Comments on: Dresden

By: Floyd the Wonderdog

Floyd the Wonderdog — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:19:47 +0000

I was touring Dresden when I overheard an elderly American woman say to her husband that she thought the city looked rather new. He replied that that was because he and his buddies had bombed the sh!t out of the city.

By: Clark Goble

Clark Goble — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:27:21 +0000

Interesting.

I’ll confess I didn’t know about Dresden until I read Slaughterhouse 5. But then I’ve heard Dresden brought up a lot in the press in discussions of nuclear ethics.

That’s the problem with anecdotal evidence. It’s hard to gauge much from it.

By: a random John

a random John — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 17:19:15 +0000

What can I say Clark? My experience is exactly the opposite of yours.

By: Clark Goble

Clark Goble — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 17:12:22 +0000

Nope. Most people I’ve talked to thought it was just the A-bombs that did in Japan. They didn’t realize how devastated the country already was. But a surprising number know about Dresden.

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 08:37:51 +0000

Unfortunately, they decided against all logic and good sense to reconstruct everything historically except the organ, one of the most famous and historically important organs ever built. For an interesting account of an unsuccessful effort to prevent this, see here

By: a random John

a random John — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:24:26 +0000

Clark,

Really? I thought most people knew that Tokyo didn’t get an A-bomb dropped on it because it was already leveled by the conventional bombing. The atomic bombs being dropped on basically pristine cities in Japan highlighted the fact that most major cities were already gone.