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Erock Proud Canadian from Toronto Since: Jul, 2009
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#1: May 6th 2012 at 3:04:08 PM

So there's a neighbourhood in Vancouver called Oppenheimer Park. This wasn't it's original name, though.

It was called Japantown before.

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ElRigo I'm freezing! Send help! from Baja Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
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#2: May 6th 2012 at 3:05:14 PM

Correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't that oppenheimer guy one of the guys that worked on the atom bomb?

Erock Proud Canadian from Toronto Since: Jul, 2009
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#3: May 6th 2012 at 3:07:08 PM

Yes. That's why it's awful.

It's actually named after a mayor of Vancouver.

edited 6th May '12 3:07:29 PM by Erock

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SantosLHalper Since: Aug, 2009
#4: May 6th 2012 at 3:07:41 PM

They couldn't even think of calling it by his full name?

edited 6th May '12 3:08:05 PM by SantosLHalper

AikoHeiwa I AM NOT A TREE from Aikoland Since: Feb, 2011
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#5: May 6th 2012 at 3:07:50 PM

Sure it wasn't renamed after this guy?

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Erock Proud Canadian from Toronto Since: Jul, 2009
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#6: May 6th 2012 at 3:08:24 PM

[up]Yeah, I knew that. But it seems tactless at first.

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#7: May 6th 2012 at 3:09:03 PM

Well, someone doesn't like the japanese. Or has a really dark sense of humor.

Seriously, its like renaming a Jewish neighborhood Auschwitz.

edited 6th May '12 3:11:55 PM by ElRigo

InverurieJones '80s TV Action Hero from North of the Wall. Since: Jan, 2010 Relationship Status: And they all lived happily ever after <3
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#8: May 6th 2012 at 11:55:22 PM

Or has a really dark sense of humor.

I admit it; I laughed.

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OdieEsty Why would I write that? Since: Mar, 2012
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#9: May 6th 2012 at 11:56:53 PM

It's pretty funny. I don't know if i'd call it awful.

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IraTheSquire Since: Apr, 2010
#10: May 7th 2012 at 12:04:11 AM

This somehow reminds me of a story of a Vietnamese couple who ran away from the Viet Cong naming their kid "Charlie"...

ElRigo I'm freezing! Send help! from Baja Since: Nov, 2010 Relationship Status: Awaiting my mail-order bride
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#11: May 7th 2012 at 12:21:44 AM

[up] Maybe it was lost in them, maybe they didn't care.

Vehudur Since: Mar, 2012
#12: May 7th 2012 at 12:22:17 AM

This is horrible and hilarious at the same time.

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IraTheSquire Since: Apr, 2010
#13: May 7th 2012 at 1:12:40 AM

[up][up] I was told that they have an interesting sense of humor.

Parable Since: Aug, 2009
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#15: May 7th 2012 at 1:20:20 AM

It would have been better if they called the kid Victor Charlie.

MajorTom Since: Dec, 2009
#16: May 7th 2012 at 4:24:33 AM

This is awful

No it isn't.

Morven Nemesis from Seattle, WA, USA Since: Jan, 2001
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#17: May 7th 2012 at 4:55:49 AM

Much as it pains me to agree with Major Tom, I do. Blackly humorous, yes, and tasteless if intentional, but it ain't up there in the annals of awful.

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HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
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#18: May 7th 2012 at 6:08:16 AM

I wouldn't even say it's pretty bad.

Besides, it's not like they named it Enola Gaytown, or Flying Fortress. (Yes, I know they used the Super Fortress for the atomic bombings, but more Japanese were killed by ordinance dropped from the B-17).

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0dd1 Just awesome like that from Nowhere Land Since: Sep, 2009
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#19: May 7th 2012 at 7:00:59 AM

Enola Gaytown
Now wouldn't that be a name for a city? I wonder if the rate of population growth there would be explosive! [lol]

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Morven Nemesis from Seattle, WA, USA Since: Jan, 2001
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#20: May 7th 2012 at 7:41:01 AM

@Hungry Joe: not true. The B-29 was the major bomber deployed against Japan; nothing else had the range needed. The B-17 was the pre-eminent bomber of the European theater, though, where its range from bases in England was acceptable.

The B-36 was developed in case Germany or Japan needed to be bombed from bases in North America; this turned out not to be necessary, but the advent of the Cold War brought the need to bomb much more distant enemies.

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HungryJoe Gristknife from Under the Tree Since: Dec, 2009
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#21: May 7th 2012 at 7:56:05 AM

Bach, I had my Super Fortresses mixed up.

You're right.

Still, if we go by death toll the most offensive name would be whoever came up with the contents of the incendiary bombs.

Actually, I think Flying Fortress would be a neat name for a city, or at least a ski resort.

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