Yes, fran talarowski, there is much fear here. As I've written here before, I recommend all people read the book "HIROSHIMA" BY John Hershey. It is about the first nuclear bomb detonated on a city and what it did. That was the first of the two nuclear bombs ever used, which were dropped by our country, of course. If that doesn't scare th…
Yes, fran talarowski, there is much fear here. As I've written here before, I recommend all people read the book "HIROSHIMA" BY John Hershey. It is about the first nuclear bomb detonated on a city and what it did. That was the first of the two nuclear bombs ever used, which were dropped by our country, of course. If that doesn't scare the shit our of what could happen now, I don't know what would. Now, here is a book you may find helpful to quell our fears: It is entitled "FEAR: ESSENTIAL WISDOM FOR GETTING THROUGH THE STORM by the late Thich Nhat Hanh. Another book by Thich Nhat Hanh that might also help is PEACE IS EVERY STEP.
I haven't read Hiroshima, but Lesley Blume's book, "Fallout," about John Hersey's reporting, is an excellent book. What was disturbing is that the US government attempted to cover up the devastation caused by the bomb, and it was only because of Hersey's brave behind-the-lines investigation and reporting that Americans found out.
They covered up the effects of the early bomb tests i Nevada, too. Military personnel were the guinea pigs at close range, and were lied to. I once had in my possession a booklet distributed to them that claimed there the bombs had no bad effects, a flat-out deliberate lie, with instructions to simply not look directly at the detonation. Little "towns" were built to simulate potential target areas: they simply disappeared. So the effects of the bombs on Japan were known. "Saving of American lives" was the excuse used, and they lied to Truman too. Bogus: intel already knew that Japan was preparing to make a principled surrender (meaning that the emperor and the Japanese people kept their dignity. Instead, thousands died unnecessarily.
In America, guinea pig vets died at a high rate from cancers caused by those tests, which resumed after the war. As did those living downstream. One of them was my aunt, who died in the late 1950s of a rare form of leukemia. My family was certain that it was because she was living in the "safe zone" outside the testing area.
The US had no dignity by killing hundreds of thousands of Japanese people two days in August 1945. That's not to mention the many more who died from radiation poisonings for years after. Don't forget all governments lie, and most of those lies are not tiny. The horror! The horror! The horror!
The 1956 movie The Conqueror was filmed near St. George, UT and was down wind of nuclear tests at the time of filming. According to the Wikipedia article about the film "Of the 220 film crew members, 91 (comprising 41.36% of the crew) developed cancer during their lifetime, while 46 (or 20.91%) died from it. When this was learned, many suspected that filming in Utah and surrounding locations, near nuclear test sites, was to blame" and The exterior scenes were shot near St. George, Utah, which is 137 miles (220 km) downwind of the United States government's Nevada National Security Site and received the brunt of nuclear fallout from testing active in this period."
Thanks, diana from SF, thanks to Lesley Blume for "Fallout." Governments do not want the dirty things they do exposed. That is exactly why the U.S. government(both D's and R's) are attacking Julian Assange for exposing the reality of what the U.S. did. It speaks volumes about governmental attacks on journalism and democracy. And it appears the f*#king U.S. government is going to send Julain to the U.S. So much for Biden's human rights ideas.
I read Hiroshima some 50+ years ago and found it to be chilling and eye-opening. (It was required reading at my high school.). Equally chilling was visiting the Atomic Bomb Dome, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, and the Sadako Peace Monument with its thousands of origami cranes. Visiting those sites, and standing out as an American English speaker, made me acutely aware of the horror of of even a single, small (by today's standards) nuclear weapon. Using such weapons must never be permitted again.
fran, if such weapons, which are at least ten times more powerful than those used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, were to be used today, we would barely have time to kiss our asses goodbye before human kind would cease to exist. So much for such things a money and attitudes about race, what could be taught in schools, abortions, birth control, the enemy, for they all won't exist any more. Our government and overstuffed Pentagon just don't get it.
Yes, fran talarowski, there is much fear here. As I've written here before, I recommend all people read the book "HIROSHIMA" BY John Hershey. It is about the first nuclear bomb detonated on a city and what it did. That was the first of the two nuclear bombs ever used, which were dropped by our country, of course. If that doesn't scare the shit our of what could happen now, I don't know what would. Now, here is a book you may find helpful to quell our fears: It is entitled "FEAR: ESSENTIAL WISDOM FOR GETTING THROUGH THE STORM by the late Thich Nhat Hanh. Another book by Thich Nhat Hanh that might also help is PEACE IS EVERY STEP.
I haven't read Hiroshima, but Lesley Blume's book, "Fallout," about John Hersey's reporting, is an excellent book. What was disturbing is that the US government attempted to cover up the devastation caused by the bomb, and it was only because of Hersey's brave behind-the-lines investigation and reporting that Americans found out.
The documentary called “The Fog of War” also talks about the destruction caused by bombs….the amount of people killed. Everyone should see that.
They covered up the effects of the early bomb tests i Nevada, too. Military personnel were the guinea pigs at close range, and were lied to. I once had in my possession a booklet distributed to them that claimed there the bombs had no bad effects, a flat-out deliberate lie, with instructions to simply not look directly at the detonation. Little "towns" were built to simulate potential target areas: they simply disappeared. So the effects of the bombs on Japan were known. "Saving of American lives" was the excuse used, and they lied to Truman too. Bogus: intel already knew that Japan was preparing to make a principled surrender (meaning that the emperor and the Japanese people kept their dignity. Instead, thousands died unnecessarily.
In America, guinea pig vets died at a high rate from cancers caused by those tests, which resumed after the war. As did those living downstream. One of them was my aunt, who died in the late 1950s of a rare form of leukemia. My family was certain that it was because she was living in the "safe zone" outside the testing area.
The US had no dignity by killing hundreds of thousands of Japanese people two days in August 1945. That's not to mention the many more who died from radiation poisonings for years after. Don't forget all governments lie, and most of those lies are not tiny. The horror! The horror! The horror!
The 1956 movie The Conqueror was filmed near St. George, UT and was down wind of nuclear tests at the time of filming. According to the Wikipedia article about the film "Of the 220 film crew members, 91 (comprising 41.36% of the crew) developed cancer during their lifetime, while 46 (or 20.91%) died from it. When this was learned, many suspected that filming in Utah and surrounding locations, near nuclear test sites, was to blame" and The exterior scenes were shot near St. George, Utah, which is 137 miles (220 km) downwind of the United States government's Nevada National Security Site and received the brunt of nuclear fallout from testing active in this period."
Thanks, diana from SF, thanks to Lesley Blume for "Fallout." Governments do not want the dirty things they do exposed. That is exactly why the U.S. government(both D's and R's) are attacking Julian Assange for exposing the reality of what the U.S. did. It speaks volumes about governmental attacks on journalism and democracy. And it appears the f*#king U.S. government is going to send Julain to the U.S. So much for Biden's human rights ideas.
I read Hiroshima some 50+ years ago and found it to be chilling and eye-opening. (It was required reading at my high school.). Equally chilling was visiting the Atomic Bomb Dome, the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, and the Sadako Peace Monument with its thousands of origami cranes. Visiting those sites, and standing out as an American English speaker, made me acutely aware of the horror of of even a single, small (by today's standards) nuclear weapon. Using such weapons must never be permitted again.
fran, if such weapons, which are at least ten times more powerful than those used on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, were to be used today, we would barely have time to kiss our asses goodbye before human kind would cease to exist. So much for such things a money and attitudes about race, what could be taught in schools, abortions, birth control, the enemy, for they all won't exist any more. Our government and overstuffed Pentagon just don't get it.
And another good book is the Holy Bible, Eh!?