It's already more than 60 years ago. It is something that we should forget, others are beginning to forget that too; or are they? It happened so far away, not here. Why should we bother having anything that day, like some sort of commemoration?
Nakamora is not alone in asking those questions. Many others wonder the same too, but he got it cleared after the event. He followed the whole program of the Hiroshima & Nagasaki commemoration day, or H&N08, as the organizer, the Malaysian Nuclear Society (MNS) dubbed it. It was on Wednesday, 6 August, at USIM campus, Bandar Baru Nilai.
He took note of the officiating speech of the university's vice chancellor on the importance of tempering knowledge with morality and having good moral values, of using using knowledge only for the good of mankind, and the environment. The program showed that there are many ways of using the technology to benefit mankind. Hiroshima and Nagasaki happened, but that should not be reasons to abandon the many other benefits of the technology.
That was the message he got, and he could not agree more. After all, he thought, the engine that powers his car uses the same principle as the one that moves tanks used in battlefields. To be consistent, we should hate the engine too; let's ride a bike. But of course, he rationalizes, human is not always rationale, is not always logical, is not always consistent...
I could not disagree with u sir, - according to a survey bicycle was chosen as the 'best' invention!
ReplyDeleteThe humble bicycle has won a UK national survey of people's favourite inventions. Listeners to BBC voted in an online poll looking at the most significant innovations since 1800. It was an easy victory for the bicycle which won more than 50% of the vote.
The transistor came second with 8% of the vote, and the electro-magnetic induction ring - the means to harness electricity - came third. Despite their ubiquity, computers gained just 6% of the vote and the internet trailed behind with only 4% of all votes cast.
People chose the bicycle for its simplicity of design, universal use, and because it is an ecologically sound means of transport. It too ranked the bicycle above scientific breakthroughs such as electricity generation, the jet engine, the discovery of DNA and the invention of vaccinations.
BTW thanks for sharing your thoughts, I got your blog URL [which is as simple as a bicycle yet effective/informative] from a pedaling friend of mine.
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Thanks for your note ahwan.. the revelation on the state/ status of the bicycle is informative.. keep on reading
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