The Cellar - Peace

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Quote:

As described in 1993 issue of New York Times:

"The dead-hand system he [Dr. Blair] describes today takes this defensive trend to its logical, if chilling, conclusion. The automated system in theory would allow Moscow to respond to a Western attack even if top military commanders had been killed and the capitol incinerated.

The heart of the system is said to lie in deep underground bunkers south of Moscow and at backup locations. In a crisis, military officials would send a coded message to the bunkers, switching on the dead hand. If nearby ground-level sensors detected a nuclear attack on Moscow, and if a break was detected in communications links with top military commanders, the system would send low-frequency signals over underground antennas to special rockets.

Flying high over missile fields and other military sites, these rockets in turn would broadcast attack orders to missiles, bombers and, via radio relays, submarines at sea. Contrary to some Western beliefs, Dr. Blair says, many of Russia's nuclear-armed missiles in underground silos and on mobile launchers can be fired automatically."

Peace like everything else in the universe comes in pockets and incongrous bunches. There will never be a time when peace is spread throughout the earth, nor will there be a time when war consumes everything. Both will take up large swaths of space and time. It's the way of things.

my .02 cents.

But that's only, like, 1/50 of a cent.

What kind of exchange rate is that??????

.02 dollars = 2 cents

Man, this one never gets old:

"Well, I mean it's obviously a difference of opinion..."

STOP! IN THE NAME OF LOVE

Peace sounds boring. Imagine a world where everybody agreed wih everyone else...... I could live without the violence though. The rape, the war, the robbery..... but I can't imagine those happening unless everybody agreed with everyone else. I can put no price on peace because it's all or nothing and I don't want all and I don't want nothing....

Peace is lack of war, not lack of contention, nor lack of disagreement.

@ Clod: I am so utterly astounded every time I see that clip. Seriously, it's simple freaking math. I can't imagine how frustrated that guy must have been trying to explain it to TWO different people from verizon.

regjoe? Do you see the difference now?

I'm just sayin that my .02 Cents is worth $.02. I will admit that I did have a typo there to begin with. It was stoopid.

No, your .02 cents is worth $.0002.

Jebus, now I'm confused...is that even right?

edit: it wasn't. fixed.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud (Post 597227)

No. Peace. :gray:

No Justice!

'Peace' is not a concept limited to humanity. (last link pdf)

What will lead to peace:
. . . . The eventual heat death of the universe.