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Sharing their stories for the first time, Guam cancer survivors of the nuclear radiation exposure, want the world to know how it has devastated their lives and their families.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That’s a weird headline. Guam is part of the United States. It should say they plea to Washington.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

As per Wikipedia ... Territories belong to, but are not considered to be a part of, the U.S. [4] Unincorporated territories in particular are not considered to be integral parts of the U.S.,[5] and the U.S. Constitution applies only partially in those territories.

They're basically second class non-citizens who don't even get to vote in US elections. Democracy! Lol.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago

No taxation without representation!

So they get to live tax-free, right? Right??

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 month ago

People suggest that the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki were the only victims of nuclear weapons, but they were merely the only victims during a hot war. There were many more during the cold war, from islanders who got hit by fallout from testing (plus a boat of Japanese fishermen, inspiring the Godzilla movies) to soldiers that the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. had walk onto the radioactive cloud after a test bomb went off.

It's just that in all of those cases, the people who died were those nations' own citizens or citizens of their allies.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's america bro, their own kids get shot in schools on a daily basis, they don't give a crap about you...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Rock flag and eagle bro

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

plea to the United States

Ah there’s your problem, they don’t give a fuck.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

No no, they do, but only if you're rich, white, and it helps if you have a wang.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Don't plead to our government. They don't even care about us, much less anyone else.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

... their government IS our government. Guam is a US territory.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago

Something that I learned from a Family Guy episode years ago and forgot. Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Isnt that what everyone pledged allegiance to, cant change your mind now.