Yes, definitely. And I say it here again, I am just sad about what happen & I am not accusing as this is definitely too late & would not help the victims.
One word, gathering international support means also manipulating informations. This has been done by all societies before & will happen in the future again. But today, there is the "information society", making it impossible to hide everything completely. See China. The authorities have given up controlling the Internet as they have 64 Million subscribers in the country - 64 millions. That is the difference, which makes it more difficult to betray a people & betray the world. The list of supporting nations included giants like San Marino, Bosnia, Burundi, Moldavia, etc. nations, even the US rulers don't even know, where they are. And 1945: Kyoto, Nara, the former imperial capitals with over thousand years history & the relevant art, were other targets besides industrial cities as Nagoya. And all these cities were devastated by many air raids before. So the two bombs were senseless, otherwise the authorities (US) would not have prohibited any objective research until the early 1950ies. Forgotten ??? It is not the question how & if to end a war quickly. The more important question is to prevent war by trying to understand each other, by reaching the hand out to the brother or sister. It makes definitely no difference for the victims, if a very powerful leader gathers enough support to incend the fire. Killing is crime no matter how civilized or primitive a society might be. I did not polemicize against US, as there are and were too many "barbaric" acts in worlds history (Nero in Rome, Spanish inquisition, Holocaust, Pearl Harbour, Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Verdun, 30 Years War, American Civil War, Uganda & Ruanda Burundi, Biafra, Vietnam, Armenia, Chechnya, Kosovo, Kharthoum, just to name a few). And just typical for discussions: not admitting the little error (1944 instead of 1945) could be the beginning of a conflict, a potential conflict which could be avoided by admitting the little error. Thatīs it. Live with little errors or mistakes & admit them. This is not a sign of weakness but a sign of mental strength. Horn players all over the world seem to understand each other except some single discussions about fingerings or mouthpieces. Letīs go on this path further & contribute our share to world peace. The problem for most contributors to the list is it, to take all things with emotion & America as the center. Things like historic facts have nothing to do with the individual, as the individual seems to be too easily manipulated (lack of information, speak education, too strong one sided influence of religions, no matter which side you are on.) Let us be more universal. And for me ? Well, it does not matter if the other is green, black, brown, red or white, nor if the other is Muslim, Christian, Buddhist or Atheist. If the other does his duty as individual belonging to a very big group more or less, I can get along with. I only have to try it. Amen. Getting back to HORN. My intention in my first letter was, to show how Peter Damm e.g. contributed his share of (musical) prayer to honour the mostly unknown victims of Hiroshima by playing Bernhard Krols "Laudatio"! in the Peace Park. No accusation against nobody, just reminding the community to be alert to prevent such tragedies as sad memories seem to fade away. Prof.Hans Pizka, Pf.1136 D-85541 Kirchheim - Germany Fax: 49 89 903-9414 Phone: 903-9548 home: www.pizka.de email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ post: [EMAIL PROTECTED] set your options at http://music.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
