Monday Muse: Going Nuclear
Should any country have a nuclear weapon? Probably not. Do people need guns? For hunting, sure. Target practice? Why not. Self defense? Well, because some people have guns and might use them, some people have guns so that those people might think twice about using them is the argument.
We are not going to be able to eliminate guns from our civilian society, and now that there are nuclear bombs out there it’s hard to get rid of them as well, although, when you look at the chart below, there are a lot less:
But 12, 121 remaining is still enough to do a lot of damage. And since some countries have them, others say they should be allowed them to, as evidenced by this real conversation:
“You can’t have that.”
“Why not?”
“It’s dangerous.”
“You have one and they have one.”
“But we had it first.”
“So?”
“You might use it.”
“But you did.”
“That’s different.”
“How?”
“It just is. We won’t use it again.”
“Right…”
-Leon
Leon Stevens is a multi-genre author, composer, guitarist, songwriter, and an artist, with a Bachelor of Music and Education. He published his first book of poetry, Lines by Leon: Poems, Prose, and Pictures in January 2020, followed by a book of original classical guitar compositions, Journeys, and a short story collection of science fiction/post-apocalyptic tales called The Knot at the End of the Rope and Other Short Stories. His newest publications are the novella trilogy, The View from Here, which is a continuation of one of his short stories, a new collection of poetry titled, A Wonder of Words, and his latest sci-fi mystery, Euphrates Vanished.
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