From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!hplabsb!soreff
Newsgroups: net.politics
Title: Re: another topic - (nf)
Article-I.D.: hplabsb.1557
Posted: Fri Apr 15 11:09:47 1983
Received: Sun Apr 17 08:26:01 1983
References: hp-pcd.936

Courtney Loomis wrote: "THERE IS NOTHING ELSE IN THIS KNOWN WORLD THAT IS
IS ANYTHING LIKE NUCLEAR WAR"

I'll bet that if the dinosaurs really were wiped out by the impact of an
asteroid, that that event was worse.  I've read estimates that sunlight may
have been cut off (by the dust kicked up) for more than 6 months.  Not
even a full nuclear exchange would do THAT.  A more plausible statement might
be that nothing that has happened during the existence of the human species
would be as devestating as a full nuclear exchange between the superpowers.
	-Jeffrey Soreff (hplabs!soreff)