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From: cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Commemorating Hiroshima
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Date: Tue, 6-Aug-85 12:48:44 EDT
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Posted: Tue Aug  6 12:48:44 1985
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Why do I have a hard time taking seriously the various commemorative actions
associated with the 40th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima?  Because
there seems to be a sudden amnesia on the part of the Left about the other
atrocities against civilian populations during World War II.

Who painted shadows on the sidewalks of the world's cities to commemorate the
dead of Dresden?  Who castigates the bombing of civilian areas in London and
Berlin?  Where is the righteous indignation directed at Japan for the
atrocities committed against the people of Manilla in 1944?

All of these actions are just as morally indefensible as the bombing of
Hiroshima; all of these actions involve similar levels of death and terror;
but because the United States can't be blamed for them, these other actions
have been forgotten.

When will I take the various disarmament and anti-nuclear groups seriously?
When they demonstrate a concern for all atrocities, not just those of the
United States.