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Re:The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains... by dba7dba on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @04:50PM (#14101621)
I truly believe the reason we have not had WW3 is because of nukes. It is one small frignge benefit.
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Re:The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains... by lurker456 on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @06:36PM (#14102366)
It's the reason we have not yet had WW3. The jury is out on whether that is a good thing. Perhaps we'll find one day that several smaller conflicts (as horrifying as a WW without nukes would be) would have been preferable to one larger civilization-ending one.
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Re:The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains... by BrandonMarc on Thursday April 13, 2017 @08:56AM (#14106397)
Several smaller conflicts ... yep, sounds like the last 70 years of history since WWII. In a sense, we're in the middle of finding out. I agree the jury's out, but it's probably preferable to WWIII, or even a limited nuclear exchange.
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Re:The vision of nuclear holocaust in Threads (1984) remains... by SubiculumCode on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @09:34PM (#14103371)
perhaps we live in a multiverse, and only the surviver you-s still exist because their universes have still avoided WWIII... ;-)
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