This time is now a moment in history, and for the majority of humanity, we have consigned it to a corner of the past. However, the issue of the atomic bomb does not only belong to history. It affects us here and now. It's an on-going reality. War is destruction of human life.
War is death.
To remember the past is to commit oneself to the future. To remember Hiroshima is to abhor nuclear war. Meanwhile in Japan a recent survey reported that nearly one in ten Japanese under 50 believe the United States was Japan's ally. Although youth should not be tied by the past, and it's very important not to retain hatred, it is also of utmost importance that the lessons of war are learnt. Yet, sixty-three percent of today's Japanese were born after 1945.