tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355663149540270953.post8973451484465822598..comments2023-04-12T05:47:36.251-07:00Comments on Ten Thousand Things: Richard Rhodes's The Twilight of the Bombs: Recent Challenges, New Dangers, and the Prospects for a World without Nuclear WeaponsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355663149540270953.post-29387716648752348752010-08-27T06:49:29.983-07:002010-08-27T06:49:29.983-07:00Thanks Martin.
I don't think most people (ev...Thanks Martin.<br /><br /> I don't think most people (even those who originally created them, until it was too late) really realized/realize how insane nuclear weapons are. <br /><br />That is why we must listen to witnesses (Hibakusha, Downwinders, atomic veterans, recanting scientists like Einstein and Szilard, thoughtful military leaders like Dwight Eisenhower), as well as force ourselves to look at the devastation these weapons of mass destruction unleash, on all levels.<br /><br /> I think the billions of ordinary people around the world who crave peace and genuine security deserve this. It's a natural birthright stolenfrom humanity by what Steve Leeper called a very small group of very powerful, very rich people who profit in some way from the continued used of nuclear weapons. What a horrific way to make a living, through the creation of massive forms of suffering. Nuclear weapons are the opposite of a pro-life ethos.<br /><br /> JDTenThousandThingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01364179920975074197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3355663149540270953.post-41301249856196999552010-08-27T04:31:45.328-07:002010-08-27T04:31:45.328-07:00It is very difficult to comment on a post like thi...It is very difficult to comment on a post like this. You present the facts very clearly. Others have tried to do that through art or films, such as On the Beach.<br /><br />Link to the Australian TV series:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqr4c1GNJLs<br /><br />We need some serious Glasnost to get the change we think we deserve.Martin J Fridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14537556834410284837noreply@blogger.com