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[LegoLord]

The US never actually fought the USSR.  One plane went down during the Cuban missile crisis, and it was shot by Cuba.  Which had no operational nukes to use.  Plus the intent was for us not to use nukes, because we didn't want to upset the USSR.

If we had attacked the USSR directly, or them us, at any point, nukes would have gone flying.  There was a major problem of what to do should the soviets interfere with Vietnam or Korea.

[Korbac]

Mindmaker - Good luck with that!  And comiserations to the situation you're in at the moment. Must be a bummer.  Nonetheless, one hopes you'll finish uni in the middle of an economic boom! 

Nuclear War Discussion - While I think that it's true that putting a large area of the world in a "mexican standoff" has aided world piece, as more and more of the world join in, I think the chances of some mad person "shooting" (most likely a mentally incapped person, or fundamentalist) and causing everyone involved to die heightens. Like LegoLord, world peace is an idea that heavily appeals to me, even if I know it'll make very difference to what happens to me during my lifetime. 

[ChairmanPoo]

The US never actually fought the USSR.

Yes they did. In all those conflicts around the world. If the US sends troops to "aid" South Vietnam/Korea and the USSR sends troops to "aid" NV/NK, and they shoot each other, I'd say that they are pretty much fighting each other

One plane went down during the Cuban missile crisis, and it was shot by Cuba.

Nope. Soviet SAM battery, manned by Russian soldiers.

There was a major problem of what to do should the soviets interfere with Vietnam or Korea.

They did interfere
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_war#Soviet_Union

[Cthulhu]

If I had been Kennedy I would've ordered them to fire a nuke at Cuba.  I then would've climbed atop the capitol building and begun punching the air, shouting "LET THE WORLD BURN" over and over again.

[Realmfighter]

If I had been Kennedy I would've ordered them to fire a nuke at Cuba.  I then would've climbed atop the capitol building and begun punching the air, shouting "LET THE WORLD BURN" over and over again.

Thankfully, your not Kennedy.

[Cthulhu]

My not Kennedy what?

Scathing remarks aside, I am Kennedy.  I just wasn't during the Cuban missile crisis.

[ChairmanPoo]

If I had been Kennedy I would've ordered them to fire a nuke at Cuba.  I then would've climbed atop the capitol building and begun punching the air, shouting "LET THE WORLD BURN" over and over again.

that would have been sort of cool

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[eerr]

What, are you guys a bunch of American terrorists?

[h3lblad3]

I'm going to ignore the derailing mostly because I can't get around to reading it and throwing out my genius.

I value procrastination.
I'd tell you why, but I'll save it for another time.

[Neonivek]

It wasn't that long ago that I watched a movie that must have came out during EARLY cold war Era. Where USSR invented a Nuclear Rocket that was capable of striking New York dirrectly.

USSR won, killed both protagonists sent to stop them, and nuked New York.

[alway]

I value procrastination.
I'd tell you why, but I'll save it for another time.

This is what I use to justify my procrastination: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-are-we-thinking-when
Turns out the best way to solve a problem is to keep it in the back of your mind. Or as I put it, "I'm not procrastinating, I'm fermenting my thoughts!"
And in a similar line of thought: "I'm not lazy, I'm efficient."

As an atheist, my view is one of utilitarianism mixed with evolutionary theory. The way I see it, morals and ethics are analogous to DNA in the organism which is a society. They would appear naturally in just about any society, even among much less intelligent species. A stable society of organisms can be much more productive than a single organism. Therefore, like any other evolved trait, organisms would adapt into a state which would most benefit that society, keeping it healthy and productive for its members (and by extension themselves and their offspring).

[eerr]

I value procrastination.
I'd tell you why, but I'll save it for another time.

This is what I use to justify my procrastination: http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=what-are-we-thinking-when
Turns out the best way to solve a problem is to keep it in the back of your mind. Or as I put it, "I'm not procrastinating, I'm fermenting my thoughts!"
And in a similar line of thought: "I'm not lazy, I'm efficient."

As an atheist, my view is one of utilitarianism mixed with evolutionary theory. The way I see it, morals and ethics are analogous to DNA in the organism which is a society. They would appear naturally in just about any society, even among much less intelligent species. A stable society of organisms can be much more productive than a single organism. Therefore, like any other evolved trait, organisms would adapt into a state which would most benefit that society, keeping it healthy and productive for its members (and by extension themselves and their offspring).

When will computers develop morals?

[jvempire]

It wasn't that long ago that I watched a movie that must have came out during EARLY cold war Era. Where USSR invented a Nuclear Rocket that was capable of striking New York dirrectly.

USSR won, killed both protagonists sent to stop them, and nuked New York.

I guess those people never saw War Games!

[Lord Shonus]

My values are extremely compicated, and my philosophy far more so.

My primary value is that speech should flow freely. Censorship, in any form, for ay reason, is the greatest crime any person can commit, for it makes all other atrocities possible. This does not mean that one is free from the consequences of what he says, for there is no right not to get your teeth knocked in when you insult someone enough, or advocate that that person be chained or slaughtered.