Herman by Jim Unger for May 06, 2021

Drastic but effective.

It’s not an accurate model ; there’s still some Earth left.

Now have him explain the MAD Doctrine !

Notice which bits are smashed the most.

Extreme but succinct. Can’t deny it was effective.

Bada Bing Bada Bang

That’s M.A.D.

That’ll teach ’em!

No. It’s not that bad kid. The world will still be here, just without us. It will give it a chance to heal and start life again anew….

Also a nice allegory for some of the protests wracking our nation…

Kid’s smarter than donald “why have nuclear weapons if you’re not going to use them?” trump.

Is his first name Maxwell?

Have an arms race if you want to, but on the whole I’d rather use my legs.

And some pro nuclear arms idiots will say “ we can still fix this”.

Burrows is not wrong…

If they bring a hammer to a fight then what do you bring? A bigger hammer or multiple hammers?

Now substitute nuclear warhead for hammer.

[This is a take from Wm Buckley’s thought about 40 or 50 years ago. His opponent on stage used the idea of an arms race resulting in each side having such a huge stockpile. Buckley proffered that it would not be so bad because both sides would get the understanding that to start anything with a nuke would not end well for anyone.]