However, there were two projects the United States were indirectly involved in that bother me.
1.) The infamous Unit 731 based in Manchuria. This was probably the best and most disturbing example of the old phrase, "if a person can do something, they will." It sounds simple, but it's true. A person's limitations aren't bound by morals as much as one might believe. I never considered how important they were, and how hard it is to maintain them in a situation like this. Anyway, for those who do not know what I'm talking about, here is an example.
The united states had prisoners that were experimented upon, as well as British Soldiers. A lot of their own countrymen were used as well. And, at the end of the war, the United States provided immunity to these top doctors(scientists?) for complete access to their findings. So much for morality, I suppose progress is more important. Their own countrymen suffer and they let these people go. Figure that one out.
Do not watch if you are squemish, or.. just plain don't watch, read about it if you so desire. I watched through the whole thing so I could write about it later, I need it, it's fuel. As shocking and depraved as this might be.
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Again, I highly stress a warning. But, that aside, it provided a lot of the facts towards the surrender of Japan after WW2. Yes they had two bombs dropped on them that devastated the country, but there's always backdoor politics that everyone agrees they'd rather not know about. I suppose, I'm not different and yet when I find out about it, I feel happy. I mean, this is the world we live in now... and I don't think it's that different.
2.) MK Ultra in Montreal.
This was a strange one. To be put into a coma and then told horrific things like "You killed your mother" and thoughts of suicide, is quite telling of the way science has evolved. Perhaps that talk about how ethics can shape the world at the beginning of each term in school is more important than we'd all like to believe? Perhaps more of us will stay awake to hear it? I don't fully recognize how a person can slide so far, but since they are making a TV movie about it, I will be sure to watch.
The CIA was said to be funding these 'mind control' experiments in Montreal but never publicly admitted to it. There's a snippet that a piece of evidence was withheld, *shrugs*. And they did settle before trial for a huge sum of money. And hey, it's public knowledge now, and everyone is a little more afraid of the terms "Secret Police". There was a mother of five that had her memory erased and did not remember her own kids, her highschool years, her life before she went into the "sleep room". That's the kind of thing that would bother me for a lifetime. How does it shake with all of you?
Anyway, there are a few video's on Youtube about this, one of them is here:
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mind you... the internet isn't the best source. And if you are interested, please take what I say with a grain or two of salt, pepper and cinnamon. I do. Search around, you'll find their version of the truth, and mine. Of course, that leaves you with yours however swayed it is from one person to the next.
A good question arises though... how much of the truth do we make? And how much of it do we let others make for us?
This is DoomiT signing off...
Devious Comments
I saw a History Channel special on something like this; after World II, along with the Space Race, there was a competition to see who could come up with a kind of truth serum or mind control method. They would use prisoners of war and even convicts here, I think, to test the methods. I think the big thing was that it might have been a conspiracy of the CIA to kill this doctor who was on the project. Pretty disturbing stuff. Anyway.
Whatchu think of the shiny new black president of the USA? Just by taking office he seems to have softened up foreign countries to us... which I kind of don't get. Everytime I watched him talk or make a speech, it was basically a dodge-the-point-and-reveal-nothing approach. But, I honestly don't watch TV too often.
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if my Life is like an island
where does this ocean go to?
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