Phyllis Schlafly dead at 92

[derspiess]

The man simply can't make a statement without referring to himself.

Yep.  Just like Obama.

[Barrister]

The man simply can't make a statement without referring to himself.

It appears you are true - in the world according to Trump everything is measured based on it's relationship to Trump.

[Darth Wagtaros]

Schlafly said that Nuclear weapons were a gift from God.

I don't agree, as I think it likely that at some point in the future the nukes are going to fly, but it isn't that crazy to think that.

Sky Santa is real.

Sea Santa is not.

[Razgovory]

The man simply can't make a statement without referring to himself.

Yep.  Just like Obama.

Yeah, they are just alike.  For instance when Obama became President he put a big "O" on the side of the building.

[CountDeMoney]

He spraypainted it.  It's what those people do, you know.

[Eddie Teach]

The man simply can't make a statement without referring to himself.

Yep.  Just like Obama.

Yeah, they are just alike.  For instance when Obama became President he put a big "O" on the side of the building.

Even had his office shaped like one.

[DGuller]

Schlafly said that Nuclear weapons were a gift from God.

I don't agree, as I think it likely that at some point in the future the nukes are going to fly, but it isn't that crazy to think that. There haven't been any major wars since multiple nuclear powers emerged.

Yeah, but that's like saying that you've never lost a game of Russian Roulette.

[Razgovory]

Schlafly said that Nuclear weapons were a gift from God.

I don't agree, as I think it likely that at some point in the future the nukes are going to fly, but it isn't that crazy to think that. There haven't been any major wars since multiple nuclear powers emerged.

Yeah, but that's like saying that you've never lost a game of Russian Roulette.

Or rather nobody has lost a game of Russian Roulette.

[Ed Anger]

Schlafly said that Nuclear weapons were a gift from God.

I don't agree, as I think it likely that at some point in the future the nukes are going to fly, but it isn't that crazy to think that. There haven't been any major wars since multiple nuclear powers emerged.

Yeah, but that's like saying that you've never lost a game of Russian Roulette.

Or rather nobody has lost a game of Russian Roulette.

Cal did. His gun fell apart.

[DGuller]

Or rather nobody has lost a game of Russian Roulette.

No, that changes the meaning.  The point is there is a survivorship bias in saying such a thing.  Had there been a major war in the last 60 years, we wouldn't be around to say that "yes, there has indeed been a major war since nukes were invented".

[Eddie Teach]

Speak for yourself.

[Razgovory]

Or rather nobody has lost a game of Russian Roulette.

No, that changes the meaning.  The point is there is a survivorship bias in saying such a thing.  Had there been a major war in the last 60 years, we wouldn't be around to say that "yes, there has indeed been a major war since nukes were invented".

Yes, it does change the meaning.  The US is hardly the only one to build nuclear weapons, there are several nuclear powers.  So there are several players playing the game and none of them have died.  I should point out that a nuclear war wouldn't kill everyone, not everyone in Japan died when the US waged nuclear war on that country.

In Russian Roulette we know a person will shoot themselves after X number of rounds.  This is a mathematical certainty, and is born out in real life.  Many people have died doing this.  It is not true with a nuclear weapon.  There is no absolute certainty that they will be used.  The situation is closer to say, owning a pistol.  The pistol may never be used, and certainly won't necessarily result in the death of the owner.

[alfred russel]

Or rather nobody has lost a game of Russian Roulette.

No, that changes the meaning.  The point is there is a survivorship bias in saying such a thing.  Had there been a major war in the last 60 years, we wouldn't be around to say that "yes, there has indeed been a major war since nukes were invented".

So you don't think a deterrent effect has been functioning the past 60 years to make a major war unlikely?

[The Brain]

Surely quite a few Russian Roulette losers have survived?

[DGuller]

Yes, it does change the meaning.  The US is hardly the only one to build nuclear weapons, there are several nuclear powers.  So there are several players playing the game and none of them have died. 

The player is the entire world.

In Russian Roulette we know a person will shoot themselves after X number of rounds.  This is a mathematical certainty, and is born out in real life.

Not if you spin the drum after every round.  It's a damn near certainty, but not a mathematical one.