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August 6 and 9 -- 70 years ago nuclear fire raged through the streets of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
#22051988 - 08/06/15 06:50 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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source & commemorative article
"August 6 and 9 -- 70 years ago nuclear fire raged through the streets of Hiroshima and Nagasaki"
Thats really the best way I could put the title of this post. For the Americans it was a story of unprecedented scientific triumph, of military secrecy and unprecedented victory.
The Japanese story wasnt about the Imperial Army or the Emperor or the war effort, it was simply that of two citie full of civilians, just like your city and your town, just people doing their everyday thing, that suddenly and completely unexpectedly was hit by a fireball hotter than the core of the sun, nuclear fire, blast and radioactivity in unprecedented destruction.
Here is a respectful re-enactment of what the explosion and immediate aftermath was like, with a few real eye witness accounts included by the survivors of the Hiroshima explosion themselves.
This is not a debate topic. This is not about whether it was right or wrong or whatever.
Its a commemorative thread.
I ask of you, symbolically, to post the image of flowers and peace symbols in respect for the fallen of Hiroshima, and perhaps add some words of respect.
Basically, what they are doing, today, in downtown Hiroshima by the monument, and in varied places in Japan and the world.
We normally turn threads into a party, let's be more solemn in this one.
"If you haven't got anything nice to say, please don't say anything at all"
In honor of the many tens of thousands who died in the moment of destruction and in the aftermath in both Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Re: August 6 and 9 -- 70 years ago nuclear fire raged through the streets of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [Re: Asante] 1
#22051994 - 08/06/15 06:52 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Re: August 6 and 9 -- 70 years ago nuclear fire raged through the streets of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [Re: OhMrJohnson] 1
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Edited by Asante (08/06/15 07:34 AM)
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Re: August 6 and 9 -- 70 years ago nuclear fire raged through the streets of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [Re: Asante]
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Replenish Peacefully in Divinity's Embrace
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Re: August 6 and 9 -- 70 years ago nuclear fire raged through the streets of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [Re: Asante] 3
#22052043 - 08/06/15 07:13 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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OK so I hope you approve, I mean no disrespect by posting this. But here's an scene from Hadashi no Gen (Barefoot Gen) of what it was like when the A-bomb went off. I know it's an anime, but I have read it's fairly accurate.
Kinda puts things into perspective, the horrors they went through.
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Re: August 6 and 9 -- 70 years ago nuclear fire raged through the streets of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [Re: Lucis]
#22052106 - 08/06/15 07:41 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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No that's completely respectful, carry on.
During my last trip I experienced a sequence of the events that happened there. It was deeply moving and gave me a totally different and *personal* perspective on the nuclear bombing. It inspired me to make this thread.
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Re: August 6 and 9 -- 70 years ago nuclear fire raged through the streets of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [Re: Asante] 3
#22052123 - 08/06/15 07:48 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Horrible event. Let's hope something like this never happens EVER again.
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Re: August 6 and 9 -- 70 years ago nuclear fire raged through the streets of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [Re: daz01]
#22052133 - 08/06/15 07:53 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I blame the US for this
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#22052134 - 08/06/15 07:54 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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I think there's enough blame to go around for everyone.
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Re: August 6 and 9 -- 70 years ago nuclear fire raged through the streets of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [Re: daz01]
#22052190 - 08/06/15 08:13 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Commemoration comes in many guises, these children stage a "die-in" in honor of the fallen.

A good article by the Daily Mail showing many pictures from then (graphic) and now, today's commemoration in Hiroshima.
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Re: August 6 and 9 -- 70 years ago nuclear fire raged through the streets of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [Re: Asante] 1
#22052219 - 08/06/15 08:21 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Yes n soon we get to celebrate VJ day on the tenth!
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Re: August 6 and 9 -- 70 years ago nuclear fire raged through the streets of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [Re: CHeifM4sterDiezL]
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We didn't even need to do it. We had already won. We were blockading them with mine technology we got from the German's being stupid as fuck
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#22052378 - 08/06/15 09:02 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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Let's hope this tragedy never happens again.
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Re: August 6 and 9 -- 70 years ago nuclear fire raged through the streets of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [Re: Turtletotem]
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I don't know. Muslems are a pretty huge problem. If we turned Mecca into nothing, maybe they would know Allah is fake. I'm somewhat kidding. They are the enemies of liberal democratic values
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Re: August 6 and 9 -- 70 years ago nuclear fire raged through the streets of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [Re: specialpeopleclub] 2
#22052550 - 08/06/15 09:43 AM (8 years, 5 months ago) |
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specialpeopleclub said: We didn't even need to do it. We had already won. We were blockading them with mine technology we got from the German's being stupid as fuck
Almost every military expert at the time said it needed to be done hell we had to drop two bombs before they got the message the war could have continued potentially for decades at a huge cost to humanity. It was meant to be the bomb that ended all world wars. When that bomb hit it sent a message to the world that nothing again would be the same. Lets not forget what got japan into this predicament. The japanese government made thier own bed.
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Re: August 6 and 9 -- 70 years ago nuclear fire raged through the streets of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [Re: CHeifM4sterDiezL]
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They had resorted to suicide attacks. We had won. They couldn't stop Operation Starvation because of our technology we got from the Germans. I think it was a show off power display to crush the will of that country. What message was there to get? They are on islands. They were fucked
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Re: August 6 and 9 -- 70 years ago nuclear fire raged through the streets of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [Re: specialpeopleclub] 4
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a siege on an island that they lived in isolation on for hundreds of years jus prior to this war oh yeh that would have totally worked in no time. Do you have any idea wtf happened in the history of the world any clue at all? WWII was fucking real serious bro alot of people got killed n there were horrible atrocities commited show some fucking respect u ungrateful ignoranmus people fucking killed and died for this shit you fuck.
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Re: August 6 and 9 -- 70 years ago nuclear fire raged through the streets of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [Re: specialpeopleclub] 2
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specialpeopleclub said: I don't know. Muslems are a pretty huge problem. If we turned Mecca into nothing, maybe they would know Allah is fake. I'm somewhat kidding. They are the enemies of liberal democratic values
We've got plenty of people in power, right here, right now, who are much worse enemies of our democratic values than some hate-beards living in the mountains. These people make sure that your attention is on the Muslims, and not on them. And you bought it.
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Re: August 6 and 9 -- 70 years ago nuclear fire raged through the streets of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [Re: Turtletotem]
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Turtletotem said:
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specialpeopleclub said: I don't know. Muslems are a pretty huge problem. If we turned Mecca into nothing, maybe they would know Allah is fake. I'm somewhat kidding. They are the enemies of liberal democratic values
We've got plenty of people in power, right here, right now, who are much worse enemies of our democratic values than some hate-beards living in the mountains. These people make sure that your attention is on the Muslims, and not on them. And you bought it.
Watch 'Stacy and the Muslem Problem'. They are breeding and actively taking control of places that aren't shit holes. In a few decades they will be the majority in France. What then with our values? I watched a long documentary on Saudi Arabia. We should have invaded it years ago. It pumps out radicals constantly because of a deal made by the royal family years ago. Not that there are liberal Muslems.
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Re: August 6 and 9 -- 70 years ago nuclear fire raged through the streets of Hiroshima and Nagasaki [Re: specialpeopleclub] 1
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specialpeopleclub said:
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Turtletotem said:
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specialpeopleclub said: I don't know. Muslems are a pretty huge problem. If we turned Mecca into nothing, maybe they would know Allah is fake. I'm somewhat kidding. They are the enemies of liberal democratic values
We've got plenty of people in power, right here, right now, who are much worse enemies of our democratic values than some hate-beards living in the mountains. These people make sure that your attention is on the Muslims, and not on them. And you bought it.
Watch 'Stacy and the Muslem Problem'. They are breeding and actively taking control of places that aren't shit holes. In a few decades they will be the majority in France. What then with our values? I watched a long documentary on Saudi Arabia. We should have invaded it years ago. It pumps out radicals constantly because of a deal made by the royal family years ago. Not that there are liberal Muslems.
Ah yes, the muslim-problem.
Now where have we heard such language before? In a WW2 thread, even.
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