Re:Fritz Haber: A Monster Who Fed the World
by aalleavitch on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @08:05AM
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Isn't that basically the case for all the famous men on the Manhattan project?
Re:Fritz Haber: A Monster Who Fed the World
by wbl on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @08:54AM
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They made sacrifices for someone else's country. A lot of them were not US citizens.
Re:Fritz Haber: A Monster Who Fed the World
by mieseratte on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @10:28AM
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Sure, a whole lot of 'em might have been of foreign origin but that doesn't preclude one from being or becoming an American.
Re:Fritz Haber: A Monster Who Fed the World
by mieseratte on Tuesday February 13, 2018 @10:28AM
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> Every time I see someone who is described like that, I have to wonder how much of the disdain we have for him is because that wasn't our country? If we had a brilliant man who invented a solution to the worldwide fear of an impending food shortage, but they also made a disturbing wartime weapon, would we feel the same way?
He might be a son of a bitch, but he's our son of a bitch!
Every time I see someone who is described like that, I have to wonder how much of the disdain we have for him is because that wasn't our country? If we had a brilliant man who invented a solution to the worldwide fear of an impending food shortage, but they also made a disturbing wartime weapon, would we feel the same way?