Sunday, August 07, 2005

“Ghost People” or “2”

This weekend is the anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

I don’t think that Americans give proper thought to events like this; events that we carried out, events that we inflicted on other people.

Please educate yourself reading from the following links:

  • www.dannen.com/decision
    See the Top Secret transcription of the Order to carry out the bombings.
    Hear the radio address by former President Truman which refers to Hiroshima as a naval base.


  • The World Hear from the last of the survivors


  • Some of you may have been burned by seeing Alain Renais “Night and Fog” in high school but forget all that and go out and run to pick up Hiroshima Mon Amour Which uses actual footage of the aftermath. It is also one of my favorite movies.


Sorry to drop something heavy on you on your last night of your weekend, but sometimes something heavy motivates you to do something truly great.

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