Hiroshima/the atomic bomb: Part II

This is part two of a 42-minute video about Hiroshima, nuclear weapons, nuclear waste, and the human costs of militarism and war, which was the centerpiece of national grassroots discussions that took place the week of April 14-22, 2007.
http://www.americasdialogue.org
For Jim Hilgendorf's website:
http://www.jimhilgendorf.org

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News & Politics

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• Hiroshima
• nuclear
• weapons
• waste
• hibakusha
• atomic
• bomb

[aric172]

lol @ racist comments about white people

lol @ people pretending to know everything

lol @ people blindly hating and only stating bad points about countries/people

evil doesn't have a nationality or ethnicity so stop pretending it does

[Channypogosticks]

@EgyptianPrinceCB To those who are not those soldiers that are in the pacific this is considered murder, to those who were in the pacific this was considered a life saver, and ultimately to those who were occupied by japan: this was justice.

[operationHomeGROWN]

suicide on a global scale.... everyone thimb me up if u want nuclear weapons to be a thing of the past... you know that the biggest threat to human civilisation is such warheads its a sceary thought "true" and the only way we can do this is to open our hearts and agree that there is onle one race THE HUMAN RACE, lets band together if u see someone that looks different to you dont be fearfull or angry but be loving and open your arms to them as they are not so different ourself LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR

[rzerblae]

like shieraden says over and over ...WORLD PEACE PLEASE..

[compooky]

YOU CANT COMPARE ANYTHING TO THIS. THIS IS A SYSTEMATIC WAY OF EXTERMINATION. the fact that these weapons were developed and USED gave the possibility FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER,THAT EVERY LIVING ON THIS PLANET COULD BE DESTROYED WITH A PUSH OF A BUTTON!!!!!!. America not only mass murdered thousands of people but planted the seed for any other country to use nuclear weapons for their OWN just cause. HARRY TRUMAN IS THE GREATEST WAR CRIMINAL!!! AMERICA SHOULDN'T PLAY god.

[longtail4711]

@oceanmandy Very true and very well said. WWII in general was just rife with examples of how wrong the human race can really be. There were no innocents, save for the civilians caught in the barbarism of these insane governments going at it. Nobody deserved any of it anywhere.

[TheLOCATION100]

War is a legal status allowing soldiers to kill soldiers- but not babies and children - and certainly not in such a torturous way (skin melting off and left in sweltering summer heat with no shade)- the atomic bombing was an act of pure evil- we can only hope that there is some mysterious force of justice that rectifies this evil event. The USA's greatest shame is its political weakness that enabled the use of a nuclear weapon on innocent children. Mind-blowing callousness USA!

[EliManningFan896]

Just because they hit us hard at Pearl Harbor didn't mean killing Japanese civilian men, women, and children. But i do understand that it was war and that outrageous things happen during that time. But using bombs to end a war is, in my mind i don't know if other people think the same, inhumane.

[byteresistor]

@oceanmandy Japan absolutely refused to surrender, the bomb forced them to. It might've been wrong but it was the only solution to end the war as fast as possible.

[9310103052]

if the money and mind is used in developing basic needs through world it would

prove to be more soothing to the sole.

[tlarremore]

History, learn from it or repeat it.

[canadiansk8]

nuclear weapons are good when u have them