Some go all the way. As the march proceeds, more and more people join the ranks. Brother Utsumi, of Japanese origin, feels an especially intense and heartfelt commitment to the abolition of all nuclear weaponry. You would think that my own people would have avoided nuclear production at all costs. Yet, they participate in that industry.
Oak Ridge stands for violence and death.
He is committed to walk the long path with other people who also oppose the government's renewed endeavor to manufacture isotopes for weapons. Great concern appears in his eyes as he speaks of the escalation of India, Pakistan, Iraq, Iran, Korea and other countries who are developing the techniques to build bombs of the ultimate destruction of life. In his optimism, he believes that the end of nuclear industry will be seen in our lifetime. We are survivors. The group stopped late Friday afternoon just north of Homer.