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This is what you get when you drop 9 nuclear bombs on a Starcraft Terran base. An overkill, I know. But, nevertheless, reminds us of the destructive power of the atomic bomb which the US planted on Hiroshima, Japan.

"Humane"

Have you ever pondered over the word "humane"? You might think: "What a stupid waste of my time thinking about this insignificant word." But, actually, to me, this word sparked quite a few ideas.

According to the Oxford English of Dictionary,

Humane (adjective)

1 Having or showing compassion or benevolence

ORIGIN

Late middle English: the earlier form of HUMAN, restricted to the senses above in the 18th century.

Now, what am I trying to prove? You see, the word "humane" originates from the word "human", which in turn has the meaning of having or showing compassion. Aren't we being a bit too egoistical and self-glorifying by having a word named after our race/species to bear such definition? You mean, we actually had a specific word originating from the word "human", which is our race/species, to mean "having compassion"? I mean, what is this man? We're getting way over ourselves =.=" We are practically self-praising ourselves, saying that we are a compassionate race/species by default? Then what's with all the acts of terrorism, the outbreaks of wars and civil wars, the clashing of prejudices and the merciless killings that take place every second of our lives? HUMANE => HUMAN => COMPASSION. Just wow.

Why does it HAVE to be the word humane to mean having compassion or benevolence? Why not bird-ane or maybe fish-ane to mean having compassion? Most of all, we are the worst example to be labelled as compassionate...

Anyways, just a thought. Oh yeah, if you think this is bull-crap then too bad. Any comments, please say.

I haven't done a proper introduction, so here it is. This new blog is a merge of all the blogs which I had thus far, which are my art blog and hamster blog. However, this new blog will feature EVERYTHING now. Anything I want to post comes here, regardless of art, hamster, documentary or just some random topic. If you feel offended, don't be, because I speak nothing but the truth - so face it, or nothing but my opinions - so deal with it. I guess I will be talking more about my life, my observations of life, or even just random stuffs etc. If you're curious about my older blog posts from the old blogs, here are the links:

ART: faith-anatomy.blogspot.com

HAMSTER: fresh-methane.blogspot.com

Another update:

BBC Hiroshima

BBC Hiroshima - Did you know? (Interesting facts)

The atomic bomb was the equivalent of 67 million sticks of dynamite, or 20,000 tons of TNT.

Even Japanese school girls were trained to fight enemy American troops with sharpened bamboo sticks.

Japanese medics were trained to be suicide bombers. They were to strap themselves with bombs and crawl under enemy tanks to detonate.

The Americans left the large city of Hiroshima untouched by the usual air raids they carried out, so as to measure the full extent of destruction of the atomic bomb. They saved the best for last.

In the testing of the atomic bomb in New Mexico, the destruction was estimated to be within a 3-mile area. The flash of explosion was seen from 10 miles away the detonation point. A soldier 10,000 feet away was knocked off his feet due to shock waves of the impact. Another soldier more than 5 miles away was temporarily blinded by the huge flash created by the explosion.

Each American Air Force soldiers and personnel involved in the dropping of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima was given a suicide pill of cyanide before take-off. This was to ensure that nothing would leak out if they were to fall in the hands of the Japanese.

Upon impact, those close enough were completely vaporised, casting "shadows" on debris they were standing or sitting on. Those slightly further were IMMEDIATELY turned to carbon in an instant.

Temperatures at the core of the explosion estimated to 4000 degrees Celsius.

The flash of the atomic bomb carried infrared radiation and gamma rays, which could attack human cells.

Some time after the bomb, it began to rain thick black fluids of ash mixed with the condensed water vapour in the clouds. Furthermore, the rain was highly radioactive.

The remaining survivors, badly burned and extremely thirsty, began drinking the raindrops that had fallen, not knowing the consequences. They were soon radiated by the rainwater, and died from an illness which caused them to rot from the inside out. It was radiation that killed the white blood cells in their bodies.

Final question: Was the bomb on Hiroshima a necessity? Or merely an experiment?