It’s that time of year again. The anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, with their horrific toll of civilian deaths, devastating burns, and lingering radiation sickness, are upon us again.
A burned victim of the atomic bomb at Hiroshima
Monday, 27 October 2008 at 17:13
dANG DATS SAD’ALL THESE PEOPLE HURT..
iiT BREAKS Mii HEART TO SEE DiiS!!
Thursday, 7 May 2009 at 12:11
oh God, why did it happened… “war. war never changes”. :/
Thursday, 23 July 2009 at 03:46
This is why Japan deserved it, and it was just a slap of the wrist at that.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-439776/Doctors-Depravity.html;jsessionid=802690A4B081E7337011B5D694F747C3
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes#Mass_killings
Sunday, 26 July 2009 at 02:05
You’re mixing up the army and civilians. It was no more justified than… well, bombing a city full of civilians because their country’s army invaded another country. It might be effective, but you are not hitting the ones responsible.
Tuesday, 8 September 2009 at 23:19
No, Monado!! The civilians were involved! No king or emperor or government could do carry out such horrific acts of evil without the permission of the people.
Don’t tell me that the people had no choice. The citizens of a country ALWAYS have a choice. Many people spoke out in Europe against the crimes being committed. Many resisted; many were tortured and died unspeakable deaths. But many triumphed, too. Resistance groups cropped up all over.
No, the citizenry of the Empire of Japan ARE guilty. They were not a passive audience watching a show. Had the Allied forces invaded Japan, far worse would have occurred due to the pent up anger the forces would have had b/c of the horrendous treatment of their comrades.
I do not condone war; but I do not dismiss silent participation.
Monday, 21 September 2009 at 09:21
You are so naive