Nuclear no-no

[Kontrolz]

I was wondering what some of you think about an issue that I can't seem to get an opinion on. I started thinking about this because of North Korea and Iran (and some other countries) wanting to use nuclear technology.

Is it okay for a country (or a group of countries) to tell another country it isn't allowed to possess nuclear technology, or limit it's capabilities when the country saying that already possesses the technology itself?

Just to clear up where im stuck. I think it's clearly a bad idea for countries like Iran who clearly don't have a stable leader/governemnt to have such technology but, is it morally okay for a country who already has the power to tell another country (which it has no authority over) that it can't have the same technology?

[iLDuce]

Is it okay for a country (or a group of countries) to tell another country it isn't allowed to possess nuclear technology, or limit it's capabilities when the country saying that already possesses the technology itself?

Just to clear up where im stuck. I think it's clearly a bad idea for countries like Iran who clearly don't have a stable leader/governemnt to have such technology but, is it morally okay for a country who already has the power to tell another country (which it has no authority over) that it can't have the same technology?

Yes, it's okay for a country to tell another country that they cannot have nuclear capability if the administration of the other country is hell bent on the destruction of Israel, Jews in general, and "Western Ideology."

[Da1andonly]

gogo atomic winter gogo

[RednaZ]

I always liked the idea of a real life rpg like Fallout

[Suh]

why have them at all? pretty pointless weapon

[Jerome Scuggs]

[Kolar]

Yes, it's okay for a country to tell another country that they cannot have nuclear capability if the administration of the other country is hell bent on the destruction of Israel, Jews in general, and "Western Ideology."

That pretty much sums it up.

Edit: It really isn't the British, Americans, Germans, Canadians or any individual country comming to Iran and saying they can't do this. Through the UN, EU and Nato a consensus has built up through legitimate channels. Even if Iran has no treaty signed the UN and all these organizations have the right to stop their development of nuclear technology because their mandate is to deter war, promote open dialogue and freedom. With Russia and China it is more an economic issue, these countries will risk allying with Iran or defying the consensus just to be shit disturbers or because they're broke like Russia. It isn't the "coalition of the willing!" or some other gay Bush unilateral action.

[Pooh Bear]

nuclear blasts are chodes

[Liquid Blue]

Yea it's a pretty bad idea to let someone who has known violent tendencies towards a specific race/denomination/religion to gain control of or have the ability to create and store nuclear warheads.

why have them at all? pretty pointless weapon

It's not so much about the power of the weapons, but the power and intimidation that comes from having the weapons. Sort of like how when kids are little and they act bad, their moms start saying " wait until your father gets home, blah blah"- just knowing that big bad daddy will find out is enough to shank the bolster/attitude out of most kids. Being able to use nukes as a threat will get a country alot farther then them actually having to use said nukes, because we all know that the second someone launches one, it's ww3 and everyone is pretty much going to die. You launch one, I launch one back at you, your allies launch at my allies, vice versa and next thin you know, we're all dead or dying. Not cool.

I think that's what I'd say if I had time to see a nuke heading anywhere in my field of sight (aka "boom headshot mo'fucka " radius) -

"....Not cool "

*boom*

[Zerzera]

You can tell anyone what to do, as long as you got the power to enforce your will. And as it is now, the US is the big daddio. They not only have the power, they also have enough hopeless teenagers to send over to those countries and fix things. (As reward they get to waste as much recourses as the earth can handle)

[Ice Weasel]

Nuclear war...
I'm gonna go buy a missile silo...http://www.missilebases.com/
See ya after the radiation clears!

[Sarien]

Yes, it's okay for a country to tell another country that they cannot have nuclear capability if the administration of the other country is hell bent on the destruction of Israel, Jews in general, and "Western Ideology."

No. No it's not ok to tell another country what technology they can and cannot develop. No, it doesn't work. It's never worked. You can't keep it from happening. Russia, China, Japan, North Korea, India, Pakistan, it's never been able to be kept from happening. Sovereign is a word for a reason.

What can be done however is make it plain. Make it known, be vocal, direct and forceful. If you use these weapons, then there will be no survivors left in your country to talk about what you've done. You can't undo technology. You can't unmake the gun, the nuke, or the wheel. All that can be done is make it clear that there are extreme consequences for their misuse, the kind of consequences that nobody will pay.

why have them at all? pretty pointless weapon

I think people that were in Hiroshima and Nagasaki know a bit better than that.

[dchao]

WHO DA FUCK IS SHOOTING US? FIRE OUR SHIT!
AHHH MOTHERLAND
bout that time eh chaps? right-o
WTF MATE

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WHO DA FUCK IS SHOOTING US? FIRE OUR SHIT!
AHHH MOTHERLAND
bout that time eh chaps? right-o
WTF MATE

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[Sleuth]

Maybe if the Nuclear bomb wasnt invented, IMO prolly the most obvious stupid invention EVER, we wouldnt have every decent country in the world having bombs pointed at every country. Why the fuck would a human create a weapon capable of instantly ending hundreds of thousands of their own people.