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The Hiroshima Memorial Museum is not called the Atomic Bomb Memorial Museum. It is called the Peace Memorial Museum.
In that Museum, there is not one single message of blame. I did not feel guilty being an American to be there. The only messages arguing the past were those of the Americans who felt threatened by the fact that the museum dared to present the facts of what happened. they were protesting against an injustice that had not occurred - the facts seemed to them to be an accusation, and so they defended themselves against a persecution that was only in their mind.
Not one word of the exhibits in that museum is wasted on "The US should not have done this" or even on "This should never have happened."
Its ONLY message is "This should never happen again."
If the people of Hiroshima are able to look forward instead of backward, can't we do the same?
Just saying.
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