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From: ray@rochester.UUCP (Ray Frank)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Commemorating Hiroshima
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Date: Wed, 14-Aug-85 14:43:51 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 14 14:43:51 1985
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> In article <1392@uwmacc.UUCP> myers@uwmacc.UUCP (Latitudinarian Lobster) writes:
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> >Hiroshima / Nagasaki was a special kind of atrocity...the point of all the
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There was a wonderful article in the paper the other day.
It went on to describe what Americans are constantly being forced fed this time
of year every year.  THE BOMB.  It has created in America a form of BOMB GUILT.
Remembering the bomb is good, hopefully no one on planet earth will ever have 
to relive history.  But I believe BOMB GUILT is bad.
In the article it pointed out that if a person from another planet arrived here
this time of year, all he would know about the fourties and the war is the
bomb.  This country America dropped those horrible bombs on some other country
named Japan.  He would have a total lack of perspective if all knew was what he
read and heard in the media.  He might not even know about the 50 to 100 millionother deaths during that time period as a direct result of Japan and Germany's
determined attempt to take over planet earth and enslave its population.  He
would not know what role the Alies played in preventing this atrocious scheme.
I wonder if a lot of young people are losing their perspective.  After they are
relatively new arrivals on planet earth, and the fourties must seem like light
years in the past.  Oh well just a thought.