that nuclear weapons were made so that they would not be used (in other words, that Hiroshima and Nagasaki were exceptions).
And there are still zillions more that they must prove! And what is really important is that the opposite of each one of these zillions is extremely easy to prove.
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See E. Herbert Norman, Ando Shoeki and the Anatomy of Japanese
Feudalism. Reprint edition published in 1979 by University
Publications of America, Inc. (Translator's note)
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A term of Shoeki's which means that all people grow their own food. (Translator's note)
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This blind faith is implanted in us, on a national, yea, an international scale, from the time we are in elementary school, and we have come to the point where there is no greater "faith" than this.
To the question, "Science is the standard for everything; if we cannot believe in science, then what must we believe in?" one must reply, "There is only the Way of Heaven. The Way of Nature is a cycle with neither progress nor development; wild animals commit themselves to this cycle and live out their lives this way. Blind faith in science is a privilege given only to human beings, but unfortunately they will perish in the near future because of scientific progress.
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