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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (97631)	1/9/2013 8:24:16 PM
From: arun gera	7 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 218620

>To people in India, [or maybe it's just Arun], they are not as scary as a Toyota Corolla but possibly more scary than a Tata Nano. Perhaps India has got a new approach for nukes and noocular war that people around the world could adopt aka "What, me worry?"> There is a difference between real risks and perceived risks. Neither the auto accident or the nuclear risk is high in the mind of the average indian. When a risk is familiar, such as auto accidents, people just discount it. When the risk is too abstract as a nuclear war (which was one sided in 1945), indians just discount it again for something more immediate - like the fear that their young women will be victims as they leave their traditional roles. Remember that indian kids did not have to practice nuclear drills that taught them how to hide under their desks. In the west, the fear of nuclear war is instilled in the masses partially because it served as propaganda. First the communists had it now the Muslims have it etc. Western nations are considered responsible when it comes to managing their nuclear arsenals - at the same time the ordinary man thinks that their current leaders screwed up badly when the financial explosion happened in 2008. On one hand is this image of a military that can get anyone with a drone anywhere. And on the other hand there is the head of CIA and the other General tripping over his own emails. The point is that the humans and systems behind the nuclear industry, peaceful or for military purposes, have their vulnerabilities and risks. But when it comes to nations like India (1.2 billion people) and Pakistan (160 million people), they are berated like little children who have to be held back by western powers otherwise they will be showering everyone with nuclear bombs. I am not denying the risk though - by accident or intention. -Arun