Missileer
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Well, it's the doomsday clock syndrome.
"The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has informed the world what time it is since 1947, when its now-famous "Doomsday Clock" first appeared of the cover of the magazine. Since then, the minute hand of the clock has moved forward and back to reflect the global level of nuclear danger and the state of international security."
The clock hands were on seven minutes to midnight in 1947 and it was seven minutes to midnight in 2002. I think they are still at seven to midnight. I don't know how accurate the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is but they sold a lot of magazines.
Every generation has had it's own "end of the world" fear probably starting with the fear of the dark, fear of vengeful Gods, fear of disease, right on through fear of nuclear annihilation to fear of terrorism. Instead of our senses becoming dulled to fears that never seem to reach our expectations, they seem to have sharpened to the possibility that the monster is just around the next turn. The only way we have been able to live with fear and stay sane is to vilify and then attempt to destroy our most dreaded fear and just tolerate the smaller ones until they rise to the top of the list.
Show me a person without fear and I'll show you a person who fails the breath on the mirror test.
"The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has informed the world what time it is since 1947, when its now-famous "Doomsday Clock" first appeared of the cover of the magazine. Since then, the minute hand of the clock has moved forward and back to reflect the global level of nuclear danger and the state of international security."
The clock hands were on seven minutes to midnight in 1947 and it was seven minutes to midnight in 2002. I think they are still at seven to midnight. I don't know how accurate the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists is but they sold a lot of magazines.
Every generation has had it's own "end of the world" fear probably starting with the fear of the dark, fear of vengeful Gods, fear of disease, right on through fear of nuclear annihilation to fear of terrorism. Instead of our senses becoming dulled to fears that never seem to reach our expectations, they seem to have sharpened to the possibility that the monster is just around the next turn. The only way we have been able to live with fear and stay sane is to vilify and then attempt to destroy our most dreaded fear and just tolerate the smaller ones until they rise to the top of the list.
Show me a person without fear and I'll show you a person who fails the breath on the mirror test.