Louis, Put it away, and fold a crane.
Chris -- Christopher D. Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 Canada 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 chri...@yorku.ca http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ ========================== Louis E. Schmier wrote: > No real debate on the use of the bomb except in the minds of the later > generations of Monday quarterbacks, "do gooders," PCer, and anti-nuc people. > But, I really don't want to get into it other than that, especially since my > sister from Nashville is hitting town in a couple of hours and the wife is > having me vacuum, make the beds, do the laundry, etc Have a good weekend > all, and.... > > Make it a good day > > -Louis- > > > Louis Schmier http://www.the > randomthoughts.edublogs.org > Department of History http://www.therandomthoughts.com > Valdosta State University > Valdosta, Georgia 31698 /\ /\ /\ /\ > /\ > (O) 229-333-5947 /^\\/ \/ \ /\/\__ / \ > / \ > (C) 229-630-0821 / \/ \_ \/ / \/ /\/ / \ > /\ \ > //\/\/ /\ > \__/__/_/\_\/ \_/__\ \ > /\"If you want to climb > mountains,\ /\ > _ / \ don't practice on mole > hills" - / \_ > > On Aug 6, 2010, at 9:28 AM, Mike Palij wrote: > > Some significant historical events, like the flu pandemic of 1918 and the > polio outbreak during the 1950s, are not incorporated into a culture's > system of remembrance, in the observance of certain rituals on certain dates, > and consequently fade from the cultural/social memory unless some effort > is made to remind oneself and others of it. One such event is the atomic > bombing of Hiroshima, Japan on August 5, 1945, launching the era of > nuclear based war. The NY Times typically remembers and provides a > link to a copy of the news story it ran on the next day (which is why > August 6 serves as a reference point) which can be read here: > http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0806.html#article > > Examination of this event, the justification for it, its long term > consequences, > and related issues have been argued about and reviewed from shortly the news > of the bombing became public to this very day. Here is one story about > the current Japanese reaction to the U.S. sending a representative this year > to commemorate the bombing; see: > http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2010/08/06/us-move-falls-short-for-hiroshima-survivors/ > > NOTE: given that the above article is in the Wall Street Journal, do not > be surprised by the tone or the nature of the comments that follow it. > War is a horrible and stupid thing and for all of the nobility which is > associated > with what the U.S. calls World War II, there were plenty of ugly and painful > things, things that those who did them or authorized them or simply looked > away are things that we would not want our children to know because their > judgment might be the harshest of all, done by both sides. > > Whether there is sufficient justification for the bombing of Hiroshima and > Nagasaki is open to debate and there is much grist for the mill (ironically, > Nagasaki historically was the port that allowed commerce with Europe > and other countries and where Catholicism originally took root in Japan > until being outlawed in the Tokugawa period; afer WWII it emerged as > the Catholic center of Japan). > > Wikipedia (standard disclaimers apply) has a couple of relevant entries: > On the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagaski: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_bombings_of_Hiroshima_and_Nagasaki > For general history about Hiroshima see: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima > (Fans of Japanese Yakuza movies will remember that various gangster films were > set in postwar Hiroshima, perhaps most notably Kinji Fukasaku's "Battles > Without Honor and Humanity" aka "The Yakuza Papers" which portray how > people tried to survive the postbombing chaos; see: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakuza_Papers ) > For general history about Nagasaki, see: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagasaki > > Of course, we have come a long way since that fateful day in Hiroshima. There > was the Cold War, the building of nuclear arsenals by the major world powers, > the policy of "Mutual Assured Destruction", and so on. Today, the major > powers > are trying to reduce the number of nuclear weapons they have as well as trying > to control access to them since the greatest fear today is that a nuclear > device > will be used by a terrorist group on a high value target like, say, New York > City. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > m...@nyu.edu > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: lschm...@valdosta.edu. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13368.9b8fe41d7a9a359029570f1d2ef42440&n=T&l=tips&o=4026 > or send a blank email to > leave-4026-13368.9b8fe41d7a9a359029570f1d2ef42...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: chri...@yorku.ca. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd0da&n=T&l=tips&o=4027 > or send a blank email to > leave-4027-13132.a868d710aa4ef67a68807ce4fe8bd...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. 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