No Vad, I just don't want a world where people who toss everything they have, bomb-laden teenagers included, at civilian targets whenever the whim strikes, finally acquire the ultimate weapon of mass destruction.
You think that the responsibility of owning a nuclear weapon will cause nations with fanatical psuedo-government branches like Hezbollah to suddenly up and civilize themselves? They won't. They'll be empowered. They'll find Allah in the fission-fusion process, the strongest evidence of him yet, and they'll wave that weapon around, knowing that even in a nuclear world, it still comes down to will-power. Will power....While most lack it, the idiots with nothing to lose don't. Instead of airliners on 9/11, we'll have airliners with tactical warheads onboard, instead of katuyshas fired on Israel, we'll have medium-range missiles with 50 kiloton warheads. The organization that we stupid, ignorant, childlike Americans use to protect our arsenal, will not be used elsewhere, and even if these theoretical nukes aren't placed into the wrong hands initially, they will wind up there soon enough. No I don't think they are grown up enough to make decisions that can end my life and the lives of everyone I know. No way. Never.
I don't want to live in that world. It will not be the great equalizer. It will one big ****-storm and then the rise of the insects upon our powdered remains.
I spoke of Islam and Communism only as a parallel to the absurdity that you presented.
As for us being children. I have a legally-registered shotgun in the closet, a license to drive, a savings account, a checking account a brokerage account, and a passport--and I'm still just a student. I've never used any of those items to commit a crime. If I did, I'd justify my loss of one or all of those items. If I want to play poker, I can fly to Vegas--ever been there? You do with your money what you please until there's nothing left. Perfectly legal. You can drive there at 80 mph in the desert, and fire a machine gun once you get there. Perfectly legal. You can start a business, go bankrupt, become a doctor or a lawyer, or come here as an immigrant and make $12.8 billion starting the world's most popular search engine. You can dabble in porn, drive a stock car, work at a restaurant, and play the lottery. You can pull teeth for a living, rope horses, or build homes. Hell, you can even marry a foreigner and then get a divorce because you don't get along. You can divorce her, get remarried to her, and move to a different state without too much trouble. You can believe in Jesus or Mahummed or the tooth fairy, or nothing at all, and it won't cost you your life. You canmarry outside of your sect and it will be illegal for your brother to slit your throat. You can sue a cop, a doctor, another lawyer, or the US government, and you can win. You can vote against the incumbant, you can create a scene at a peaceful presentation at a top university, you can even make a movie about gay cowboys. You can invest in the future, invest in penny stocks, or invest in alcohol, and you'll only be responsible for giving Uncle Sam his share of the profits--if there are any. You can come here with nothing, not even knowledge of the language, and become rich, famous, powerful, loved, hated, or, if you're really good, You can go from 'Terminator' to 'Governator' inside of two decades. You could do all this stuff, or you can become just another shlub who's up way too late talking on the computer to another shlub who's probably up way too early.
Not bad for a bunch of children.
