bolson | 8-6-45 Never Forget (Reply)

I saw a 9-11-01 sticker on a truck today and got into my usual groove of think that the owner of the truck probably doesn't have much in common with me politically. Then my mind wandered to the term "Ground Zero" which has been back in the news a lot lately. I've always been irked by this term because I'm more likely to think of the three places which really defined the term: Trinity Site, Hiroshima and Nagasaki. I think an act of war that destroys a city and kills a hundred thousand people pretty thoroughly overshadows a (tragically effective) terrorist bombing of a couple buildings. I think calling the world trade center collapse site 'ground zero' is diluting the memory of the first three atomic bomb explosions. (7-16-45) 8-6-45 8-9-45 Never Forget