On Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:48:04 +0000
Graeme Wall wrote:
On 19/03/2012 09:40, d wrote:
On Fri, 16 Mar 2012 20:37:18 +0000
Arthur wrote:
The world is not short of loony leaders. Those who invent technologies
always run the risk of losing out to others who copy it.
That doesn't answer the question.
People don't figure out exactly who is going to nick their stuff before
taking out insurance.
Good analogy , I'm going to remember that one!
On the other hand insurance companiea work out how likely you are to get
your stuff nicked /before/ working out the premium.
If the west hadn't had nukes russia would have rolled across western europe
long ago. Also given its a de factor dictatorship that threat hasn't
completely disappeared and who knows who'll end up running it when Putin
finally falls off his perch. And then there are unpredictable states such as
iran, north korea etc. Perhaps you have a crystal ball and can predict what
the world will be like in 20 years time but everyone else can't so its best
to err on the side of taking precautions. And if you're one of the people
who think that not having nukes means we'll never be nuked then perhaps
you should ask the japanese about the logic of that.
B2003