Saturday, 2 March 2013

This is the world that we live in

  This post is going to touch only one thing that I have been thinking about recently. Weapons of mass destruction. One would think that after more than 200,000 years of experience ( that is when the modern humans era begin) we would know what is good for us and good for the home that we inhibit. Weapons of mass destruction- I am not going to get into the moral aspect of a nation having them, but the information that not many of us know, for the pure reason that most of us are not interested. Which countries have these weapons that can kill millions of people, even weapons that have the capability of destroying the world itself. All in all the creation of weapons (crossbows, guns, atomic bombs) was an excuse for one to protect himself from others. Some people keep weapons in their houses to protect themselves from intruders who mean them harm, some cases they use them for hunting. I can understand (even though I am 100% against weapons being used by the general public) why people would want a gun in their house- feeds their illusion of safety. So you feel safe, someone with a knife comes into your house- that is OK you have a gun; even someone with a shotgun or M16 who breaks into your house, there is still a chance to protect your self.      
  Now how about your city gets bombed by another country, a nuclear attack- is your little gun going to keep you safe? I don't think so.
  The two USA nuclear attacks in Japan have shown the power and destructive force of a bomb can be. How can you be safe in your house when the only thing a country needs to do to destroy your home town is to press a red button, even if they are at the other end of the world. As of 2012 there are over 17,000 bombs and over 4,200 'ready to be used' ones in total. Here is a little list of which countries and how many weapons of mass destruction they have, how accurate it is I don't know.

1. USA has 2,000 active (ready to use) warheads and another 5,000 more.
2. Russia has 1,500 active (r.t.u.) and 6,000 more.
3. United Kingdom has 160 active and 60 more.
4. France has 290 active and 10 more.
5. China has 0 active and 240 waiting.
6. India has 100 in store.
7. Pakistan has 100 in store.
8. North Korea has 10 in store. 

  We have all heard of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, those were only two bombs. Imagine what 7,000 could do? Imagine what USA and Russia are capable of; that is 14,000 in total just for two countries. I personally would not want to be on their bad side. What does a possession like that say? 'Do not piss us off or we would bomb your ass'. So we live in fear. We live in fear that one day those countries that have those bombs might decide they don't like us anymore and just blow us to the moon. We all know that people are capable of irrational decisions; one day we might make the most irrational of them all and destroy the place that we live in. I think people often forget that we are just renting this place, we are not the owners. One day the landlord- the Earth will get tired of us and just asks us to leave. I just hate how blind and ignorant we are, thinking that live and Earth are given rights and just because we are born we deserve them. But we are just tenants and we should never forget that. Earth has been a patient and kind landlord; I definitely do not want to see the end of that patience so we better hurry up and look at ourselves and do something about it. Otherwise....













P.S. Always think about what makes a puppy sad! Destroying the planet will for sure make him sad. So stop and think about it.


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