murphy@hou2a.UUCP (11/22/83)
The Cuban missle crisis occurred when I was in the
eighth grade. I recall seeing a poster around that time
that read:
IN CASE OF NUCLEAR ATTACK:
1. Bend over
2. Place head between knees
3. Kiss your ass good-bye.
I remember thinking, "this is it. WWIII", when U.S.
warships were sent over to Cuba. It was scary.
Rich Ganns
hou2a!murphyjrc@ritcv.UUCP (James R Carbin) (11/23/83)
At that time, I was a new high school mathematics teacher. It was next to
impossible to accomplish much of any value as the students were generally
so distracted and upset over the events of that week.
as ever,
j.r. {allegra,seismo}!rochester!ritcv!jrcaeq@pucc-h (Sargent) (11/29/83)
It's a somewhat sobering thought to think that I would doubtless have been vaporized had nuclear war occurred in 1962. At the time, I lived in Tucson-- home of Davis-Monthan AFB. This also points out a further horrible feature of nuclear (or any total) war: It kills kids. I was an innocent 7-year-old at the time. -- Jeff Sargent/...pur-ee!pucc-h:aeq (maybe: I'm not sure on 4.1c)
rlw@wxlvax.UUCP (Richard L. Wexelblat) (11/30/83)
Why is killing "innocent kids" worse than killing innocent adults?
pollack@uicsl.UUCP (12/03/83)
#R:hou2a:-18200:uicsl:16300040:000:181 uicsl!pollack Dec 2 12:21:00 1983 (joke) re: killing "innocent kids" vs. "innocent adults": Ultra-Conservative Senator to Guatemalan General: "Here are your new weapons; just don't use them on unborn children."