Saturday, September 27, 2008

Big Bombs

Read this startling account of Petrov, the man who saved the world in 1983.
Here.

It raises the perennial, vexing question of nuclear proliferation. Would is ever be justifiable to use nuclear weapons? It seems by their very nature they are incapable of the Just-War Theory tenants of civilian discrimination and proportionality. Yet, many countries have nuclear weapons, on active alert at all times, with enough firepower to destroy all of humanity. It is truly incomprehensible. What are your opinions on nuclear weapons? Should the U.S. get rid of all of our nukes? How could we possible disarm the rest of the world? Once pandora has been let out of the box, is there anyway to get the nukes back in?

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