When I was younger and somehow the subject of the bombs dropped on Hiroshima came up, my father explained that the bombs "vaporized" the residents of the cities they were dropped on. It took some years for it to sink in that "vaporized" meant "killed." Somehow I had made these folks out to be living clouds of vapor somewhere in Japan...
A childhood belief about wars
others believed things like this
- I used to think that there were no bombs or casualties in England in World War One!— History person
- When i heard about Irish Bombers on the news during the 70s i used to think that planes were dropping bombs.— Moose
- that fireworks were animals with bombs inside ang when it exploded it was dead bits of rabbits— lala
- I thought the world was black and white because of all the smoke from the bombs in Second World War.— Bjoern
- when I was younger I used to believe that prosecuted meant that you would be killed!— tony
- I used to believe that everyone lived until they were 100 and you dropped dead on your 100th birthday!— Natalie