03-24-2003, 12:52 AM
nukes are not like guns. a nuke is the most terrible, devasting weapon man has created. there are thousands of gun accidents of year. a thousand people die. life goes on. but a nuke kills everything around it for 90 miles. thousands, millions of people will die if a single nuclear bomb goes off. even if it goes off in the sahara desert with no one around, it will cause cancer as the fallout cloud moves across the land. over half the world has soaked up radiation from nuclear accidents in russia in the 80s, and people in eastern europe still have double the cancer rate where the fallout clouds fell.
no one has the right to use or own a nuclear bomb, but i'm glad that the united states does over other nations. having invented the bomb, in its development we killed many people, many soldiers and many american civilians. we witnessed its awesome power and knew the damage it can do, and bastards or not, the people in power know what it does. same goes for russia, and most of the major european nations. what i am worried about, though, are nations like north korea and others who have simply obtained the bomb. i dont know about their leaders but i have a terrible feeling, due to the fact that the united states has already been publicly threatened by the north korean leader, that they dont understand the terrible carnage of such a bomb. that scares me.
if there was a way, i'd gladly destroy every pound of weapons-grade uranium on the planet. we dont need it to power our cities, other types of nuclear material work that cannot be turned into bombs.
no one has the right to use or own a nuclear bomb, but i'm glad that the united states does over other nations. having invented the bomb, in its development we killed many people, many soldiers and many american civilians. we witnessed its awesome power and knew the damage it can do, and bastards or not, the people in power know what it does. same goes for russia, and most of the major european nations. what i am worried about, though, are nations like north korea and others who have simply obtained the bomb. i dont know about their leaders but i have a terrible feeling, due to the fact that the united states has already been publicly threatened by the north korean leader, that they dont understand the terrible carnage of such a bomb. that scares me.
if there was a way, i'd gladly destroy every pound of weapons-grade uranium on the planet. we dont need it to power our cities, other types of nuclear material work that cannot be turned into bombs.
i]"I know what you're thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement, I've kinda lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum ... you've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya punk?"[/i] - Dirty Harry