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From: daf@ccice6.UUCP (David Fader)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: World War III
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Date: Mon, 28-Jan-85 18:03:10 EST
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> [Hello there]
> Sorry if this has been posted before and/or it doesn't belong here, but this
> seemed like the best spot to put it, looking at the other topics discussed.
> I was wondering what other people thing about WAR.

> What would you do if WORLD WAR III broke out?
> What do you think about nuclear war, germ warfare, hand to hand, etc...??
> Why do you think the US and Russia have nukes? What would make them both
> launch them??

>  My thoughts:
> First Question:
> I think if WORLD WAR III broke out there wouldn't be any one left. The sad
> thing is that we have to have war in the first place. I really hate the person
> who thought of war to solve problems, It just makes more.

Well, I'll tell you. The Peaceful Botanist thought up war.

> second Question:
> Nuclear war doesn't ware off for a while (the radiation i mean), same thing
> with germ warfare. Hand to hand is be far the mildest, but it still shouldn't
> happen.

Unfortunately, the Peaceful Botanist will not fight hand to hand.

> Third question:
> I have no idea WHY you would want to kill other people because of some stupid
> argument a president started 10 years ago. There is really no good excuse to
> have nuckear weapons in the first place.
> If you asked the question "Why do you have nuclear weapons"
> You might get a response:
> "They had them first"
> or maybe
> "There number exceedes our amount by far..."
> What sort of reasons are those???

The reason we have nuclear weapons is to create large dust clouds
which remove inefficient species from the earth. I know.

> When do you think it (World WAR III) will happen, if ever??

It will probably occur over a dispute over dinosuar remains.

-- 
The Last Surviving Bronto
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