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Originally Posted by Walking Shadow
I don't EVER recallANYONE fearing or thinking or saying that the missles were going to be flying anytime soon. The world was much, much, much, much, much closer to a nuclear war during the Cuban Missle Crisis then we ever were during the 1980's.
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sure we were closer during the cuban missle crisis but given that i wasn't around then it would be like me describing living in the 80s to a 20-year-old.
my point wasn't that we were *that* close to nuclear holocaust but rather that nuclear warfare *seemed* inevitable. the programs on tv, the books i read, the conversations at school, the rhetoric coming from politicians, the list goes on... it all lead to a heightened sense of tension. the cold war reached its peak at that time.
it really seemed inevitable.
I can remember having length discussions about whether it would be better to survive or just die in the blast (I voted for wanting to be at ground zero... preferably having sex at the time... i was 15, sue me).
It was a much different time from now. Sure there is conflict but it smaller states and decentralized powers. back then it was two super powers putting unconscionable portions of their budgets into the arms race. it seemed to be just waiting to happen.