I don't know what to think about this

May 06, 2010 18:13

So yesterday, softlykarou y and I went into Hiroshima for the Flower Festival. She wandered off at one point, and I'm sitting in the Peace Park waiting for her when an old man comes up to me and says hello and asks me how I am. I say fine, ask him how he is, and he laughs and says he doesn't speak English well. So I switch to Japanese and ask him how he is ( Read more... )

hiroshima city (広島市), japan (日本), i am not japanese (外人です)

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notthecheat May 6 2010, 20:46:06 UTC
That is an amazing way for a survivor to process and think about the bombings.

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khandreia May 6 2010, 22:27:47 UTC
It truly is remarkable how personal experiences can shape one's perspective on a major event, how sometimes some good can come out of something so devastating and tragic. I think you stumbled onto something very interesting here.

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deathfromafar May 7 2010, 13:19:14 UTC
I think the man in my icon would be overjoyed to have heard this.

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