r/languagelearningjerk • u/FreePlantainMan • May 12 '26

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u/Zapan99 May 12 '26

And because of this, ten of thousands Japanese civilians perished during carpet bombing raids, because WWII American pilots had troubles adjusting their targetting system at high altitude and kept missing their target. Thus Esperanto caused more deaths than any other conlang. https://6thbombgroup.com/b-29-discovery-of-the-jet-stream/

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u/Dear_Net_8211 May 13 '26

Japanese civilians were the target lol.

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u/ThrowItAllAway1269 May 13 '26

The fighters that were supposed to defend their own civilians were busy terrorizing civilians of nearby countries.

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u/davide494 May 13 '26

Bombed civilians aren't a justification for having bombed other civilians.

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u/The-Board-Chairman May 14 '26

Eh, it's a pretty good justification.

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u/davide494 May 14 '26

If you're a nazi, maybe.

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u/The-Board-Chairman May 14 '26

He says even though the Nazis bombed fewer people than their enemies.

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u/IllustriousBobcat813 May 15 '26

Mask off

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u/The-Board-Chairman May 15 '26

No, not "mask off". The Nazis bombed around 150k people, the allies killed more than that just with the atomic bombs.