From: "Adam Flinton" 


"Geo."  wrote in message news:3e0dd3be{at}w3.nls.net...
> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
> news:3e0d6f70{at}w3.nls.net...
>
> > No not like starting a nuclear war at all. Like starting a new plague.
> Kinda
> > like 40-60% of everyone dies. Not a war at all. African peasants,
Eskimos,
> > Patagonian gauchos, New Yorkers, Londoners, people from Bombay,
> Christians,
> > Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists etc.etc all equally at risk. Normally a
weapon
> is
> > something you can aim. Something like a GM flu is not a weapon.
>
> I think you have forgotten how MAD worked. Ok maybe in the case of
> India/Pakistan it wouldn't be much worry but when I think about Nuclear
war
> I think in terms of US/USSR which an all out war would most certainly have
> affected every one of the peoples you listed above.
>

Nope. Key difference is the scale. let go 24K nukes & yes major species
die off. Let go a small container of GM flu at a major airport hub &
same effect.

Adam

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