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[somekindofsin]

The more I read about nuclear fission, the more certain I am that it's a sincerely bad idea.  While the free energy that nuclear fission might provide is certainly tempting, the sheer destructive potential--well!  Anything that has the capacity to destroy the world is, in my books, something that really shouldn't be toyed with.  Accidents happen,

Comments

[favored_son]

Of course it's a bad idea. You people can't keep your fingers off the trigger.

[somekindofsin]

I can.

Not that I have a trigger of any sort, but if I did, I could certainly leave it be.

[favored_son]

That's what they all said when D was a kid. Next thin you know, kaboom.

[somekindofsin]

Fortunately, I'm not a child.

Well. Not today. Heaven knows how quickly that can change.

[favored_son]

They weren't kids either.

[somekindofsin]

...You just like being difficult, don't you?

[favored_son]

How'd you guess?

[somekindofsin]

I'd like to think that I'm a decent judge of character.