Peace Train: Let's rid Colorado of nuclear weapons

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http://www.coloradodaily.com/ci_16876710?source=most_viewed

Peace Train: Let's rid Colorado of nuclear weapons
No need to keep missiles on hair-trigger alert
By Judith Mohling, For the Colorado Daily
Posted: 12/16/2010 11:11:42 PM MST

"Nuclear weapons play on our deepest fears and pander to our darkest instincts. They corrode our sense of humanity, numb our capacity for moral outrage and make thinkable the unimaginable."

-- General Lee Butler, retired commander in chief, United States Strategic Command

In the holiday hustle for fun and stuff, or just trying to make a living, it's easy to forget Colorado's 49 silent missiles and their missileers, hanging out in bunkers waiting for instructions to turn the keys that will send off the bombs to do the unimaginable destruction they are designed to do.

It's all part of the world's capacity to bring life as we blithely count on to an end.

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Only on DU do I have to say:
Nuclear weapons are an environmental topic.
They can greatly reduce the carrying-capacity of the earth.
Therefore, this post legitimately belongs in the Environment/Energy forum.

Merry Christmas!

[Nihil]

1. On the other hand ...

> Nuclear weapons are an environmental topic.
> They can greatly reduce the carrying-capacity of the earth.
> Therefore, this post legitimately belongs in the Environment/Energy forum.

Nuclear weapons are a human relationship topic.
They can also greatly reduce the population overshoot - especially amongst
the highest per-capita consumers - and so could benefit the planet by means
of a sudden reducion in demand for resources that are going to be wasted
on the rich, greedy, selfish & vain. This is a good thing for the planet.
Therefore, this post legitimately belongs in the Environment/Energy forum.

Merry Consumertide!

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