sdd@pyuxh.UUCP (S Daniels) (01/10/86)
!vger!al writes in Article-I.D.: vger.293 >Assertion: The relationship between the US and the USSR is NOT a >zero sum game. >Proof: There is at least one possible occurrence in the US, USSR relationship >(full scale thermo-nuclear war) in which both the US and the USSR suffer >severe losses. In at least this case, the sum of the 'scores' of the two >nations is not zero, rather, it is very negative. Oh, I see. And if they both totally disarm, they both win. Let's get realistic and stop wasting everyone's time with this simplistic drivel. -- Steve Daniels (!pyuxh!sdd) "I'm counting the smiles on the road to Utopia."
foy@aero.ARPA (Richard Foy) (01/16/86)
In article <230@pyuxh.UUCP> sdd@pyuxh.UUCP (S Daniels) writes: > >>(full scale thermo-nuclear war) in which both the US and the USSR suffer >>severe losses. In at least this case, the sum of the 'scores' of the two >>nations is not zero, rather, it is very negative. > >Oh, I see. And if they both totally disarm, they both win. Let's get >realistic and stop wasting everyone's time with this simplistic drivel. >-- There are other alternatives to a continued arms race and total disarmament. Richard Foy, Redondo Beach, CA The opinions I have expressed are the result of many years in the school of hard knocks. Thus they are my own.