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I made a post earlier about the World Cup and I kind of feel guilty. The fact is that what we did as a country to Japan at the end of WWII was flat out wrong. Yes I know, they started it by attacking Pearl Harbor, a military target. I still believe very strongly that the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, two of the most populated cities on THE ISLAND of Japan was one of the biggest black eyes of American history. The other being how white people treated the American Indians. We practically wiped out an entire nation of people without regard for civilian casualties. The American Civil War and slavery are all over the news these days. People need to stop regurgitating their crappy history lessons from the 5th grade and read a book or two. The civil war wasn't about slavery. That was a strategic after thought by President Lincoln that helped turn the course of the war back into the Union's favor. In my mind and heart, slavery takes a back seat to the American Indians. If the atomic bombs weren't an act of existing war, I would place that in front of slavery in America as well. You notice that I say "slavery in America". That's because there has been and still is slavery all over the world. You don't own it, and people should not feel ashamed of it or privileged by it. NO ONE THAT OWNED SLAVES OR WAS A SLAVE IN AMERICA IS STILL ALIVE. So everyone needs to get over their crap and move on with their lives.