It has always been mankind’s tendency to use a weapon once it has been invented. I’m sure some posters would sympathize with those nobles who complained about the introduction of the longbow and crossbow because it allowed some peasant to knock off some aristocrat from long range without closing to fight him like a gentleman. I loved the scene in “The Patriot” where Cornwallis was arguing with Mel Gibson’s character over our forefather’s propensity for sniping at British officers during a battle because it just “wasn’t done”. Then damn that George Washington for sneaking across the Delaware on Christmas of all days to surprise the Hessians – veddy bad form old chap. And that haberdasher from KC – how dare he drop the big one on Imperial Japan without so much as an appropriate warning of the havoc he was about to wreak on Mother Earth…that being said, I suppose I am about to get lectured about all the alternatives available to HST that would’ve ended WWII more gently and humanely; all I know is that my old man was on his way to the Pacific theater to participate in Operation Olympic as a glider company commander in the 13th Airborne Division and I wouldn’t be here today arguing about nukes if old Harry hadn’t pulled the trigger – God bless him.