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Re:Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was Based on Fact by ams6110 on Saturday November 08, 2014 @10:22AM (#8577077)
Let's keep in mind that people have actually not ony conceived but carried out heious atrocities including genocide with far more ordinary devices.
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Re:Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was Based on Fact by stonogo on Saturday November 08, 2014 @11:31AM (#8577313)
Why?

His point is to illustrate the depths of depravity to which cold-war weapons designers were allowed to dive. What is yours?

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Re:Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was Based on Fact by mikeash on Saturday November 08, 2014 @05:36PM (#8578354)
If the Cold War had gone hot, it would have surpassed all prior genocides, wars, and other atrocities since written history began, combined.
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Re:Almost Everything in “Dr. Strangelove” Was Based on Fact by tomohawk on Sunday November 09, 2014 @11:50AM (#8580217)
It was bad enough just the way it was, with 80 - 100 million people being killed by the communists.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_killings_under_Communist_...

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