The bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki exploded with the yield of 15 kilotons and 20 kilotons of TNT, respectively, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists.
In contrast, the first test of a thermonuclear weapon, or hydrogen bomb, in the United States in November 1952 yielded an explosion on the order of 10,000 kilotons of TNT
Hiroshima has become a metaphor not just for nuclear war but for war and destruction and violence toward civilians. It's not just the idea we should not use nuclear arms. We should not start another war because it's madness. --Max von Sydow
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/hiroshima.html#XVq1kgxq6ZjfpA7X.99
7 million people displaced by war seeking safety/refuge.
We have a moral obligation to aid those seeking refuge from the tragedy of war. The international community must accept responsibility for causing and therefore relieving these consequences of war
Shocking iconic images of drowned Syrian boy show tragic plight of refugees.Humanity failed this child!
Migrant hoards invade Europe....surging through borders and police lines... paying no heed to borders or immigration rules. Most are destitute Moslems without education or employment skills(dependent upon charity and welfare). ..and will impose a burden on Europe's economy. Concealed among them is an embittered criminal element with ill intent capable of terrorist acts.
Compassion manifested in action means sacrificing one's own comfort and security and a willingness to share with those less fortunate. It means replacing an attitude of rejection and exclusion with one of acceptance and inclusion. Authentic compassion is a willingness to give of oneself without any expectation of reward.
When people do not give willingly but are forced to share their hard-earned resources they feel violated (victms of theft) and assume a defensive, self-protective stance.
Too much compassion towards others becomes unhealtby and self-destructive when it is not balanced by an equal compassion toward oneself.
humanity has become a global village: what happens in one region of the planet affects us all.Previous communication/transportation barriers no longer create regional separation/isolation. Nation state borders are no longer effective.
This means that the rich can no longer separate/insulate themselves from the suffering of the destitute!
The pain of those who suffer is now felt by all humanity!
the migration of different ethnic and religious groups into other cultures, is part of a globalist agenda to blur national identities and prepare people for a coming one-world governance.
That seems to be an unintentional effect of war:displacement causes a mixing of cultures and genes and results in increasing homogeneity
So in a strange way wars ultimately do have a unifying effect in that they compel us to subordinate the differences that divide us and wch are the cause of armed conflict... and to be more accomadating of those differences. ...so that we may survive as a species.
America's ecomomy is sustained by war--preparation for war,the execution of military actions,and replenishing armaments and infrastructure destroyed in war. Without war America's economy would be unsustainable...and would collapse.
War is actually one of the few things that keeps truly American industries going, such as aerospace,...yet this contributes to the negative cycle of never-ending wars.
U.S defence budget equal to sum of the military expenditures of the 10 next highest countries!
"We, the nations of the world, cannot return to the old ways of conflict and coercion. We cannot look backwards," he said. "We live in an integrated world, one in which we all have a stake in each other's success. We cannot turn back those forces of integration."
not a crime against humanity;American military acquits itself of wrongdoing
Pentagon report on Kunduz hospital massacre whitewashed as "unintentional human error".No one accountable. It was just an "accident".
Aleppo massacre of childrens hospital run by Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders. Syrian government airstrike targets sick children and the doctors that treat them. At least 61 killed in Aleppo airstrikes, including Doctors Without Borders staff, patients in 'deliberate' hospital hit
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pride in Canadian "victory" at Vimy Ridge is preposterous!
this celebration promotes the message that force of arms is how nations advance their status in the global community of nations. 3600 lives lost!...and this we consider a victory? We won?
It is preposterous that we reflect upon that carnage with pride, rather than deep sadness and profound shame! Such ignomy should be remembered not with celebratory pride, but with horror.
Have you forgotten yet?... For the world's events have rumbled on since those gagged days, Like traffic checked while at the crossing of city-ways: And the haunted gap in your mind has filled with thoughts that flow Like clouds in the lit heaven of life; and you're a man reprieved to go, Taking your peaceful share of Time, with joy to spare. But the past is just the same--and War's a bloody game... Have you forgotten yet?... Look down, and swear by the slain of the War that you'll never forget. Do you remember the dark months you held the sector at Mametz-- The nights you watched and wired and dug and piled sandbags on parapets? Do you remember the rats; and the stench Of corpses rotting in front of the front-line trench-- And dawn coming, dirty-white, and chill with a hopeless rain? Do you ever stop and ask, 'Is it all going to happen again?' Do you remember that hour of din before the attack-- And the anger, the blind compassion that seized and shook you then As you peered at the doomed and haggard faces of your men? Do you remember the stretcher-cases lurching back With dying eyes and lolling heads--those ashen-grey Masks of the lads who once were keen and kind and gay? Have you forgotten yet?... Look up, and swear by the green of the spring that you'll never forget.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki
ReplyDeletehttp://www.hiroshima-remembered.com/history/hiroshima/page14.html
The bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki exploded with the yield of 15 kilotons and 20 kilotons of TNT, respectively, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists.
DeleteIn contrast, the first test of a thermonuclear weapon, or hydrogen bomb, in the United States in November 1952 yielded an explosion on the order of 10,000 kilotons of TNT
Hiroshima has become a metaphor not just for nuclear war but for war and destruction and violence toward civilians.
ReplyDeleteIt's not just the idea we should not use nuclear arms.
We should not start another war because it's madness.
--Max von Sydow
Read more at http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/hiroshima.html#XVq1kgxq6ZjfpA7X.99
7 million people displaced by war seeking safety/refuge.
ReplyDeleteWe have a moral obligation to aid those seeking refuge from the tragedy of war. The international community must accept responsibility for causing and therefore relieving these consequences of war
Shocking iconic images of drowned Syrian boy show tragic plight of refugees.Humanity failed this child!
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/02/shocking-image-of-drowned-syrian-boy-shows-tragic-plight-of-refugees
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/02/shocking-image-of-drowned-syrian-boy-shows-tragic-plight-of-refugeesDelete
dieing to escape from war
ReplyDeleteEurope overwhelmed by tidal wave of war refugees.
Citizens of wealthy Europe respond with compassion to destitute asylum-seekers.
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/dying-get-europe-migrants-refugees-risk-lives-escape-war-poverty-photo-report-1517485
His name was Aylan.
ReplyDeleteHe was three years old.
Humanity failed him!
http://www.wsj.com/articles/image-of-syrian-boy-washed-up-on-beach-hits-hard-1441282847
Europe's treasury and security under threat
DeleteMigrant hoards invade Europe....surging through borders and police lines... paying no heed to borders or immigration rules.
Most are destitute Moslems without education or employment skills(dependent upon charity and welfare). ..and will impose a burden on Europe's economy.
Concealed among them is an embittered criminal element with ill intent capable of terrorist acts.
compassion vs security
DeleteWhen one's personal security comes under threat, one quickly comes to the limit of one's compassion.
Compassion manifested in action means sacrificing one's own comfort and security and a willingness to share with those less fortunate.
DeleteIt means replacing an attitude of rejection and exclusion with one of acceptance and inclusion.
Authentic compassion is a willingness to give of oneself without any expectation of reward.
Can there be too much compassion?
DeleteWhen people do not give willingly
but are forced to share their hard-earned resources
they feel violated (victms of theft)
and assume a defensive, self-protective stance.
Too much compassion towards others
becomes unhealtby and self-destructive
when it is not balanced by an equal compassion
toward oneself.
new twist to "globalization"
ReplyDeletehumanity has become a global village:
what happens in one region of the planet affects us all.Previous communication/transportation barriers no longer create
regional separation/isolation.
Nation state borders are no longer effective.
This means that the rich can no longer separate/insulate themselves from the suffering of the destitute!
The pain of those who suffer
is now felt by all humanity!
Deletethe migration of different ethnic and religious groups into other cultures, is part of a globalist agenda to blur national identities and prepare people for a coming one-world governance.
That seems to be an unintentional effect of war:displacement causes a mixing of cultures and genes and results in increasing homogeneity
DeleteSo in a strange way wars ultimately do have a unifying effect in that they compel us to subordinate the differences that divide us and wch are the cause of armed conflict... and to be more accomadating of those differences. ...so that we may survive as a species.
Here's another "positive" effect of war:
DeleteAmerica's ecomomy is sustained by war--preparation for war,the execution of military actions,and replenishing armaments and infrastructure destroyed in war. Without war America's economy would be unsustainable...and would collapse.
War is actually one of the few things that keeps truly American industries going, such as aerospace,...yet this contributes to the negative cycle of never-ending wars.
U.S defence budget equal to sum of the military expenditures of the 10 next highest countries!
the military-industrial surveillance complex
http://www.businessinsider.com/us-government-secret-airline-janet-2015-7
War is a crime not only because it costs many innocent lives....but because it steals resources from those who need them to live a decent life.
DeleteLives shaped by violence
DeleteUNICEF report: the toll of war on Syrian children.
https://news.vice.com/article/a-third-of-syrian-children-have-lived-their-whole-lives-amid-the-chaos-of-war
the family of man
ReplyDeleteevery time a policeman falls...every police officer feels it....because they are all one family
no one should feel excluded from belonging to "the family of man"
Obama's speach to UN / SEPT 28 2015
ReplyDelete"We, the nations of the world, cannot return to the old ways of conflict and coercion. We cannot look backwards," he said. "We live in an integrated world, one in which we all have a stake in each other's success. We cannot turn back those forces of integration."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6oxByE_lEU&feature=youtube_gdata_player
The horrific nature of war:
ReplyDelete"Kandahar Journals"
is available for your viewing pleasure at https://vimeo.com/135374957
https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/529286233.jpg?mw=1300&mh=730&q=70
not a crime against humanity;American military acquits itself of wrongdoing
DeletePentagon report on Kunduz hospital massacre whitewashed as "unintentional human error".No one accountable.
It was just an "accident".
Aleppo massacre of childrens hospital run by Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders.
Syrian government airstrike targets sick children and the doctors that treat them.
At least 61 killed in Aleppo airstrikes, including Doctors Without Borders staff, patients in 'deliberate' hospital hit
Published April 28, 2016 FoxNews.comFacebook Twitter livefyreEmail
http://www.cbc.ca/beta/news/world/airstikes-aleppo-hospital-1.3556632
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/04/28/last-pediatrician-in-rebel-held-aleppo-killed-in-syrian-regime-a/
targeting innocent civilians,bombing hospitals,starving people--these are against all human values,against our humanness.
Delete500,000 Syrians killed constitutes a genocide being comitted today
the killing of innocent civilians is the definition of "terrorism"
time and again wars have shown both sides to be equally inhuman. To kill, you have to see yourself as human. ...and the other as inhuman.
ReplyDelete"Killing!"--What's up with that?
"Unless you have a very good reason for killing people, war is wrong"--Mohammed Ali,a man of peace
ReplyDeletecelebrating Canada's victory at Vimy Ridge:
ReplyDeletepride in Canadian "victory" at Vimy Ridge is preposterous!
this celebration promotes the message that force of arms is how nations advance their status in the global community of nations.
3600 lives lost!...and this we consider a victory? We won?
It is preposterous that we reflect upon that carnage with pride, rather than deep sadness and profound shame!
Such ignomy should be remembered not with celebratory pride, but with horror.
this is a part of history that should not be sanitized,romanticized,or celebrated
ReplyDeleteAftermath
ReplyDeleteby Siegfried Sassoon
Have you forgotten yet?...
For the world's events have rumbled on since those gagged days,
Like traffic checked while at the crossing of city-ways:
And the haunted gap in your mind has filled with thoughts that flow
Like clouds in the lit heaven of life; and you're a man reprieved to go,
Taking your peaceful share of Time, with joy to spare.
But the past is just the same--and War's a bloody game...
Have you forgotten yet?...
Look down, and swear by the slain of the War that you'll never forget.
Do you remember the dark months you held the sector at Mametz--
The nights you watched and wired and dug and piled sandbags on parapets?
Do you remember the rats; and the stench
Of corpses rotting in front of the front-line trench--
And dawn coming, dirty-white, and chill with a hopeless rain?
Do you ever stop and ask, 'Is it all going to happen again?'
Do you remember that hour of din before the attack--
And the anger, the blind compassion that seized and shook you then
As you peered at the doomed and haggard faces of your men?
Do you remember the stretcher-cases lurching back
With dying eyes and lolling heads--those ashen-grey
Masks of the lads who once were keen and kind and gay?
Have you forgotten yet?...
Look up, and swear by the green of the spring that you'll never forget.