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To: NightOwl who wrote (125714)	3/8/2004 5:46:55 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (2) of 281500

Or any capitol for that matter. And that's a tad too undiscriminating for me. Perhaps, then, you remember Dr. Strangelove, and the film's Doomsday Machine, a weapon that was designed to go off in the case of any nuclear attack on Soviet soil. The Machine was undiscriminating and powerful, so powerful that life as we know it would end if it ever were to go off. Before the Doomsday Machine can be announced to the world so as to serve its deterrent purpose, a test of US nuclear-armed B-52s goes awry. Of course, one of the bombers cannot be recalled in time to prevent it from dropping a nuke on a Soviet ICBM facility. Ergo, the Doomsday Machine detonates. Poof, all dead. Kubrick and Peter Sellers at their darkest best. The problem with indiscriminate weapons is that they are subject to error and to the whims of madmen. Got any better ideas? Fishing doesn't cut it, too young to retire. Think out of the box. C2@youcan'tfighthere,thisistheWarRoom!.com

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