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  1. Matt Matt

    You can argue how ethical it was to drop atom bombs on Japan or whatever, but I guarantee you those bombings are the reason we haven't had a third world war. Everybody's too god damn scared of becoming a radioactive crater.

    Tuesday, 04-Nov-14 01:08:49 UTC from web
    1. Narwhal Narwhal

      @mrmattimation I actually agree, the whole omelets and eggs argument.

      Tuesday, 04-Nov-14 01:09:47 UTC from web
      1. Matt Matt

        @asiannarwhal Within Europe especially, I think conventional wars would be fought all the time if it weren't for nuclear weaponry.

        Tuesday, 04-Nov-14 01:13:17 UTC from web
        1. Narwhal Narwhal

          @mrmattimation It's sad that nuclear weaponry is what in came to in order to stop things, the final results of that war were fear masked by diplomacy.

          Tuesday, 04-Nov-14 01:15:00 UTC from web
          1. Matt Matt

            @asiannarwhal They're dangerous and frightening and devastating, but a necessary evil.

            Tuesday, 04-Nov-14 01:19:38 UTC from web
            1. Narwhal Narwhal

              @mrmattimation Humans are scary.

              Tuesday, 04-Nov-14 01:20:49 UTC from web
              1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                @asiannarwhal And yet, that trait is probably what makes us cool.

                Tuesday, 04-Nov-14 01:21:17 UTC from web
                1. Narwhal Narwhal

                  @nerthos That's true. Consciousness is awesome.

                  Tuesday, 04-Nov-14 01:26:51 UTC from web
              2. Matt Matt

                @asiannarwhal Yeah, well, we've had the technology to blow up the planet for decades and nobody's done it yet, which is why I'm not one of those "ugh everything is awful" pessimists.

                Tuesday, 04-Nov-14 01:22:10 UTC from web
                1. Narwhal Narwhal

                  @mrmattimation Oh, neither. It's more of the sheer existence of that technology that gets me, but it's (or at least I hope and assume it's) in responsible hands.

                  Tuesday, 04-Nov-14 01:24:56 UTC from web