Positively Revolting on 08/06/10
65 years ago, the US government nuked Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
We say, "Never again!", and yet our country is still engaged in arms racing and selling around the world, combining a quest for global hegemony with a love of turning a quick buck through a little dealing here and there.
Ani and Lyn invite your participation in this important discussion, their special guest will be KBOO's Theresa Mitchell. Call into the studio at 503-231-8187.
For 65 years, we have all lived under the threat of annihilation. What does this do to the collective psyche? What does it mean to a teenager to grow up during the Cuban Missile Crisis, or the Reagan years of the cold war, when the doomsday clock of the Atomic Scientists reached three minutes til midnight--- the clock was a metaphor, and midnight stood catastrophic destruction. That clock still stands at six minutes til midnight.
Einstein said: "Technological progress is like an axe in the hands of a pathological criminal." Would you agree with that? If so, how do we get that axe away?