Comments on: The Atom Bomb http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/ Make the World free from WMD Fri, 18 May 2012 04:18:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 By: Elizabeth DeAngelis http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9008 Elizabeth DeAngelis Sun, 23 May 2010 00:56:37 +0000 http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9008 Wow! My essay!!! Wow! My essay!!!

]]> By: Meredith Phipps http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9222 Meredith Phipps Sat, 29 May 2010 15:25:14 +0000 http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9222 Wow, nice job Elizabeth, i am very proud of you. I really like this essay, it is very explanitory. :) Wow, nice job Elizabeth, i am very proud of you. I really like this essay, it is very explanitory. :)

]]> By: Evan Oliff http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9257 Evan Oliff Sun, 30 May 2010 16:01:36 +0000 http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9257 Elizabeth, What an insightful overview of the events that led up to this event and the destruction which it has created. Kudos to your gift of penmanship! Keep up your writing you have a great career ahead of yourself! Elizabeth,

What an insightful overview of the events that led up to this event and the destruction which it has created. Kudos to your gift of penmanship!

Keep up your writing you have a great career ahead of yourself!

]]> By: steven starr http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9311 steven starr Tue, 01 Jun 2010 12:21:48 +0000 http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9311 Elizabeth, Thank you for your insightful essay. I wish more adults, including our elected officials, thought the way that you do. I encourage you to continue your writing and thinking on this subject, we certainly need your generation to speak out against nuclear destruction. Best regards, Steven Starr Elizabeth,

Thank you for your insightful essay. I wish more adults, including our elected officials, thought the way that you do.
I encourage you to continue your writing and thinking on this subject, we certainly need your generation to speak out against nuclear destruction.

Best regards,
Steven Starr

]]> By: Lawrence Wittner http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9324 Lawrence Wittner Wed, 02 Jun 2010 00:57:54 +0000 http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9324 What a terrific essay -- thoughtful, empathic, and beautifully phrased. I wish my students at the State University of New York/Albany wrote as well! What a terrific essay — thoughtful, empathic, and beautifully phrased. I wish my students at the State University of New York/Albany wrote as well!

]]> By: Martin Hellman http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9325 Martin Hellman Wed, 02 Jun 2010 02:13:15 +0000 http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9325 Dear Elizabeth, Thank you for joining the effort to bring some common sense to our thinking about nuclear weapons. This is the most important issue facing humanity, yet so few express any concern. Your essay shows a wisdom beyond your years. Martin Hellman Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering Stanford University Dear Elizabeth,

Thank you for joining the effort to bring some common sense to our thinking about nuclear weapons. This is the most important issue facing humanity, yet so few express any concern. Your essay shows a wisdom beyond your years.

Martin Hellman
Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering
Stanford University

]]> By: michael shevack http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9344 michael shevack Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:18:09 +0000 http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9344 Elizabeth, Your insights are wonderfully astute for someone of your meager years. I think you have a career headed for you. Helping people communicate and understand is a great gift you can offer the world, and I think you should be encouraged completely, because you have talent. Real Talent! Keep up the great works. Rabbi Michael Shevack Bucks County Free Synagogue Elizabeth,

Your insights are wonderfully astute for someone of your meager years. I think you have a career headed for you.
Helping people communicate and understand is a great gift you can offer the world, and I think you should be encouraged completely, because you have talent. Real Talent!

Keep up the great works.

Rabbi Michael Shevack
Bucks County Free Synagogue

]]> By: Alyn Ware http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9347 Alyn Ware Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:50:39 +0000 http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9347 Dear Elizabeth, Well done on your essay. Perhaps you would be interested in the youth group Ban All Nukes Generation (BANG). You can find more information on their websites www.bang.org.nz, www.bang-europe.org and www.bang-usa.org. One suggestion - although you are correct that it was mostly men who built the first atom bomb, I think its more accurate to say that the bomb is the deadliest fruit of 'human' endeavour. There are many men who oppose nuclear weapons and unfortunately some women who support it. All the best Alyn New Zealand Dear Elizabeth,

Well done on your essay. Perhaps you would be interested in the youth group Ban All Nukes Generation (BANG). You can find more information on their websites www.bang.org.nz, www.bang-europe.org and www.bang-usa.org.

One suggestion - although you are correct that it was mostly men who built the first atom bomb, I think its more accurate to say that the bomb is the deadliest fruit of ‘human’ endeavour. There are many men who oppose nuclear weapons and unfortunately some women who support it.

All the best
Alyn
New Zealand

]]> By: Peter Brecke http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9348 Peter Brecke Wed, 02 Jun 2010 18:52:14 +0000 http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9348 Nice essay Elizabeth. I hope your concern and passion about preventing nuclear weapons from being used again remains with you and that you keep speaking out against their use. We need many more of you to be such articulate spokespersons for the cause. Peter Brecke Georgia Institute of Technology Nice essay Elizabeth. I hope your concern and passion about preventing nuclear weapons from being used again remains with you and that you keep speaking out against their use. We need many more of you to be such articulate spokespersons for the cause.

Peter Brecke
Georgia Institute of Technology

]]> By: Gail Peeler http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9356 Gail Peeler Thu, 03 Jun 2010 01:44:51 +0000 http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9356 Elizabeth, You are obviously a mature and smart young lady, and I am so glad to know that there are young people like you out there!! You are what our world needs, and you will be a wonderful contributor to our society. Keep it up!! Elizabeth,
You are obviously a mature and smart young lady, and I am so glad to know that there are young people like you out there!! You are what our world needs, and you will be a wonderful contributor to our society. Keep it up!!

]]> By: Peter Weiss http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9450 Peter Weiss Sat, 05 Jun 2010 22:05:41 +0000 http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9450 Dear Elizabeth, this is an excellent piece of work. Some of us have been working for decades, trying to rid the world of nuclear weapons, but your generation will have to finish this task, so stick with it! One comment: Not everyone agrees that the Japanese were not ready to surrender, no matter what military action was taken against them. For instance one respected historian, Gar Alperovitz, published a book in 1996, "The decision to use the atomic bomb", in which he argues that Japan would have been defeated without the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and without an invasion. Maybe you'll be "a respected historian" some day! Cheers, Peter, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy Dear Elizabeth, this is an excellent piece of work. Some of us have been working for decades, trying to rid the world of nuclear weapons, but your generation will have to finish this task, so stick with it!

One comment: Not everyone agrees that the Japanese were not ready to surrender, no matter what military action was taken against them. For instance one respected historian, Gar Alperovitz, published a book in 1996, “The decision to use the atomic bomb”, in which he argues that Japan would have been defeated without the horrors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and without an invasion.

Maybe you’ll be “a respected historian” some day!

Cheers, Peter, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy

]]> By: Holly http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9605 Holly Thu, 10 Jun 2010 14:31:42 +0000 http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9605 Great job on your essay, Elizabeth! I am so glad to have you helping us! Great job on your essay, Elizabeth! I am so glad to have you helping us!

]]> By: Laura Beth of "2 Girls, 2 Cats: A Magical Mystery" http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9616 Laura Beth of "2 Girls, 2 Cats: A Magical Mystery" Thu, 10 Jun 2010 21:01:32 +0000 http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9616 Elizabeth, Wow. What a paper. I think you're going to do great things in your lifetime. So wonderful to have had the opportunity to read to your class. Even though my book is so much lighter, I think we're on the same page: respect of family, animals and our precious land. Keep writing!!! Elizabeth,

Wow. What a paper. I think you’re going to do great things in your lifetime. So wonderful to have had the opportunity to read to your class. Even though my book is so much lighter, I think we’re on the same page: respect of family, animals and our precious land. Keep writing!!!

]]> By: Laura Beth http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9621 Laura Beth Fri, 11 Jun 2010 01:10:34 +0000 http://blog.daisyalliance.org/2010/05/13/the-atom-bomb/#comment-9621 Hey Elizabeth, Wow. What a great paper. I am sure you will make a huge difference in the future. Keep it up. Hope to see you again next year. Laura Beth Hey Elizabeth,

Wow. What a great paper. I am sure you will make a huge difference in the future. Keep it up. Hope to see you again next year.

Laura Beth

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