Hiroshima Piano in New York

A piano that was damaged in the atomic bombing of Nagasaki was played in New York City over the weekend to commemorate the anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks:

The event, held at a church in New York to remember victims of the terrorist attacks and pray for world peace, marked the first time the A-bombed piano, which was damaged with shards of glass in the Aug. 6, 1945 attack, has been played overseas.

“I’ve organized concerts using this A-bombed piano for 10 years. I hope that through this, people will remember the victims of the terrorist attacks and that this will form a bridge between Japan and the United States,” piano tuner Mitsunori Yagawa, who restored the instrument, told the audience at the start of the performance.

[via Lost in Ube]

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11 comments - What do you think? Posted by James - September 14, 2010 at 7:40 pm

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Kalinin

Oh Sure! That’s a good idea, you know USA feel sad for what terrorists did to them, so you send them something to make USA remember their glory days when they killed lots of Japanese so USA can feel a bit better! ¬_¬”
Terrorists did to USA what USA did to Japan, both were terrorist act!!!

Dave

Sadly, your thinking keeps the hatred going when the entire point of this is to promote peace…Ever heard of forgiveness and understanding? And on another note, you think BOTH were terrorists acts? Buddy, you should brush up on your history…

confusedcammy

The 9/11 events over New York and Washington were terrorist attacks. (carried out by terrorist groups)
Thousands of innocent civilians died as a result. Those who personally carried out the crimes died
when the planes crashed. Some who plotted the crime were killed or captured during subsequent years.

The atomic bombings over Hiroshima and Nagasaki were also terrorist attacks. (state-sponsored)
Hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians died as a result. Under international laws and
conventions in effect during and prior to August 1945, the atomic bombims clearly fall under
the definition of war crimes and/or crimes of humanity. It was not investigated and tried
because Japan had lost the war. The civilian victims(living and dead) received no justice.
No, wait… I take that back. No amount of justice will bring back the lives of the dead.

http://www.billowykimono.com Senor Science

“The atomic bombings over Hiroshima and Nagasaki were also terrorist attacks. (state-sponsored)
Hundreds of thousands of innocent civilians died as a result.”

Hiroshima was a valid military target , as was every other Japanese city.

Would you also gather to guess that the firebombings of Dresden were “terrorist attacks”?

Also for every one else claiming the United States government planned 9/11: You’re no better than the scum who deny the Holocaust.

sublight

Yes, actually, they were terror attacks, and were referred to as such by the British and American generals. The same was done by the Germans with regard to the bombings on London and other cities. The stated goal of the firebombing of Tokyo was to demoralize and terrorize the civilian population.Just because the current generation of Americans wishes to rewrite history so they can feel morally superior to the rest of the world does not change what was actually done and why.

Level3

If you go by your definition, almost ANY act of violence in war is a “terrorist attack”, because war is scary, and a synonym of scary is terrifying, so it’s “terrorism”?

Sorry, but since there was an actual war going on, you can’t just throw around the word “terrorism” and feel smug about your own morality, especially if you’ve never had to make decisions between killing 200,000 people today (A-bomb), or killing 2,000,000 over the next year (Invade Japanese mainland), or sticking your head in the sand and letting 20,000,000 get killed and 2,000,000,000 be enslaved (allow 100 Nankings and the Japanese Imperial Army to conquer everything from Hawaii to New Delhi).

What’s the toughest decision you’ve made this week? Whether to get a Grande or a Venti at Starbucks?

Oh, and can we like, look at the facts as stated in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial museum itself? Hiroshima was a legitimate military target, even according to them. Giant Navy yard. No zoning regulations so factories and residences are side by side, even as today in Japan. Go there and see, unless you’re the typical ghoul who skips the educational first half of the building and just wants to see the melted stuff. Facts are so inconvenient, aren’t they?
Comment

Yup, back then, a whole lot of bombs were dropped by a whole lot of different people on a whole lot of different places.

Waitaminute, what was your point again?
sublight

Level3:
“If you go by your definition, almost ANY act of violence in war is a “terrorist attack”, because war is scary, and a synonym of scary is terrifying, so it’s “terrorism”?”

No, if we go by my definition, when the goal of an attack is terrorizing the civilian population, it is terrorism. Which is, you know, exactly what I said in my first post. The generals themselves (the sames ones who made the decision to launch the attacks) defined it as such.
Comment

So Pearl Harbor was an act of…
ponta

“look at the facts as stated in the Hiroshima Peace Memorial museum itself? Hiroshima was a legitimate military target, even according to them”

Level 3
Can you quote where the hiroshima Peace Momorian said hiroshima was a legitimate target?

”By the end of the Pacific War, Japan’s major cities were being attacked by air almost daily, but an order in May prohibited conventional bombing of the candidate cities. This order was to ensure that the atomic bomb’s effects could be accurately ascertained. When the atomic bomb was dropped, Hiroshima was the largest Japanese city that had not yet been attacked by air. ”

http://www.pcf.city.hiroshima.jp/

ffffffffff

Bombs should have been dropped on Tokyo and Kyoto.

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