Wandering Off Topic

[jassi]

All this defcon business sounds awfully American to me. No doubt if it all goes tits up we'll be dragged into it,
Ah we'll, nothing I can do about it other than be instantly vaporised or die of radiation sickness.

[Vertigo Swirl]

All this defcon business sounds awfully American to me. No doubt if it all goes tits up we'll be dragged into it,
Ah we'll, nothing I can do about it other than be instantly vaporised or die of radiation sickness.

Unless you live in London, Birmingham or Manchester I doubt you will be instantly vaporized, so a long, lingering death it is then.

[G-Unit]

Unless you live in London, Birmingham or Manchester I doubt you will be instantly vaporized, so a long, lingering death it is then.

There was once a list of the most likely targets;

Liverpool
Cardiff
Manchester
Southampton
Leeds
Newcastle
Bristol
Sheffield
Swansea
Hull
Teesside
London
Edinburgh
York
Nottingham
Plymouth
Dover
Cambridge
Birmingham
Belfast

Plus military targets
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/cold-war-map-reveals-russian-26327100

[Vertigo Swirl]

There was once a list of the most likely targets;

Liverpool
Cardiff
Manchester
Southampton
Leeds
Newcastle
Bristol
Sheffield
Swansea
Hull
Teesside
London
Edinburgh
York
Nottingham
Plymouth
Dover
Cambridge
Birmingham
Belfast

Plus military targets
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/cold-war-map-reveals-russian-26327100

well that’s my entire family vaporised then, thanks for that!

[faithlilly]

This is why nuclear disarmament is the only answer if we want to live in a world free of fear. They have no deterrent effect on autocrats like Putin.

[barrier]

well that’s my entire family vaporised then, thanks for that!

Whats there to survive for, not that its going to happen.

[Vertigo Swirl]

This is why nuclear disarmament is the only answer if we want to live in a world free of fear. They have no deterrent effect on autocrats like Putin.

That makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Whats there to survive for, not that its going to happen.

I agree, even one nuclear bomb going off in this country and life for us all is effectively not worth living.  I hope it’s not going to happen but Putin is a mad rat, and when rats are cornered they are at their most dangerous.

[G-Unit]

well that’s my entire family vaporised then, thanks for that!

You're welcome! I live near a military target, but I came to terms with the threat posed by Russia years ago.

[Vertigo Swirl]

You're welcome! I live near a military target, but I came to terms with the threat posed by Russia years ago.

The thing is there has not been a threat of nuclear annihilation since the mid-80s, and even then it was never as likely as it is now, so I don’t see that you had that much to come to terms with frankly.

[faithlilly]

You're welcome! I live near a military target, but I came to terms with the threat posed by Russia years ago.

Action needs to come from within the Kremlin. Those around Putin need to recognise the damage that is being done to their country’s reputation and move to oust him. Unfortunately Putin,  like Johnson here, has surrounded himself with individuals who have a vested interest in him staying in power.

I have a Russian born friend who is desperately trying to get back home from Russia at the moment. She pointedly said to my partner last week that she hopes that people don’t think that this is being done in the Russian people’s name.

[Vertigo Swirl]

Action needs to come from within the Kremlin. Those around Putin need to recognise the damage that is being done to their country’s reputation and move to oust him. Unfortunately Putin,  like Johnson here, has surrounded himself with individuals who have a vested interest in him staying in power.

I have a Russian born friend who is desperately trying to get back home from Russia at the moment. She pointedly said to my partner last week that she hopes that people don’t think that this is being done in the Russian people’s name.

Johnson is not like Putin, please do grow up.  You and your ilk will stop at nothing to make anti government political capital out of each and every crisis that comes along.  Shameful.

[G-Unit]

The thing is there has not been a threat of nuclear annihilation since the mid-80s, and even then it was never as likely as it is now, so I don’t see that you had that much to come to terms with frankly.

I was around when JFK took on Khrushchev, let alone in the 80's.

[Vertigo Swirl]

I was around when JFK took on Khrushchev, let alone in the 80's.

I wonder how long it will be before before the potect and survive public service announcements will be rolled out, or perhaps they won’t bother for the good they will do.

[G-Unit]

I wonder how long it will be before before the potect and survive public service announcements will be rolled out, or perhaps they won’t bother for the good they will do.

I remember those; hide under the table lol!