Paul's Journal

08/06/2013 10:42 #57974

America Sucks
Category: america

You know that I love you but every year on the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, I feel embarrassed about that love. Frankly it makes me sick. I still cannot fully accept any excuse for the horrible atrocity that you committed on this day. I hope you at least have remorse. It sickens me more when I think how much whining you do about the minor terrorist attacks that happened on your soil when conpared to the magnitude of destruction this caused on a huge civilian population on a city much like my own. No wonder people hate us.

metalpeter - 08/06/13 23:43
I forget if it is that bombing or both but if you look it up you can find that some of the people who where part of that couldn't deal with it after the fact and at least one of the people killed them selves.....

At this point no time to follow links but the reason at the time we dropped the bomb is cause both sides where working to get it... we got it first so we vaporised people.....

HBO had a pretty interesting documentary that yes it was hard to watch about a Japanese guy who was at both bombings and lived through them both of course there is a distance to that ......

ExBuffalonian - 08/06/13 13:44
So you're not buying the 'Less Costly Struggle and Bloodshed' argument? Neither am I, though The Atlantic did a farily good job in 1946 defending what we did to Hiroshima:

:::link:::

On the other hand, this other piece by a Hiroshima survivor and published in the NYT concludes that "It's apparent that the U.S. had created the atomic bomb after a huge expense, and they wanted to test it."

:::link:::

So the debate goes on.

08/04/2013 22:50 #57972

Dionysis At Brushwood
Category: brushwood

Had an excellent night at Brushwood with the guys. We saw lots of people we know. I was the most carefree, relaxing 24 hours I have had in years.

08/02/2013 18:35 #57962

Great Thursday Blue Grass
Category: thursday

Had fun and the square and even more fun after when Kim and Dani and Joe came over. Whenever I wear a fun outfit the night is fun.

(e:Dianne) took the last pic of me. My zipper isn't down. The stupid shorts are made that way.

metalpeter - 08/03/13 10:13
If I would have known it was a blue grass group I would have went... Looks fun

mike - 08/02/13 22:21
that couple in the first pic were the cutest couple ever!

08/02/2013 18:22 #57961

Hot Pink Tie
Category: clothes

I love this tie. No camera seems to actualy be able to capture its real color.

08/02/2013 18:19 #57960

Hunting For Marble
Category: bathroom

We are looking for a signature solid slab of marble for the back of the new shower. I wonder if we will be able to find one. I really like the blue one if it was vertical, it would look like water raining down.