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Re: Who the devil are we to lecture on 'nucular' non-proliferation? (careful, long rant)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 5 May 2005 13:39:15 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Richard Parsons wrote:
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Its a tricky thing.
There’s no doubt that the world is more stable with less nuclear weapons.
And there is a good argument that (Western) countries with much to lose are
less likely to use these weapons. Its only places or people with not much to
lose or the real prospect of losing everything that find these weapons
attractive.
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My take is simply this: nukes cannot be trusted to countries under the
leadership of despots, dictators, and other illegitate rulers. Democracy is
the key-- when people are free to determine their own destinies for their
countries, and NOT under control by some insane, petty, self-serving tyrant,
then these questions naturally work themselves out.
Put the power (nuclear or otherwise) in the hands of the people.
John
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