Comments on: How would you deal with it? http://www.anchormast.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-deal-with-it/ Your house shall not be an anchor but a mast - Khalil Gibran Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:12:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Tess http://www.anchormast.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-deal-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-828 Tess Sun, 11 Nov 2007 09:46:08 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-deal-with-it/#comment-828 Thanks for your comment, Seventh Sister, and welcome to this space. I've been trying to figure out whether what Cahill said can be right. By the time the atomic bombs were used, Hitler was dead and the war in Europe was over. It had been reasonably clear for some time that the allies were winning the European war. But perhaps if the bombs were ready for use some time before Hiroshima (I don't know enough about that element), then this terrible theory might be right. I hope not. Thanks for your comment, Seventh Sister, and welcome to this space.
I’ve been trying to figure out whether what Cahill said can be right. By the time the atomic bombs were used, Hitler was dead and the war in Europe was over. It had been reasonably clear for some time that the allies were winning the European war.
But perhaps if the bombs were ready for use some time before Hiroshima (I don’t know enough about that element), then this terrible theory might be right. I hope not.

]]> By: seventh sister http://www.anchormast.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-deal-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-826 seventh sister Sun, 11 Nov 2007 02:05:15 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-deal-with-it/#comment-826 I saw an Bill Moyers interview Thomas Cahill regarding what makes for civilization and what does not. Cahill stated that the bomb would never have been dropped on Europe which is populated with white people. It was dropped on Asians intead. I think he was right. It was dropped on 'people not like us'. In the eyes of some, that made it OK. I saw an Bill Moyers interview Thomas Cahill regarding what makes for civilization and what does not. Cahill stated that the bomb would never have been dropped on Europe which is populated with white people. It was dropped on Asians intead. I think he was right. It was dropped on ‘people not like us’. In the eyes of some, that made it OK.

]]> By: Tess http://www.anchormast.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-deal-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-783 Tess Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:49:40 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-deal-with-it/#comment-783 Anita, Barbara, thank you for your comments. I hadn't heard of the ceremony you mention, Barbara, thank you for describing it. Anita, Barbara, thank you for your comments. I hadn’t heard of the ceremony you mention, Barbara, thank you for describing it.

]]> By: Barbara http://www.anchormast.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-deal-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-780 Barbara Mon, 05 Nov 2007 01:31:42 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-deal-with-it/#comment-780 I don't know what to say about Tibbetts -- it is beyond my comprehension. However, I lived in Hiroshima (1.8 km from the site of the bomb blast) for a bit over a year and I visited beautiful Nagasaki. There is no residual hatred for Americans because of the bomb, just a great and profound sadness. The ceremony whereby the souls of those who died are sent back "over the water" in little boats lit by candles to the chanting of Buddhist dirges, is one I will not forget. It occurs along the banks of the river Ota every August 6. I don’t know what to say about Tibbetts — it is beyond my comprehension. However, I lived in Hiroshima (1.8 km from the site of the bomb blast) for a bit over a year and I visited beautiful Nagasaki. There is no residual hatred for Americans because of the bomb, just a great and profound sadness. The ceremony whereby the souls of those who died are sent back “over the water” in little boats lit by candles to the chanting of Buddhist dirges, is one I will not forget. It occurs along the banks of the river Ota every August 6.

]]> By: anita http://www.anchormast.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-deal-with-it/comment-page-1/#comment-767 anita Sat, 03 Nov 2007 01:17:11 +0000 http://www.anchormast.com/2007/11/02/how-would-you-deal-with-it/#comment-767 There was a piece in the local paper this morning on Tibbetts. They quoted him in a 1975 interview, "I'm not proud that I killed 80,000 people, but I'm proud that I was able to start with nothing, plan it and have it work as perfectly as it did." He added, "I sleep clearly every night." I can't even begin to understand a mind that can compartmentalize things in that way. Apparently he could, though. Perhaps that's the mark of a successful military man: being able to accept responsibility for multiple deaths, but also being able to divorce that responsibility from the rest of your life. There was a piece in the local paper this morning on Tibbetts. They quoted him in a 1975 interview, “I’m not proud that I killed 80,000 people, but I’m proud that I was able to start with nothing, plan it and have it work as perfectly as it did.” He added, “I sleep clearly every night.”

I can’t even begin to understand a mind that can compartmentalize things in that way. Apparently he could, though. Perhaps that’s the mark of a successful military man: being able to accept responsibility for multiple deaths, but also being able to divorce that responsibility from the rest of your life.

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