Day 14 - Hiroshima, 80 Years On
I'm just going to post two photos I took, both with a brilliant blue sky that disguises the horror that took place here. I was briefly tempted to add an image from the Internet of a victim of the atomic bomb that was dropped here, but decided against it. I leave it up to the reader to do their own research and see the burned flesh, charred skin etc. 8:15am on a bright, cloudless morning on the 6th of August 1945, one bomb was dropped here. 140,000 people died on the day and in the following months to the end of 1945. It sometimes seems as though the human race has not ascended much above the club and spear in terms of thought and civilisation. The so-called leaders of the world appear to be the most reckless among us, expending lives for political ends. We'll need luck if our species is to persist much longer. The Peace Memorial Museum should have been a moving tribute to those who perished and suffered, but sadly it was ruined by the staff who failed to...
