The United States dropped the world's first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, destroying the city and killing 140,000 people.
It dropped a second bomb three days later on Nagasaki, killing another 70,000.
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| Barbie's release in Japan is scheduled for August 11 |
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| Opening scene from 'Back to the Future' |
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| A watch found at Ground Zero, Hiroshima |
UPDATE: August, 2023
And while I do get how it would be insensitive to Japanese people, I don't think the studios and cinemas are celebrating the bombs being dropped on Japan in August.
Most people I know, including myself, are appalled that humans would drop a bomb, never mind two, on a city full of humans and try to justify it afterwards, as if there was no choice.
While I have seen 'Barbie' and probably will again at the cinema, I'm yet to see 'Oppenheimer', but I plan on seeing it sometime next week, probably on Wednesday, not to celebrate the destruction of Nagasaki at the end of WWII, but unfortunately that is the only day my youngest son can see it at the cinema with me, due to work commitments.
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