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Hiroshima marks a-bomb anniversary, calls nuclear deterrence "folly" (www.reuters.com)

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TOKYO, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Japan on Sunday marked the 78th anniversary of the U.S. atomic bombing on Hiroshima, where its mayor urged the abolition of nuclear weapons and called the Group of Seven leaders' notion of nuclear deterrence a "folly".

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[–] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's something typical of the West.

[–] DrDeadCrash@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Not really, we know and often discuss the bad shit we've done. The racists and bigots among us never want to talk about it though, so maybe that's who you're thinking of.

[–] Aurenkin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

It's sadly typical of many countries but in some you can at least read about them.