tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10853024.post2908934722592677585..comments2024-03-12T20:20:35.830-05:00Comments on Organizing Notes: FROM DRONES TO SLUGSBruce K. Gagnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10845856861232395427noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10853024.post-70204756486162569852009-06-20T05:59:39.793-05:002009-06-20T05:59:39.793-05:00As an American I lived in Tokyo many years ago, an...As an American I lived in Tokyo many years ago, and my first child was born there on December 7. That would have been Pearl Harbor Day if we weren't on the other side of the international date line. When I remarked on this irony to well-educated Japanese friends, their response was always: "What's Pearl Harbor Day?" The day to remember WWII was August 6, when they were the victims. <br /><br />This human tendency has come back to me time and time again when Americans rev up their victimhood around 9/11. Bush and now Obama repeat the date like a mantra. But I think that when a bomb falls on someone somewhere, that we are all the target. And we are all responsible for raising our voices in dissent. The Japanese people I was friends with had this view: that Japan's citizens had been the victims of the military-industrial complex that ruled Japan through a fascist dictatorship. They thought there was nothing they could do. Maybe there's nothing we can do, either, but I'm not going to stop trying. Thanks for keeping on keeping on, Bruce. Your blog helps my morale.Lisa Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06319699936783253064noreply@blogger.com