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Originally posted by GreatWyrm of Babylon@Sep 1 2003, 01:49 AM
I thought that some logic was too obvious to point out, but I guess I was in error. So here is a list.
#1 If Pandora's Box is already open how do we open it again?
#2 If it is radiation that qualifies the A-bomb, please note that the sun is radioactive and has been shining a while.
#3 If it is the killing potential, religion has killed more people that all the nuclear weapons ever dropped, so it is not the biggest killer.
Special note:
We discovered nuclear energy we did not invent it. The implications existed before we were able to measure them. |
In the case of Pandoras box being opened, I put it to you that once something is discovered it is not fogotten, this is very unfortunate for the human race in the case of nuclear (WOMD).
No nation in the world enjoys any real security anymore no matter how many drugs our poor kids hide in now.
At least in the Cold war there was a check on the madness, now with the Soviet union gone the weapons are every where, personally, I don't give us that much longer,I mean hopefully the human race will come out of it and pick up the pieces, but the present world order will be gone with I'm sorry to say probably the US and Europe suffering a fair bit of damage.
The Middle East could be wiped out.
The suns radiation is unfortunate for us , but if we didnt have it we would have no heat.
A major nuclear device like a H-bomb catching you at Ground Zero would eraze your existance in a micro second, its heat would blow your skin up into one gigantic balloon like blister if you were within 4 km outside the vicinity of Ground zero, depending on wind patterns its radiation could also probably kill anyone in its fallout path in the next few weeks.
If this happened enmasse around the world you would also get the nuclear winter.
A little bit different from sunburn don't you think?
Religon has been one of the major causes of Death, as has epidemics, pandemics and believe it or not fleas off rats, Bubonic plague it was called.
Do you think WW2 was caused by religous issues?
We invented the nuclear bomb, according to our modern knowledge it did not exist until Robert Oppenheimer tested the first one in 1945 in New Mexico.
And it is with great regret I add, the scientists unbelievably had no idea how big and dangerous the weapon was until it was fully tested.