcast on the radio, the vast bulk of the Japanese population had not heard his voice.

"Well, we better start telling people to paint their houses (http://www.archive.org/details/Houseint1954) and cover thier heads. (http://www.archive.org/details/DuckandC1951) It won't help, but it'll give them something to do."

"Well, we better start telling people to paint their houses (http://www.archive.org/details/Houseint1954) and cover thier heads. (http://www.archive.org/details/DuckandC1951) It won't help, but it'll give them something to do."
For some reason that made me think of "Bob's school fact" ( http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/131584 )
"And he's OK!" *Game show-ish song*

I'd say something along the lines of:
"Shit, you sure that it's not actually one of those thing that sank the Titanic??"

Where's that video of oppenheimer... AHA!
http://www.atomicarchive.com/Movies/Movie8.shtml
Something along those lines.

Just before the big kersplosion:
"What does this big red button do?"

While we're the only ones that have this, lets Conquer the WORLD! AHAHAHAHHAA! YA HAR!!! :mp5: :sniper: :eek: :cool:

"Ow, my eyes! I knew I should've worn sunglasses...oh, crap, don't write that down!"