So I was Told Today that World War III is going to happen

[Mr. Happy]

I hate to break it to ya, but I bet I'm not the only one getting bored of you two fighting like a pair of bitches over a dead body okay?
Let's move along, spray some happyness powder around and either get back to a real discussion or start a completely new one mmmkay?

It's mine! I found it first!
/me eats the eyeballs


your right though, maybe I should delete my posts?

[Dead-Inside]

Meaning you don't stand for what you've said?

Yeah, that wouldn't prove his point at all.

[Mr. Happy]

mneaning i feel like an idiot for getting involved with such a douche bag, and theres no reason for anyone else to read it.

[Sorrow]

you can leave it, as long as we change the subject back to what it was.
how to nuke new york or whatever.

[Mr. Happy]

i would use 15 icbm's

[zombie@computer]

i would use chuck norris. we will both split the loot

[Skeetz]

As for Nukes, I don't think anybody is going to launch a nuke. They're there just to look tough.

Here's an example:

Nation X wants to buy some oil from nation Y. Nation Y wants to see the oil for $90 per barrel (excuse me if this is not realistic pricing.) Nation X on the other hand, wants to buy it for $60. Here's what goes down:

X: We want to by your oil, how's $60 per barrel sound?

Y: No, $90 per barrel.

X: We have a nuke.

Y: O.K., 60$ it is.

However, sooner or later, X needs more oil. So they go back to nation Y:

X: O.K. we need more oil. $60 per barrel.

Y: No, $90 per barrel.

X: We have a nuke, remember?

Y: We have a nuke too.

X: O.K., $90 per barrel it is.

Eventualy, X needs more:

X: Alright, we need more oil. $60 per barrel.

Y: We have a nuke too, remember?

X: We have ten nukes.

Y: O.K., $60 it is.

The process will keep going on and on, with the two countries stockpiling weapons. I don't think they would threaten to blow each other up over the price of oil, but you get the general picture.

[Mr. Happy]

What you just described is called "massive retaliation" and is generally considered a very very bad thing.

It's how the USA and Soviet Union got tens of thousands of nukes each.