Hiroshima and Nagasaki tells a lot about mankind. Both that we are such assholes that we can drop atomic bombs on hundreds of thousands of ourselves, and that we have such grit that we can rise from the ashes and get back to buisness as usual. When I first heard about Hiroshima and Nagasaki as a kid I thought those places were now dead empty wastelands. Imagine my joy and amazement when I learned that they were real living cities, as normal as can be.
I like to think on the second part more than the first, but on a day like today... I've been having cold shivers all day.
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