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...Guard Glenview, Illinois, U.S. Hiroshima is now a well-planned and modern city, but no amount of modernization can take away the fact that more than 60,000 people were wiped out in seconds by the atomic blast. I believe the modernization occurred because the U.S. simply did not comprehend the extent of destruction the atom bomb would cause and thus set about rebuilding the city to ease the pain and guilt Americans felt. Tungsan Yu Colombo, Sri Lanka Reforming Islam Irshad Manji's essay "When Denial Can Kill" argued that Islam might be motivating suicide bombers [July...
...that the bomber expects Allah to ask innocent victims to forgive him when he offers no forgiveness of his own. I realize that wars have been fought in the name of God for thousands of years, but in this day and age, such hatred is difficult for me to comprehend. I cannot imagine a loathing so deep and all consuming. Even more perplexing is the bombers' belief that they will meet their creator in heaven. What if they find that they end up in hell and that their creator is the devil himself? Mayr Malool Lake Placid, Florida, U.S. What...
...hard to comprehend what the immediate aftermath must have been like in Hiroshima. There were the grim tasks of collecting the bodies and burning them, of clearing the rubble and debris. In all, 2.4 million sq. mi. had to be cleared and surveyed-a painstaking process that took four years. But after the most destructive event in the history of warfare, normalcy did return-slowly, fitfully but, eventually, resoundingly. Hiroshima today is a pleasant, prosperous city of 1.1 million people, with everyday concerns that are mostly no different from those of any other city in the developed world...
...that the bomber expects Allah to ask innocent victims to forgive him when he offers no forgiveness of his own. I realize that wars have been fought in the name of God for thousands of years, but in this day and age, such hatred is difficult for me to comprehend. I cannot imagine a loathing so deep and all consuming. Even more perplexing is the bombers' belief that they will meet their creator in heaven. What if they find that they end up in hell and that their creator is the devil himself? Mayr Malool Lake Placid, Florida...
...that the bomber expects Allah to ask innocent victims to forgive him when he offers no forgiveness of his own. I realize that wars have been fought in the name of God for thousands of years, but in this day and age, such hatred is difficult for me to comprehend. I cannot imagine a loathing so deep and all consuming. Even more perplexing is the belief of the bombers that they will meet their creator in heaven. What if they find that they end up in hell and that their creator is the devil himself...