Nihil humanum mihi alienum puto

Nothing human will I consider alien to me is the translation of Nihil humanum mihi alienum puto. It's the foundation my humanities class is built upon. Everytime I go to that class I walk away with a slightly altered state of mind. Today we discussed the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The bombs killed as many as 140,000 people in Hiroshima and 80,000 in Nagasaki by the end of 1945, roughly half within seconds after the bomb was dropped. Since then, thousands more have died from injuries or illness attributed to exposure to radiation released by the bombs. In both cities, the overwhelming majority of the dead were civilians. I just want to know WHY. Who the hell was on the council to decide that it was okay to kill thousands of innocent people? The bomb was originally designed to force Germany to surrender, yet they surrendered without the bomb being used so the US turned their attention to Japan. The Japanese were not alerted to the bombs and had no idea that they would soon be faced with such an ultimatum. The bomb produced "firewinds" which burned steadfastly and unabated for 2-3 hours after the explosin and sucessfully destroyed the entire city of Hiroshima. The civilians had no hope. Three days later another bomb was dropped on Nagasaki. Here is a video to show the effects of the bomb.


Thousands of innocent lives were lost. Thousands of civilian lives were taken within seconds and to this day people still suffer from the radioactive fallout. Millions of people have been affected. How could you do something like this to people? Doesn't that put us on damn near the same level as Hitler? They're human. They're people just like you and I. Innocent at that. Now what would have happened if they bombed us back? That would have been a disaster right? That would have been something to cry about right? Well why do something to someone else you wouldnt want done to you? Boy, i sure hope Obama has a sturdy international policy. I sure hope the next four years will be marked by remarkable change and awesome politics.