WASP: "Why are there so few Christians in Japan, a developed country should be Christian."
Japan: It was the US that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, the largest Christian town in Japan 80 years ago. Moreover, they dropped it on a church in the middle of a mass.
(Photo: Statue of Mary, exposed to the atomic bomb)
I was very hesitant to post this, but I am sure you will understand.
I was very much looking forward to the release of "Oppenheimer" and "Barbie" in Japan.
However, I am saddened by the #Barbenheimer meme that glorifies a genocidal weapon that took the lives of approximately 220,000 people (including those on the Korean peninsula). How can such unimaginative play be made?
And as long as Barbie officials are participating in this "play," I will not be able to support this movie, which is a great pity....
We hope that everyone with a heart will listen to our message.
My prayers go out to the hibakusha and to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, who have continued to suffer for generations afterwards.
※ I am only criticizing the attitude of the fans who make a mockery of the tragedy of the atomic bombing. Please understand that I am not criticizing the film itself (which has not yet been released in Japan!).
I was really looking forward to the Japan release, so I'm deeply shocked. It feels like Japan has been excluded from the feminist solidarity. I saw comments calling the protest 'victim play.'
It's true that Japan has a history as a perpetrator during wars, and that remains. However, it's also a fact that there were 1.3 million victims. They literally melted away due to the scorching radiation, with their body fluids evaporating and their skin cracking like shredded clothes, fluttering in the hot wind. The bomb's light was so intense that it burned the shadows of the people who were standing on the stone pavement. Those shadowed individuals' bodies melted and disappeared, including their bones and teeth.
The bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not just 'big and dangerous bombs.' People melted and vanished in the heat, and afterward, contaminated black rain fell, exposing people to radiation and giving rise to new discrimination. (For years, people who were born and raised in Hiroshima and Nagasaki have faced discrimination as survivors and have been stigmatized in marriages and interactions with people from other prefectures.)
I wish there was more respect and compassion shown towards these victims. Both the United States and Japan have lost innocent lives unjustly in wars, and that's the same for both countries.
Is it considered right-wing to desire compassion, solidarity, and respect for the victims of the mistakes humans made in wars? Unfortunately, the movie 'Oppenheimer' won't be released in Japan.
Through this incident, I became convinced that Japan's perception of events like Pearl Harbor differs from that of the United States. This serves as a lesson for us as well. I realized that it's something common to all countries. How we view war from different perspectives can alter the emotions and perceptions that arise as byproducts of facts.
That's why I believe we must avoid creating conflicts. The only ones who benefit from confrontation and division are those few who decide on war and never go to the battlefield.
I want to share the danger of turning war into a mockery and internet memes.
I may not directly know the horror of the atomic bomb, and I would like to see and learn about the history of the atomic bomb from the American perspective, so it's very disappointing not to have it released.
I’d like to know how the PR teams of Barbie and Oppenheimer plan to address this meme going forward. It will help me decide whether to watch the movie ‘Barbie’ or not.”
Today I want to apologize, I am so sorry for the “Barbiehemier” posts I made on my Peanuts OOC acct both on Twitter and on Tumblr a while ago.
I’ve deleted them but they were in such poor taste, very insensitive and offensive. I should have never made them in the first place.
I wasn’t thinking too much when making them, just trying to join in on all the joke tweets everybody was making.
But that was an incredibly stupid and insensitive thing to do, I should have known better and I won’t make excuses for it.
am not Japanese, but I am deeply sorry to any Japanese people who follow me/the OOC acct who was or has family who was tragically hurt or killed by the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombs.
It was such a horrific tragedy that I had no right to ever joke about.
I’m not trying to excuse my insensitive behavior with this, but I will at least spread this so more people will be aware of it/why the meme was insensitive
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum collects and displays belongings left by the victims, photos, and other materials that convey the horror
I’m sincerely so sorry for all of this, and my heart goes to all of the families who suffered during the horrific bombings. I will never joke about events like that ever again in the future. (5/5)
The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were ultimately the results of your country’s imperial ambitions coming to roost. The fact that your country has yet to apologize for all its atrocities is proof that you ultimately got the better end of the deal, so while your offense is justified it means very little.
I expected this kind of opinion would come eventually. Please be kind and check the word whataboutism.
Yes, our country must face war crimes and abuses committed in the past. We need to educate ourselves and our future generations so we will never make the same mistakes again.
However, there is no contradiction between criticizing the memeization of atomic bombs with that issue. Devaluing the threat of nuclear weapons threatens people (and by people I mean every living human on this planet) in the present and the future, more than people in the past. So anon, this means a lot for me, us, and everyone.
・Hiroshima and Nagasaki: A Multilingual Bibliography
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「ABOUT US: The Aim of Our Project
In 2014, a year before the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we started our survey and research into the multilingual publication of atomic bomb literature. Our goal is to make a comprehensive survey into the process of worldwide acknowledgment of Hiroshima and Nagasaki for 70 years.」