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[Son of Witz]

I wonder about the issue of the sources. Sometimes things are falsly falsified.
Look at how Dan Rather was taken down. The false document he reported on was considered safe because it only reiterated known info and didn't present new info. So Rather went down not because the actual content was wrong, but that the particular message quoted was false.

In other news, I used to know a guy in Santa Cruz named "No Nukes"
He was a hothead about the issue.
 ~witz

On Jan 19, 2011, at 11:17 AM, Stuart Hamm <hammstu at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Wow..who knew? Not me obviously!
> I have to say that the book did nothing to try to convince that dropping the bomb was the right thing to do...if anything the terror it spoke of is a case for no nukes never...ever..
> ..maybe my copy is a collectors item now!
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> Date: Wednesday, January 19, 2011, 11:11 AM
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>  Some guy without a signature wrote:
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>> I've gone back and forth on this, but certainly MANY more people would have died in an invasion of japan...they were arming the civilians with sticks to fight to the death....I'm telling you, check out "The Last Tran from Hiroshima"
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> I've only read "Hiroshima," way back in high school.
> I just went to Amazon to look up "The last Train from Hiroshima" 
> It seems like a well recieved book that has been discredited and discontinued due to bad sources. I've never seen another instance like this, though I'm sure it ain't the only one.
> Check out this note from the publisher:
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> "It is with deep regret that Henry Holt and Company announces that we will no longer print, correct or ship copies of Charles Pellegrino'sThe Last Train from Hiroshima due to the discovery of a dishonest sources of information for the book. 
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> It is easy to understand how even the most diligent author could be duped by a source, but we also understand that opens that book to very detailed scrutiny. The author of any work of non-fiction must stand behind its content. We must rely on our authors to answer questions that may arise as to the accuracy of their work and reliability of their sources. Unfortunately, Mr. Pellegrino was not able to answer the additional questions that have arisen about his book to our satisfaction. 
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> Mr. Pellegrino has a long history in the publishing world, and we were very proud and honored to publish his history of such an important historical event. But without the confidence that we can stand behind the work in its entirety, we cannot continue to sell this product to our customers."
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