Debate : 19709


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Subject:	Re: Just Teasing, I Have No Intention of Debating Any of This...
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Sun, 23 Mar 2003 20:35:11 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Frank Filz writes: > John wrote: > > But don't you see? It is conceivably *very* easy for ONE madman to wipe out > > our history. In a totally open and free US society, all it would take would > > be one sick individual to detonate a nuke in D.C. Try to imagine the > > ramifications if D.C. were incinerated. Think of the chaos. It's > > practically unimaginable. And there are probably 1,000,000s out there who > > would do it in a heartbeat. That would be an interesting poll question in > > the Arab world: "If you had the opportunity, would you sacrifice your life to > > incinerate the capital of the US? Yikes. > > Hmm, in a "totally open and free US society" (which we've never had, or > certainly haven't had this century), I don't think nuking one city would > collapse us. See, the thing is, with a totally open and free society, > the power is sufficiently distributed that once city wouldn't kill us. > In fact, think about it, what was the real effect of 9-11? Come on, Frank, you can't possibly make the comparison of the incineration of 2 *buildings* to the incineration of an entire *city*. And I wasn't talking about just *any* city; I specifically meant Washington, D.C. And what if the attack came during a joint session or during an inauguration? Suddenly no leaders, no Capitol, no White House, no Pentagon, no Jefferson, Lincoln, or Washington monuments, no Smithsonians, no more Constitution (physically, that is), no more Arlington cemetary; the list goes on (and that's not even mentioning the loss of God knows how many millions of US citizens). I would speculate that it would throw the entire Western world into chaos. JOHN

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		Re: Just Teasing, I Have No Intention of Debating Any of This...
John: You really will just argue inanely over almost anything won't you? Frank's post was so reasonable, so even-handed as to almost be void of interesting comment. At face value, and as history has taught us again and again -- taking out a single (...) (22 years ago, 23-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

		Re: Just Teasing, I Have No Intention of Debating Any of This...
(...) Hmm, doesn't each of the original 13 states have a copy of the constitution? Of course nuking D.C. wouldn't get the oldest constitution in effect (you'd have to nuke Boston to do that). Also, the nuke isn't going to incinerate the whole city, (...) (22 years ago, 24-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Just Teasing, I Have No Intention of Debating Any of This...
(...) Hmm, in a "totally open and free US society" (which we've never had, or certainly haven't had this century), I don't think nuking one city would collapse us. See, the thing is, with a totally open and free society, the power is sufficiently (...) (22 years ago, 23-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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