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Skriven 2006-06-04 19:19:00 av Robert E Starr JR (2178.babylon5)
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On Sun, 4 Jun 2006 19:41:28 +0000 (UTC), "Dennis \(Icarus\)"
<ala_dir_diver@yahoo.com> wrote:

>
>"Paul Harper" <paul@harper.net> wrote in message
>news:d4cu72do81p6m56ameakdtiku3q5v3o1d8@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 1 Jun 2006 18:13:58 +0000 (UTC), "Vorlonagent"
>> <jt@otfresno.com> wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"Paul Harper" <paul@harper.net> wrote in message
>> >news:bq3t72ltritun0c9eeplnnkc6ppeg8kqjs@4ax.com...
>> >
>> >>>20 years ago we were sure that civilization would zie in a nuclear
>> >>>exchange
>> >>>too.
>> >>
>> >> When did we achieve certainty that we won't? All that's happened in
>> >> that the definition of the "bad guys" has changed (well, actually,
>> >> *my* definition of the bad guys hasn't - bad guys are people who use
>> >> WMDs, not those who merely threaten to - but let's not go there).
>> >
>> >You don't seriously believe that the threat of global nuclear war is the
>> >same now as in 1980, do you?
>>
>> That's not what you said. You said "civilisation would die in a
>> nuclear exchange". It wouldn't take a global nuclear war for this to
>> happen. A heated exchange between Israel and Iran would drag in The US
>> on one side and probably China or Russia on the other, or do you
>> seriously think they'll stand back and let the US defend Israel with
>> Nukes?!
>>
>> I very much doubt that Europe would survive the fallout from such an
>> exchange, and certainly none of the Middle East. That might not bother
>> you much but it's my back yard - it bothers me, and as far as I am
>> concerned, civilisation would have ended!
>
>Well, the environmentalists would be pleased
>a) no more oil out of the mid-east, so wed HAVE to look for alternative
>energy
>b) much fewer people around to consume resources

Why does Environmentalist sound like pejorative in your mouth?  Or is
it because you seem to see only the wackos?
>

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