Sixty years ago Saturday--August 6, 1945--the Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb "Little Boy" on Hiroshima, Japan. One of the most important events of the 20th Century, with implications that the world will always feel.

Hiroshima has recovered and is now the home of Mazda, where our RX-8 cars are built. Still, I think it's worth looking back sixty years, and remembering and discussing. Was dropping the bomb the right thing to do? Could it have been avoided? Was bombing Hiroshima justifiable, while dropping "Fat Man" on Nagasaki three days later was not? There are many questions, and I have my views, which may still be evolving. Anyway, discuss if you wish--and please, in a civil and respectful manner.

But the more important question is what was the name of the pilot's mother who dropped the first bomb :eek:.

Yeah, I figure with what happened it turned out alright. I mean it's a really hard event to justify when you just take it as an event, out of its context and repercussions, but it probably showed the world the real power and danger of the atomic bomb. That effect it had on everybody to make them reluctant to use atomics probably saved the Cold War from turning nuclear.

But the more important question is what was the name of the pilot's mother who dropped the first bomb :eek:.

Yeah, I figure with what happened it turned out alright. I mean it's a really hard event to justify when you just take it as an event, out of its context and repercussions, but it probably showed the world the real power and danger of the atomic bomb. That effect it had on everybody to make them reluctant to use atomics probably saved the Cold War from turning nuclear.

Her name was Mary.

Nah, it was Enola Gay ;)