07-12-2017, 05:26 PM
(07-12-2017, 05:17 PM)CKwi88 Wrote: I visited Japan and the Hiroshima memorial this year.
Makes you realize that we like to throw a lot of stones from our glass house sometimes.
I've never had the pleasure of visiting Japan (though one day I will visit the Ginza Itoya store) but when I was younger I met a Hiroshima survivor and heard her talk about what happened. I also visited the UN which has items that were in the blast, including a stone statue that was toppled over and the back was rippled from the heat that melted it. I ran my hand along that surface (I think back on that now and have a feeling I was not supposed to) and it was a powerful thing to imagine the destructive force that was let loose.
I know that Japan is not blameless in the war, and imperial Japan was a very nationalist and aggressive nation. But what happened to that nation was tragic. Japan and Germany have had one hell of a turnaround after what happened, I just wish that the nationalism wasn't returning as strongly in Japan as it is.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
