ANNIVERSARY

Today is the 59th anniversary of the dropping of the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima.

Unsurprisingly this act has caused a huge amount of controversy over the years, with many questioning whether it was necessary or justified and whether Japan was on the point of surrender anyway (my view is it was a big call but the right thing to do - how can anyone know what Japan would or would not have done if it hadn't been dropped - see "JOHN KERRY" below for similarly pointless conjecture after the event - and if they were on the point of surrender how come they didn't surrender immediately and it took the dropping of another bomb 3 days later to finally make them give in)

Genghis however has pointed out another big question which I think has not been sufficiently addressed. The sad lack of superpowers amongst the residents of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. We all know that radiation imbues people with superpowers - see Spiderman, Godzilla or The Fantastic Four as classic examples - so surely it is only a matter of time before someone turns up shooting lasers from their eyes or casually tossing cars around like confetti. Or did Superman already sort him out and I missed it?