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Japanese Observe Hiroshima's AnniversaryOh geez...get over it already. We won, you lost and in a BIG way.
HIROSHIMA, Japan (AP) - Hiroshima marked the 60th anniversary Saturday of the first atomic bomb attack with prayers and water for the dead and a call by the city's mayor for nuclear powers to abandon their arsenals and stop "jeopardizing human survival."
At 8:15 a.m., the instant of the blast, the city's trolleys stopped and more than 55,000 people assembled at Peace Memorial Park observed a moment of silence that was broken only by the ringing of a bronze bell.
A flock of doves was released into the sky. Then wreaths and ladles of water - symbolizing the suffering of those who died in the atomic inferno - were offered at a simple, arch-shaped stone monument at the center of the park.
Outside the nearby A-Bomb Dome, one of the few buildings left standing after the blast, peace activists held a die-in to commemorate the bombing that turned life to death for more than 140,000 and forever changed the face of war.
You want to help stop this from happening again?! Then don't start a war morons....
I guess the next time somebody gets all mushy about 9/11 I'll remember this and tell them to g
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scroff said:
I guess the next time somebody gets all mushy about 9/11 I'll remember this and tell them to get
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Cait said:
Love the look of the new site. And this time, everything was where it was supposed to be.
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Love the look of the new site. And this time, everything was where it was supposed to be.
Until recently, I believed the same about the bombings of Japan. But a documentary and then some reading I've done have led me to rethink that position. Apparently, from what I've read, we had an opportunity to end the war by diplomatic means prior to the bombings. For a lot of reasons, we chose not to do so. For a really good (and unfortunately, long) and neutral discussion of this, check out http://www.doug-long.com/hiroshim.htm
|| Posted by Cait, August 8, 2005 04:42 AM ||I guess the next time somebody gets all mushy about 9/11 I'll remember this and tell them to get over it already.
|| Posted by scroff, August 13, 2005 08:38 AM ||I guess the next time somebody gets all mushy about 9/11 I'll remember this and tell them to get over it already.
Two different topics.
One was the result of a world war that was INITIATED by the people that were bombed. It was in a declared war with definable sides.
The other was a terrorist attack with no defined combatants.
You're comparing oranges and tangerines Scroff...
|| Posted by Mad Mikey, August 13, 2005 09:32 AM ||