Ah, well yes, many are I suspect, and far too many, like many elsewhere
in the world, seem not to know (or have chosen) not to know) what their
government did (or is doing) to others. I agree we need to remember
that too, but the people living at Ground Zero, I guess we should be
able to guess what they went through & that they, the survivors, still
suffering, have figured a few things out about the terrors of atomic
war.
No innocents?
But a lot of 'us' who have lived too sheltered lives; I realize that I
certainly have, & therefore don't think it has been 'too' sheltered,
but could wish that somehow more of the world's population had
something closer to it. Lets say I take your point, Fred.
Doug
On 6-Aug-05, at 9:46 AM, Frederick Pollack wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Barbour"
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> Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 11:11 AM
> Subject: Re: Hiroshima
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>
> Thanks for that Hal.
>
> >Still, he professes wonder at the American reaction to 9/11.
> "Americans were terrified by what happened, but not by Hiroshima. Which
> was the most terrible?"<
>
> Yup.
>
> Doug
>
> Douglas Barbour
> 11655 - 72 Avenue NW
> Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9
> (780) 436 3320
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>
>
> And are the Japanese "terrified," now, by the activities of the
> Imperial Japanese Army in Nanking? Or those of its "medical
> researchers" in Manchuria? Or by the mass-kamikaze exercises they -
> women, children, civilians of all sorts - underwent in '45 to prepare
> for an invasion, which could easily have cost 2 million American lives
> and perhaps 15 million of theirs?
>
Douglas Barbour
11655 - 72 Avenue NW
Edmonton Ab T6G 0B9
(780) 436 3320
We both know the reason why you called
So stop wastin’ time tryin’ to soften up my fall
I know you wanna sweeten up the taste
But if you don’t mind I’ll just take my sorrow straight
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