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| bio | website | orthogonaltonormal.com |
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| location | Johnstown, PA | |
| age | 31 | |
| visits | member for | 1 year, 4 months |
| seen | May 22 at 19:16 | |
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//TODO Glorious Lies
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May 22 |
awarded | Critic |
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May 22 |
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Why didn't the US choose to demolish Tokyo with an atom bomb? One of the other reasons behind your 3rd bullet was that if the bomb was dropped on a city that had already been extensively bombed (like Tokyo) it would be more difficult to determine exactly how powerful it was due to the pre-existing damage. |
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Jul 19 |
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Why did Spain not participate in World War I? @T.E.D. Portugal would be a better example than Italy. They had no reason to get involved other than Britain having been a traditional ally and feeling a debt of honor to assist. |
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Jul 16 |
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Have fair-skinned peoples ever been the lower/oppressed class? @JubalHarshaw I don't see how being slaves could be anything but... |
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Jul 12 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Jul 12 |
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Why did Britain not purchase Alaska when Russia had it up for sale? I think allies is overstating the case. During wartime the term generally implies co-belligerency not just strong friendly relations. |
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Jul 12 |
answered | Have fair-skinned peoples ever been the lower/oppressed class? |
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Jul 10 |
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Why was the Western Front so static in World War I? @quant_dev Even if the Entente had developed a ww2 equivalent amphibious doctrine there would be the minor matter of the High Seas Fleet. At one point British pre-war planning had considered invading the German coast (IIRC in the Baltic) instead of reinforcing the French; but the existence of he HSF would have made supplying a major landing untenable. |
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Apr 17 |
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Why didn't Russia help Saddam Hussein as it is helping Syria now? Implicit in your argument is that the US displaced the Soviet Union as the primary supplier of arms to Iraq during the 80s. That's extremely far from the case. During that period the soviets provided >60% of the total, vs <1% for the US. France and China provided the majority of the rest. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… |
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Feb 1 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Jan 17 |
awarded | Autobiographer |
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Jan 17 |
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Who first in human history has promoted equality rights of all people? @DVK If there was a requirement to free them after a fixed period of time I think Indentured Servant would be a better fit than POW. |
