On Feb 9, 2008, at 1:29 PM, Peter Todd wrote:

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On Sat, Feb 09, 2008 at 12:04:06PM -0800, William Chops Westfield wrote:
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> On Feb 9, 2008, at 6:06 AM, Peter Todd wrote:
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>> [I suspect] initially the cold war was *relatively* friendly
>
> You're kidding!?  If you divide the cold war into 1945-1965 (djia 10x
> growth) and 1965-1985 (djia "flat"), then the first half includes
> most of the major nuclear weapons initial invention ("Limited Test
> Ban Treaty" in 1963 stopped atmospheric testing), The US "McCarthy
> era", the Cuban Missile Crisis, fallout shelters, school drills for
> nuclear attack,  and in general a feeling that REAL war could erupt
> at any moment.  The second half was comparatively mild in attitude,
> perhaps post-MAD; nuclear war became "unthinkable" rather than
> "expected at any moment and we're going to WIN."


I remember the "duck and cover" drills in school where we went into
fetal position , hiding under our tiny desks and waited to die.  I  
was terrified
and repeatedly thought any flash through the window was a nuke going
off.

Cedric
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