Re: [75attendees] Last Call for T-Shirts

The link of radioactivity and glow in the dark is always a very goofy joke.
I know that Iljitsch did not mean this in a mean or disrepsectful way. And I
appreciate his apology.
But I think we all are very much aware of the unimaginable horror what
happened in Hiroshima.
For me the bomb in Hiroshima is very personal as well.
My mother is born in the Dutch Indies (Indonesia) and she was in a Japanese
prison camp.
Her life was saved thanks to the nuclear bomb in Hiroshima.
Had it been a few days later, I would not exist. Since the camp Amarang (I
think that was the name) was to be cleared the same week to free up the
Japanese troops who had to defend Japan. All women and kids would be killed.
Very scary how a close call this was.

So for me it was good that the bomb dropped on Hiroshima. But still I wish
that this did not happen. That a more humane solution had been possible. The
people of Hiroshima did not deserve to suffer in this way. It was and is
still a deep tragedy that will span generations. That is war.

I have no issues or problems with the Japanese people. I am looking forward
to go to Japan again. It is a beautiful country and wonderful amazing
people.
And I will go to the monument/memorial about the bomb. For the people of
Hiroshima and for me.

/Arnoud

> -----Original Message-----
> From: 75attendees-bounces@ietf.org [mailto:75attendees-
> bounces@ietf.org] On Behalf Of Iljitsch van Beijnum
> Sent: donderdag 30 juli 2009 18:12
> To: Randy Bush
> Cc: 75attendees@ietf.org
> Subject: Re: [75attendees] Last Call for T-Shirts
> 
> On 30 jul 2009, at 16:43, Randy Bush wrote:
> 
> >> So will the IETF-76 tshirts glow in the dark? That would be a nice
> >> touch.
> 
> > congratulations.  you have reached the nadir of rude and sick.
> 
> > at first i thought the SE shirt must glow in the dark.  i did not
> even
> > conceive that you would have the depth of disease to refer to the
> > first
> > use of a nuclear weapon against human beings.
> 
> I'm sorry that the suggestion wasn't appreciated in the same spirit as
> it was posed.
> 
> Consider it retracted.
> 
> Iljitsch
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