Saturday, August 06, 2005
Happy Kaboom! Day
Yes, it's the day we celebrate a really big Kaboom! I call it Kaboom! Day rather than "the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima" because it really has become a kind of holiday, where we engage in rituals like debating whether it should have been done, or mourning the loss of life of people we don't care about at all, or protesting nuclear weapons in general. As Indybay describes it: "A protest will be held in Livermore on Saturday, August 6th to act to abolish nuclear weapons and war, protest new, earth-penetrating nuclear weapons at Livermore Lab, and celebrate visions of a just and nuclear-free world."
As a thought exercise, consider what "celebrating visions of a just and nuclear-free world" entails, and more importantly, what it does not entail (i.e. doing something about it).
Happy Kaboom! Day, everyone!
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