In elementary school I found this text book that was discussing wwii and I read the chapter dropping the bombs on Japan. It discussed the horrors of the decision.


There was a picture that I can still see in my head. It was in black and white, and it was a silhouette of a mother and daughter against this wall of a building that was partially knocked down.


The caption of the picture was something like, the blast was so bright and so hot the shadow of these two victims has been permanently burned into this building.


That picture affected me for a long time. I don't care how evil a government is, no woman and her child deserve that kind of death.

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