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[quote name="Fussbett"]<img src="http://www.viruscomix.com/subnormalitybombsagain.jpg"> Leave the left wing cartooning to David Rees, pal. An area of lazy historical revision I'd like to point out is this: [quote]POSSIBLE IGNITION OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE? LET'S TAKE A CHANCE[/quote] ...was an idea they looked into early on, discovered it was impossible, but the rumour persisted among the stupids forevermore. It just goes to show you that scientists should not disclose anything to the public at all until it's finished. We can't handle it. Is this a jerky think to nitpick about? Yes, but that's the price you pay when you title your piece UNDERSTANDING NUCLEAR WEAPONS and then don't make a single joke, or understand nuclear weapons. Secondly, this: [quote]NUMBER OF NUKE DETONATIONS ON AMERICAN SOIL: 1054 NUMBER ON ENEMY SOIL: 2 NUMBER OF NUKE DETONATIONS ON SOVIET SOIL: 715 NUMBER ON ENEMY SOIL: 0[/quote] ...and the punchline is: *(ACTUAL FIGURES). Haha? I hate that lazy comedy style of "here are some interesting facts... DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS". What's to be said about 2 and 0 enemy soil detonations? That the US and Soviet Union had amazing RESTRAINT? That Mutual Assured Destruction totally objectively WORKED? Maybe he means to say that Harry Truman was a monster who used 100% of his nuclear arsenal, while every US president since then and every Soviet leader have been amazing peace mongers, holding back the tidal wave of nukes? Yeah, I guess he means that. <font color="#555555">Also many of those 1054 tests were not on American soil, but in the Pacific Marshall Islands. Bikini Atoll and all that. If you want to be a jerk about it. AND I DO.</font>[/quote]