Sundance Film Festival '07 - Hiroshima Survivor Shigeko

[lehua16]

I respect Shigeko for not just hating America...( Many people on Youtube just argue who is bad in theory.) Her words are much higher and full of love for human...No excuse. We all responsible for war and peace.

[TAz69x]

It's so sad that there's still "patriotic" (usually retarded inbred religious white hicks from the bible belt) in the US who don't realize the terroristic nature of countless of the US's foreign actions throughout its history.

For fuck sakes, as the moral "epicenter" of the known world, boasting a superior morality, economic, and military power, there's conscionable and intellectually apt ways to fight a war and "police" the world, and then there's Hiroshima, Nagasaki, Vietnam, Iraq, etc...

[joshuaswissmoore]

pearl harbohr was nothing at all compared to the terrible acts we did with hiroshima and nagasaki.when I learned about the 400,000 innocent men women and children we killed with the 2 bombs it made me ashamed of what we did in world war 2.if anyone does'nt agree with me I understand but if you do then thank u

[lindsayshaver]

oh my god, that was the most heartbreaking thing i've ever seen.

[wehauntyou]

Liber AL vel Legis. sub figura CCXX.

[siriuslybloo]

I had the honor of meeting Shigeko when she was in NM a while ago. She is such a gracious lady, and what a dynamic little person. I was truly blessed to meet her.

[freacls]

aww shes tiny shes like the height of a little kid

[Pfisiar22]

I will in no way minimize the suffering caused by the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. There are no words that satisfactorily describe the horror of nuclear war.

I will also not condemn the US for its actions. A land invasion of Japan would have been horrible for both sides. The destruction would have been widespread and the suffering would have been greater.

If the bomb had not been dropped, it is possible a nuclear war with Russia would have happened.

[spotsammie]

let me see, we were bombed at Pearl by the Japanese, and now we all feel sorry for the survivors cause we bombed Japan..I don't think so

[standalone2]

Incinerating and disfiguring over 200,000 men, women and children doesn't quite equate with Pearl Harbour,a military attack on a military target. To drop the first bomb was appalling, to drop the second on Nagasaki was unconscionable. You won the war all right, and to this day the US remains embroiled in wars that keep killing civilians.

[misslovell]

I am in the US and I agree with you standalone2

[omgxstrat]

i totally agree with standalone2

i think that spotsammie needs to open his/her fucking eyes.

an eye for an eye will make the whole world blind, bitchass.

[iaresmrt3]

agreed, we had 4 other options to its just not right to kill 200,000 men women and children and not only that we left the survivors with physical and mental scars. we left so many children as orphans and destroyed homes and left them to starve and dehydrated. If you've seen the movie the tell if you drank water you would die instantly its just disgracful especially when we had four other options!

[sonbuhitsunei]

@standalone2 Do understand, though, that the nation as a whole does not condone these acts. I was born in the US, but I find the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings to be unforgiveable acts of barbarism. Pearl Harbor was a military attack, though that doesn't justify an unprovoked attack either. We can't sit back and allow some third world country to think it can carry out 9/11 like attacks with no repercusions, though. It's a fine line between peace and being a sitting duck for terrorism.

[Sacramentosaint]

What an Ass Hole you are.

[MewRawks]

Urgh You Don't Know.You Have A Point But they murder children and women and they really messed them up if you didnt see the doc.So in this no one won it was just full of pain and suffering epecialy for the familes And Also they problay threw like small bombs we decide to bomb not just 1 but I Belive like 3 towns or citys.So try to feel a little sympathy those were familys they had nothing to do with the war going on they were living their life until we decide to go and destory it

[Bitterness]

I cannot believe you had the audacity to say this.

[XtremeBordom]

and to think that the terrorists are looking into this stuff makes you feel sick.

[boonskank]

i strongly recommend the film she is talking about.

White Light, Black Rain.

Look for it on HBO or check it out on Netflix or Blockbuster online.

[endlightend]

Listen, though it cannot be explained in words. No more war...

[MrAnderson1985]

The Nuke; Most powerful and destructive weapon ever used. Largest used; Initial blast = total destruction.. 30 Miles. Heat rays incinerating everything.. 110 from Hypocenter. That is 20 times worse than Hiroshima; listen to this women, may this never ever happen to a single soul again. It must end with this poor beautiful surviving women.

[Lindy78752]

My heart is breaking as I listen to this woman. To be ignorant to the effects of nuclear weapons is to be ignorant, period. Theres no excuse for it. The sooner people wake up and realize the suffering others have felt at the hands of these decisions, the sooner we can ban all nuclear weapons. Think it's impossible? Then you're part of the problem.

[sukisana]

god bless this woman.

[thatchick37]

She is an amazing survivor and blessing in our lives! May her words touch others the same way it has touched me! She is an ANGEL!

[chrishill293]

She is definately one of Gods many blessings. STOP WAR!